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Exhibit 99.1 IonQ Announces Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results TCV Bookings of $ 15.1 million year to date Increases guidance for 2021 TCV Bookings from $ 15 million to $ 15.8 million at the midpoint Industry benchmarks confirm superior performance of IonQ computers compared to competitors ; technology reaches key scaling milestone with industry- first error correction demonstration Cloud partnerships and integrations ensure IonQ available on all major U.S. clouds , with support for all major quantum software tools Commercial and ecosystem partnerships with Fidelity Center for Applied Technology , Goldman Sachs , the University of Maryland , and GE Research College Park , MD - IonQ , Inc. ( " IonQ " or the " Company " ) ( NYSE : IONQ ) , a leader in quantum computing , today announced financial results and a business update for the third quarter ended September 30 , 2021 . " IonQ delivered a number of significant milestones this quarter , delivering upon our technology roadmap and accelerating the commercialization of our quantum computers , " said Peter Chapman , President and CEO of IonQ . This quarter , the publication of a benchmarking study of all currently available quantum computers by the Quantum Economic Development Consortium ( QED - C ) , a third - party industry group , validated the Company's belief that its computers are best - in - class along key dimensions , such as in their accuracy while running algorithms with high circuit width and high circuit depth . IonQ's computer outpaced entries from IBM , Honeywell and Rigetti . FLE lonQ IBM 1 Honeywell Rigetti IONQ