IonQ Inc (IONQ)

[Jack Torrance]

If IonQ is smart they will put it into sales contracts that a small percentage of any invention or patent conceived with IonQ machines and code will belong to them. Say a biotech company invents some cure for colon cancer only because of IonQ technology, then IonQ gets 5% of revenue or something. That might be a tall order, but I hope they are thinking in those terms. And I hope for government bodies and large corporations they are putting a time limit on the use of their machines so that companies can't buy an IonQ QC and use it for 15 years. Make system sales essentially like a 3-5 year lease or something for repeat sales. Because at some point their machines will be so powerful and so reliable that they won't need replacing really, just sporadic repairs or refurbishment. Make 'em sign a lease-use contract. After 3 years, sorry, you have to upgrade!