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Id Quantique

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Swiss tech company

ID Quantique (IDQ) is a Swiss company that provides quantum key distribution (QKD) systems, quantum safe network encryption, single photon counters, and hardware random number generators. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, IDQ was founded in 2001 as a spin-off of the Group of Applied Physics at the University of Geneva. the firm is structured in three business units:2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jan 1, 2001Founded1

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ID Quantique (IDQ) is a Swiss company that provides quantum key distribution (QKD) systems, quantum safe network encryption, single photon counters, and hardware random number generators.2

Corporate structure

Id Quantique is part of a group headed by IONQ. 21 entities, 8 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • IONQ Lewes, Delaware, United States
    • Id Quantique Geneva
      • ID Quantique (United Kingdom) Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Capella Space Corp. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • IonQ Federal, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • IonQ Italia S.r.l. Subsidiary · Italy
    • IonQ Quantum Acquisitions, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • IonQ Quantum Canada, Inc. Subsidiary · Ontario, Canada
    • IonQ Quantum International GmbH Subsidiary · Germany
    • IonQ Quantum Israel Ltd. Subsidiary · Israel
    • IonQ Quantum Switzerland GmbH Subsidiary · Switzerland
    • IonQ Quantum UK Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • IonQ Quantum, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • IonQ Sweden AB Subsidiary · Sweden
    • Lightsynq Technologies, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Oxford Ionics DACH GmbH Subsidiary · Switzerland
    • Oxford Ionics Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Oxford Ionics North America Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Seed Innovations, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Skyloom Global, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Vector Atomic, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

Quantum Safe Cryptography Division

The Quantum Safe Cryptography division focuses on data protection and provides:

quantum-safe network encryption

quantum key distribution

quantum key generation and key management

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Photon Counting Division

The Photon Counting division works on optical instrumentation products such as:

photon counters in the visible and infrared spectrum

photon pair sources

quantum key distribution for R&D applications

From Wikipedia’s article on ID Quantique, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • ID Quantique (United Kingdom)

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Jan 1, 2001Founded Founded1

Sources

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