https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/ionq-to-acquire-cybersecurity-firm-elisity-in-an-all-stock-deal-for-up-to-1-3-billionContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/ionq-to-acquire-cybersecurity-firm-elisity-in-an-all-stock-deal-for-up-to-1-3-billionhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/ionq-to-acquire-cybersecurity-firm-elisity-in-an-all-stock-deal-for-up-to-1-3-billion#u134098Mon, 19 Oct 2026 01:51:12 +0000IonQ agreed on October 12, 2026, to acquire Dallas-based zero-trust security firm Elisity in an all-stock transaction valued at up to $1.3 billion. The deal includes $150 million in earnouts and aims to integrate Elisity's microsegmentation and network access control with quantum encryption, post-quantum cryptography, and quantum key distribution. Elisity's CEO will remain with the company. This acquisition follows a pattern of stock-based growth for IonQ, which previously used shares to pay for chip foundry SkyWater.Why it mattersThe move addresses harvest now, decrypt later threats