Make quantum technology useful

Infrastructure software to power the quantum future.

Watch video
Play button

Q-CTRL holds the key to the multi-trillion-dollar quantum opportunity

McKinsey calls quantum a $2T market opportunity. Achieving this value is blocked by the divide between the quantum and classical worlds.

We build AI-powered infrastructure software to bridge this gap, delivering performance no one else can match. With this unique capability we’ve focused our business around the twin verticals of quantum computing and quantum sensing. The problems are the same across both applications of quantum. Our AI solutions are transformational.

Diagram showing Q-CTRL 'AI for Quantum' is made up of human intelligence and physical informed AI. This is feeding into and being fed into by classical computers and quantum devices

Deploying quantum in the real world

Through our unique focus on AI‑for‑quantum we’ve achieved what no one else can, delivering the first true quantum advantage in both GPS-free navigation and in quantum computing for materials simulation.

We’ve learned that the same technology that can make a quantum sensor work on a moving airplane fixes the errors in a quantum computer.

We build the AI solutions that take quantum from the lab to the real world, from data centers to autonomous vehicles.

Helicopter on an airfield with two engineers beside it
The Royal Australian Navy vessel MV Sycamore at sea
Red uncrewed aircraft on a dirt airstrip with two engineers
Two engineers watching a light aircraft take off
Nasdaq tower in Times Square congratulating Q-CTRL on quantum advantage in navigation
Nasdaq tower in Times Square congratulating Q-CTRL on its $113M Series B
Nasdaq tower in Times Square congratulating Q-CTRL and IBM Quantum

Helicopters

GPS-free quantum navigation

6
World-records in quantum computing
111X
Quantum advantage in navigation
>1,000X
Performance enhancement in computing
Quantum sensing

GPS-free quantum navigation

Software-ruggedized quantum sensors act as a new set of eyes to see the earth, delivering accurate positioning to vehicles across air, land, and sea. Serving commercial aviation, autonomous systems, and defense.

Ironstone Opal
Learn more →
Quantum computing

The VMware of quantum computing

Infrastructure software that takes quantum computers from lab curiosity to enterprise tool, with AI-driven autonomy, record-setting error reduction and native integrations on the largest platforms.

Black Opal
Fire Opal
Boulder Opal
Learn more →
Careers

Shape the future of quantum technology

Join our global team building the software and systems that make quantum technology useful at the intersection of quantum, AI, and defense.

View open roles
The Q-CTRL team standing together in the office

Memberships

World Economic ForumIBM QuantumAustralian Quantum Alliance LogoUK Quantum logoQED-C LogoElevate quantumNvidia inception program badge
Proven excellence

Awards and recognition

Independent recognition of our breakthroughs and leadership at the frontier of quantum technology.

View all awards
TechForward Awards
Cloud Infrastructure & Hybrid Platforms finalist
2026
TIME100 Industry Leaders
10 Most Influential New Frontiers Companies
2026
Australian Defence Industry Awards
SME of the Year finalist
2026
Best Inventions
Ironstone Opal quantum navigation
2025
Digital Courseware Solution of the Year
Black Opal quantum education
2024, 2025
Australian Hero
Highest honor at the InnovationAus Awards for Excellence
2025
Who we serve

The most important customers trust Q-CTRL

Empowering the world's leading organizations to make quantum computing useful today

01

Educators

Equip your classroom and your lab with world-class quantum tools
Bring quantum concepts to life with interactive visualizations, and empower your research team with professional-grade software for advanced quantum control.
Learn more

Bring world-class interactivity and visualizations to your quantum curriculum.

Professional-grade toolkits to design, automate, and scale quantum hardware and controls.

Automatically reduce error and boost algorithmic success on cloud-accessible quantum computers.

02

Enterprise and government

Build a quantum-ready workforce and tackle your most challenging problems
Equip your organization for the quantum era. Bridge the gap between foundational workforce upskilling and executing complex, error-robust algorithms to capture quantum advantage today.
Learn more

Build a quantum-ready workforce. Empower your team and customers with an intuitive edtech solution.

Automatically reduce error and boost algorithmic success on cloud-accessible quantum computers.

03

Data center and HPC providers

Seamlessly integrate quantum computing into your modern data center
Q-CTRL provides the critical infrastructure software and pre-validated architectures to eliminate operational barriers and unlock quantum utility for every user.
Learn more

Rapidly deploy scalable, on-premises quantum computers with a pre-validated, circuit-ready architecture.

Professional-grade toolkits to design, automate, and scale quantum hardware and controls.

Automatically reduce error and boost algorithmic success on cloud-accessible quantum computers.

