IonQ said third-quarter revenue was $173.8 million, up 336% from a year earlier, and raised 2026 revenue guidance to $505 million to $515 million. Remaining performance obligations more than doubled to $1.2 billion.
Our Remaining Performance Obligations more than doubled to $1.2 billion, even as we converted our backlog into record third quarter revenues.
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