The First Quantum Computing Company Makes Wall Street Debut

A Wall Street sign outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Oct. 28, 2013. Carlo Allegri/Reuters

IonQ made its debut on Wall Street with a stock market listing on Friday, making history by becoming the first quantum computing hardware company to go public.

The listing of IonQ was done through merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The merger injected IonQ with $636 million capital which the company hopes to deploy towards bringing quantum computing out from experimental research into the hands of the end-user.