Ionq, Inc.
A maker of general-purpose quantum computers, IonQ builds machines that trap individual atoms in electromagnetic fields and manipulate them with lasers to do calculations far beyond ordinary computers. Its machines are rented out over the cloud, so researchers and companies run experiments through Amazon Braket, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. The company was founded in 2015 by two university physicists, Chris Monroe and Jungsang Kim, and its name is simply "Ion" plus "Q" for quantum — a nod to the trapped-ion technology at its heart.