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private · US · Boston

Lightsynq Technologies Inc.

aka Lightsynq
networking · photonic

Quantum-memory and photonic-interconnect startup founded by former Harvard quantum-networking researchers and ex-AWS leads (Mihir Bhaskar, Bart Machielse, David Levonian); >20 quantum-memory patents and applications. IonQ announced an all-stock agreement to acquire Lightsynq on 2025-05-08; the acquisition closed on 2025-05-30 (IonQ issued ~12.4M shares) and Lightsynq is now a wholly owned subsidiary of IonQ.

Parent: IonQ First tracked 2026-06-04