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IBM Completes Acquisition of HRL Laboratories to Accelerate the Future of Quantum

$IBMPress releaseAug 26, 2026, 8:00 AM ETRead the release

IBM completed the acquisition of HRL Laboratories, a research institution specializing in quantum computing, sensing, and materials science formerly owned by Boeing and GM. The deal combines HRL's silicon-spin qubit expertise with IBM's superconducting architecture to support the quantum roadmap, targeting the 100-million-operation Starling system by 2029.

Key figures

Starling ops target
100 million
Blue jay target year
mid-2030s
Starling target year
2029

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