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IonQ (IONQ) shares ended in the red today after announcing a $1.8 billion acquisition of SkyWater Technology (SKYT) to become industry’s first vertically integrated quantum computing platform.
The quantum-tech specialist plans on using $770 million of its cash to fund this deal, while the rest will be paid in IONQ stock.