13 Best Strong Buy Stocks to Invest in Right Now

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11. IonQ Inc. (NYSE:IONQ)

Analyst Upside: 56.08%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 30

IonQ Inc. (NYSE:IONQ) is one of the best strong buy stocks to invest in right now. IonQ Inc. (NYSE:IONQ) announced on December 29 the continuation of a strategic partnership with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), along with the forthcoming delivery of a 100-qubit IonQ Tempo quantum system. The finalized agreement entails the delivery of IonQ Inc.’s (NYSE:IONQ) next-generation Tempo 100 quantum system to support KISTI’s hybrid quantum-classical research initiatives and marks a significant milestone in the establishment of South Korea’s National Quantum Computing Center of Excellence.

Management detailed that the system would be integrated into KISTI-6, which is the largest high-performance computing (HPC) cluster in Korea, creating the instance of hybrid quantum-classical onsite integration in the country. The compute cluster could be available to be accessed through a secure private cloud environment, allowing remote access to South Korean universities, researchers, and enterprise users.

Niccolo de Masi, Chairman and CEO of IonQ Inc. (NYSE:IONQ), stated that the historic collaboration with KISTI would allow the delivery of the expertise, algorithms, and infrastructure essential to derive long-term technological and economic value from IonQ leading quantum computers.

IonQ Inc. (NYSE:IONQ) also reported that the development and operation of a quantum computing service and research platform would be led by KISTI, and it has identified IonQ Inc. (NYSE:IONQ) as the primary quantum technology provider for the project, along with Megazone Cloud, a leading cloud service and infrastructure provider in South Korea.

IonQ Inc. (NYSE:IONQ) is involved in the development and manufacturing of quantum computers, and it specializes in quantum computing and quantum information processing.

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