04

Defense and aerospace

Deploy quantum-assured navigation and optimize complex logistics
Equip your organization for the most demanding environments. Adopt advanced solutions for GPS-denied navigation, upskill your workforce, and apply error-suppressed algorithms to supply-chain challenges.
Learn more

Achieve GPS-free navigation in denied environments with a decisive quantum advantage.

Build a quantum-ready workforce. Empower your team and customers with an intuitive edtech solution.

Automatically reduce error and boost algorithmic success on cloud-accessible quantum computers.

05

Quantum computing developers

Get the best performance from hardware to validate and improve your algorithms
Develop and execute error-robust, industrial-scale quantum applications on today's quantum computers.
Learn more

Automatically reduce error and boost algorithmic success on cloud-accessible quantum computers.

06

Learners, students, researchers

Learn the fundamentals or advance the frontier of quantum research
From taking your first steps in quantum computing to accelerating hardware research and state-of-the-art algorithms, Q-CTRL provides the interactive tools and professional software to power your progress.
Learn more

Learn about quantum technology from our team of quantum control engineers and researchers.

Upskill for the quantum era with the world's first and best interactive quantum educational tool.

Professional-grade toolkits to design, automate, and scale quantum hardware and controls.

Automatically reduce error and boost algorithmic success on cloud-accessible quantum computers.

07

Quantum hardware suppliers

Design next-generation hardware and deliver maximum performance to customers
Use Q-CTRL's professional toolkits to automate calibration and scale your hardware, while integrating performance management to ensure your users get the most out of every qubit.
Learn more

Professional-grade toolkits to design, automate, and scale quantum hardware and controls.

Automatically reduce error and boost algorithmic success on cloud-accessible quantum computers.

