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The University of Maryland is world renowned as one of the leading universities in quantum technologies with over 35 years of prior research and development experience .
IonQ started its journey as a startup located within the Discovery District at the University of Maryland campus and many of its employees were educated by the University of Maryland . IonQ is the first startup within the Discovery District to go public on the New
York Stock Exchange and today employs over 400 people worldwide .
The Capital of Quantum project will extend IonQ ’ s already close partnership with the University of Maryland and the State of Maryland and offer the company a key advantage in pursuing government contracts and partnership given the campus ’ s proximity to federal and state governments in Washington DC and Annapolis , MD , respectively . p
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