IonQ (IONQ) is in advanced talks to acquire ID Quantique, a company that describes itself as a specialist in quantum-safe network encryption, Bloomberg’s Gillian Tan reports, citing a person familiar with the matter. The parties are discussing a transaction that values ID Quantique at about $250M, said the person. A deal involving IonQ’s stock as payment could be announced as soon as this week, but discussions are ongoing and a transaction may fall through, the author adds.
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