Case studies

Real-world use cases

This collaboration demonstrates how hybrid quantum workflows can become practical tools for computer-aided drug discovery, enabling us to explore computational approaches that were previously out of reach.
Jean-Philip Piquemal
Co-founder
Solving the distribution network reconfiguration problem requires advanced optimization approaches that can combine the strengths of classical and quantum computing. Working with Q-CTRL enabled us to construct a hybrid quantum-classical workflow that leverages these combined strengths, unlocking the performance available on IBM Quantum hardware through Fire Opal’s optimization and error suppression capabilities.
Hiromichi Matsuyama
R&D Department Manager
Dark grid background with multiple purple transparent cubes topped with lightning bolt icons.
Q-CTRL played a key role in extending our quantum collision-model simulations of Markovian quantum processes on IBM superconducting hardware. Their hardware-aware execution expertise, together with Fire Opal's error-management software, helped us achieve long-time simulations beyond previously demonstrated scales.
Seiji Yunoki
Chief Scientist & Team Leader
Abstract digital network with interconnected purple nodes on a dark grid background.
We achieved a significant leap forward in accurately calculating the physical properties of materials, demonstrating a five-fold increase in achievable circuit width over previous Quantum Phase Estimation studies.
Shu Kanno
Scientist
Abstract network of connected glowing spheres linked by thin light strands on a dark background.
Working with Q-CTRL gave us a chance to explore a new and fast moving area of technology in a way that was grounded in our real design challenges. The team brought a strong mix of technical expertise and practical focus, helping us understand how quantum machine learning might fit into our workflow. It was a productive and insightful collaboration.
Shimoda Wataru (霜田 航)
Car frames on assembly line in factory with workers in blue uniforms moving around.
Effectively, we store two error-correctable logical qubits in a single trapped ion and demonstrate entanglement between them. We did this using quantum control software developed by Q-CTRL, with a physics-based model to design quantum gates that minimise the distortion of GKP logical qubits, so they maintain the delicate structure of the GKP code while processing quantum information.
Vassili Matsos
PhD student in the School of Physics and Sydney Nano
University quad with green lawns, stone pathways, old Gothic-style buildings, and students sitting outdoors.
The easy-to-use, intuitive Black Opal tool allowed our QTAP participants to quickly get up to speed with quantum computing, ready to trial their real-life business use cases. There was also some great material for participants who were curious to learn more about advanced topics.
Daniel Goldsmith
Senior Quantum Computing Consultant
Woman in blue shirt and man in white shirt working together on a laptop in an office.
We were pleasantly surprised to see the optimal routing of 26 trains over 18 minutes of real scheduling data for the full station topology being realised on a real quantum device, which otherwise wouldn’t have been possible without using Q-CTRL’s optimisation solver.
Nadia Hoodbhoy
Principal Engineer
Modern white and blue subway train moving through a dimly lit underground tunnel.
We achieved an accuracy in some trials comparable to a sharpshooter hitting a bullseye from 1,000 yards away. But because our quantum-assured navigation system allows a vehicle to position itself accurately irrespective of how far it’s travelled, by analogy that sharpshooter can hit the same bullseye no matter how far away they move from the target.
Michael J. Biercuk
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Two men standing on dry grass near a small airplane on a sunny day at an airstrip.
Students who engaged with Black Opal as an active companion resource significantly boosted knowledge retention and ultimately understanding. Some of them even engaged further with quantum computing by choosing a final-year project in that field.
Dr David Benoit
Senior Lecturer in Molecular Physics and Astrochemistry
Large ivy-covered brick building with clock tower and people sitting on grass in front under blue sky.
Given the complexity of the physics at play, being able to perform closed-loop optimization of a few physically motivated parameters of the quantum error correction protocol with Boulder Opal is very valuable to us.
Dany Lachance-Quirion
VP of Quantum Hardware
Blue digital wave with binary code forming peaks and valleys on a black background.
Optimally routing 120 convoys can take more than a month of classical computation. The Australian Army is evaluating the potential of quantum computing to provide improvements; however, it’s been difficult to validate the feasibility of a quantum solution due to hardware noise. With Fire Opal, an algorithmic enhancement software, we are able to achieve results on quantum computers that build confidence in our quantum roadmap.
Marcus Doherty
Australian Reserve Officer
Military transport convoy of green army trucks lined up on a dirt road with trees in the background.
As we develop novel techniques to solve some of the quantum industry’s hardest challenges, Fire Opal is an essential tool to reduce the impact of hardware noise and demonstrate successful results with deeper and wider circuits.
Hayk Tepanyan
Chief Technology Officer
Close-up of glossy 3D rectangular blocks in varying purple and blue shades with reflective surfaces.
We wanted to challenge Fire Opal’s capabilities by running a quite complex, unoptimized circuit. The results were extremely promising. The only comparable results we’ve seen have come from hardware that is currently too expensive to run extensive tests on.
Dr. Valtteri Lahtinen
Chief Scientific Officer
Four businesspeople discussing work around a table in a modern office with large windows.
The breadth and flexibility of Boulder Opal allowed us to create our own optimization scenario and obtain pulses robust to the five most relevant experimental noise sources at the same time! This will be crucial in the development of atomic interferometers to detect dark matter and gravitational waves at currently unexplored frequencies.
Zilin Chen
Postdoc
Hands adjusting optical instruments and lenses on a perforated metal optical bench.
Q-CTRL’s work has the potential to significantly improve algorithmic performance and hardware stability in quantum processors.
Alex Hill
Director, Quantum Engineering
Abstract dynamic light trails in blue and orange curving through a dark tunnel-like space.
Autonomous quantum sensors in space exploration will be invaluable in leveraging extraterrestrial resources for permanent human bases on the Moon and Mars.
Steven Marshall
Premier of South Australia
Cargo ship loaded with containers guided by tugboats near a port with cranes and container stacks.
Collaboration between experimentalists at University of Sydney and quantum control engineers at Q-CTRL breakthrough result published in Physical Review Letters
Dr. Cornelius Hempel
Research Fellow
Building on Sydney University campus with people walking by it outside on clear day.
We used Qiskit Pulse and Q-CTRL’s Boulder Opal to run error-robust quantum gates on a five-qubit IBM Quantum Canary processor delivering better value for users
Close-up of blue glowing quantum computer chips with circuit patterns and light streaks.
A rare opportunity for leading transport innovators and quantum computing experts to tackle complex transport network management and congestion problems.
Andrew Constance
Minister for Transport and Roads
Modern tram on city street with illuminated historic buildings and skyscrapers in the background.
It was really easy to go from code to experiments. I started from the relevant notebook in the documentation, followed the steps, adapted when necessary, and it simply worked! We’re now using Q-CTRL pulses that allow us to cut the time of our gates by eight times.
Marina Kudra
PhD Student
Colorful modern round building with geometric panels behind a wall with large chrome letters reading CHALMERS.

Latest news and updates

Latest news and updates

View all
View all
Molecule diagram with black and purple atoms and bond length labels beside a grid of grey and purple pixels.

Run utility-scale quantum dynamics simulations with the new Dynamics Simulator Qiskit Function

Q-CTRL digest

November 5, 2026

Q-CTRL sets the standard for quantum execution speed with IBM Quantum Nighthawk

Q-CTRL digest

September 24, 2026

Black laptop displaying a dark-themed Boulder Opal interface, placed on a perforated black surface against a light gray background.

Making quantum computer calibration autonomous, informative, and easy

Technical blog

September 18, 2026

Get started now

Make quantum
technology useful

Contact us