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| And we're very pleased with how the funnel is looking |
| But we're making good progress on this and going to hear more about self-esteem, future quarters |
| 2023 was another fantastic year for IonQ |
| I am delighted to report that we have surpassed our annual bookings guidance, achieving $65.1 million in bookings for the year and greatly exceeding the bookings midpoint of $40 million, we said at the beginning of 2023 |
| So this is a very important term, I want you to us, we're making great progress on this |
| It's a testament to the exceptional performance of both our technical and commercial team |
| In summary, we had a fantastic quarter and full year 2023 heading into 2024 IonQ is focused on supporting the AI industry is seeing hardware, software and production improvements that bring us closer to near term commercial advantage, and is ramping up to capture a sizeable and growing pipeline across quantum computer networking in AI |
| Quantum mechanics quantum probability in quantum statistics gives us new and exciting tools to solve high value problem |
| As Peter mentioned, we had an excellent quarter and into our year, recognizing $6.1 million in revenue |
| This technology has several significant advantages, including that we expect the size and cost of our systems to shrink, and for fidelity to improve as well |
| According to BCG, quantum chemistry applications would have a market size of up to 50 billion quantum algorithms are beginning to show advantages over their classical counterparts |
| Taking the hardware progress first, when we announced last month, that we had surged from AQ 29, to an impressive AQ 35 |
| Meanwhile, and a recent project that we will share more about with a forthcoming paper in quantum machine learning algorithm for chemical manufacturing, would be up to 75% more efficient than as classical equivalent and demonstrated potential cost savings for users |
| And I'm happy to report that you've probably seen the recent press release, we're very happy about that progress |
| IonQ had a strong fourth quarter generating $6.1 million in revenue to bring our full year recognized revenue to just over $22 million meeting the upper end of our projected range |
| This accomplishment has propelled us past our ambitious target of $100 million in cumulative bookings within our first three years of commercialization, as announced two years ago |
| If quantum hardware progress is accelerating at an impressive pace, quantum algorithmic development is moving even faster to spot these early signs of commercial advantage |
| I think US leadership is bolstered by our technical expertise |
| In a matter of weeks, we improve from AQ 35 to 8 to 36, effectively doubling the computational space of our systems to simultaneously considering over 68 billion [ph] alternatives |
| Note that we projected an adjusted EBITDA for the year of $80.5 million and have announced $77.7 million in actuals; once again, beating our expected plan |
| But what we can tell you is that we are very happy with the investments that were made |
| Turning now to our balance sheet cash equivalents and investments as of December 31 2023 of $455.9 million, we are confident in our cash position which positions us well to continue executing Ganser [ph] technical roadmap |
| But at the same time, we've kind of, we've got a pretty good team now, to be able, and, you know, we have in our management team, three PhDs |
| Bill brings to IonQ decades of sales experience, and will provide critical insights on our sales strategy, helping to strengthen our leadership in the quantum economy |
| For the full year, we ended up with $22 million in revenue above the high end of our updated guidance range, and 98% year-over-year |
| This illustrates the exponential progress we're seeing in hardware performance |
| We exceeded expectations on both technical and financial performance |
| And we will have the advantage of a revenue stream, and the ability to decide sometime in the future |
| Our goal is to increase the gate speeds by several orders of magnitude, allowing much larger quantum algorithms to run efficiently |
| We have shown that we can create equivalent or better quantum models and classical models using less data, we have shown an ability to dramatically reduce the number of iterations required to train those models using quantum |
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| Regarding quantum communication, we worry that a rapid advancement in quantum decryption similar to the other algorithms we discussed tonight would put the world at significant risk |
| We anticipate that the market for classical machines running quantum simulations will no longer be able to keep up by Simon's third insight is that there are a set of problems that consume compute resources at an exponential rate, and which classical computing will likely never be able to solve |
| Finally, we anticipate an adjusted EBITDA loss of $110.5 million for the full year 2024 at the midpoint of our revenue guidance |
| Fineman second insight was that it was difficult for digital computers to simulate anything Quantum |
| We saw an adjusted EBITDA loss for the fourth quarter of $20 million, compared to a $13.3 million loss in the prior year period, and a loss of $77.7 million for the full year 20 to 33 versus $48.7 million for 2022 |
| And so, you know, it's kind of already that kind of proof points that says, it's increasingly becoming difficult to do what it is that we're doing in a classical way |
| I was -- unfortunately, hit mute |
| I know that we've made it through a lot of the hurdles |
| So, you know, we could have a surprise, too |
| Ion traps are known to be somewhat slower than other cubit modalities |
| The internet is already under attack |
| Replacing even a fraction of the resulting compute loop would represent significant revenue for the quantum industry, and a meaningful reduction in energy consumption for our planet |
| And basically, it's a wonderful problem, because it doesn't look so easy |
| It was a pretty light at the top |
| That's kind of, you know, when we're predicting the future, it's kind of difficult to do |
| Given that we are still at the beginning of our commercialization phase, I want to reiterate my comment from our last earnings call that we expect bookings to continue to be lumpy for quite some time |
| Peter Chapman That's a difficult conversation |
| All of this resulted in a net loss for $1.9 million in the fourth quarter, compared to $18.6 million in the prior period, and the net loss of $157.8 million for the full year 2023 versus $48.5 million in 2022 |
| Actual events or results could differ materially due to a number of risks and uncertainties, including those mentioned in our 10-K that we have filed with the SEC today |
| But it seems like there's still a lot of work to do and just wondering if that's going to impact the business going forward? Thank you |
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