SkyWater Technology

US-based pure-play semiconductor foundry; Trusted-Foundry-accredited fabs in Bloomington (Minnesota), Kissimmee (Florida), and a Texas R&D site. Tracked as the merger target of IonQ under the announced acquisition agreement; IonQ-SkyWater HSR Second Request issued 2026-04-24 (event 2026-04-24-ionq-skywater-ftc-hsr-second-request). Stockholders approved the merger 2026-05-08 with 32.58M shares for, 0.40M against, 0.09M abstaining (~98.8% in favor of votes cast; ~67% of outstanding shares represented). Transaction expected to close Q2/Q3 2026 subject to remaining regulatory approvals (HSR clearance) and customary conditions; will then become a wholly owned IonQ subsidiary providing the in-house photonic-integrated-circuit and trapped-ion-component fabrication path that anchors IonQ's vertical-integration strategy. entity_type: public until merger close; will transition to retired:true with retired_at=close-date and parent_company_id=ionq at that point.