ID Quantique
| Company type | Private (venture funded) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Quantum Cryptography Random Number Generation Photon Counting |
| Founded | Geneva, Switzerland (2001) |
| Headquarters | , Switzerland |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Website | idquantique |
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:
- The quantum safe cryptography division
- The photon counting division
- The quantum random number generation division
In 2025, IonQ announced that it had completed its acquisition of a controlling stake in ID Quantique.