IonQ aiming to become ‘the Nvidia of quantum computing,’ Barron’s says

IonQ (IONQ) is aiming to become the industry leader in quantum computing, envisioning an ascent similar to that of the biggest names in the semiconductor industry-and it doesn’t plan on doing quietly. Mackenzie Tatananni of Barron’s writes. “We’re in the business of quantum just like Nvidia (NVDA) and Broadcom (AVGO) are in the business of classical GPUs,” CEO Niccolo de Masi said in an interview with Barron’s. “I believe IonQ will be the Nvidia player. There will be other people that copy us and follow us; they have always copied and followed us.” The company is outspoken about its mission to “build the world’s best quantum computers to solve the world’s most complex problems.” “People forget that we are a fully fledged company,” de Masi continued. “We have a manufacturing, a customer service team. We have a marketing team, a sales team, engineering team; of course, physicists. We also have an applications team.” Shares of IonQ have jumped over 44% to $48.44 in Thursday afternoon trading.