Our users

Quantum learners, students, and researchers

Upskill and accelerate with expert tools to gain your own quantum advantage.

Solutions for students and professionals venturing into quantum

Access the leading quantum computing learning platform

Newcomers to quantum technology can go from zero background to programming real quantum computers with Black Opal - no PhD required!



Featuring interactive and accessible learning modules, students can gain practical skills in quantum computing in just minutes a day.

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Black Opal is a multi-award-winning educational tool that provides all the required math taught alongside quantum fundamentals with the learner in mind.

It replaces lectures and passive videos with engaging content developed by the world’s largest team of quantum control engineers.

The world’s first interactive quantum educational tool

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AI-based performance-management for application specialists and developers

Test and validate high-value quantum applications with ease

The best way to learn is by practicing on real quantum computers—but hardware errors have held specialists back. 

Application specialists and algorithm designers use our AI-powered error-suppression tools to gain better insights from their application-research efforts, faster.



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Fire Opal is an out-of-the-box solution for minimizing error and boosting algorithmic success on quantum computers. It’s natively integrated into the world’s leading platforms so you can connect directly into your development workflows.

Powered by AI-driven quantum control, it simplifies and automates error suppression in hardware and circuit execution—no hardware-level expertise required. With a single command, you can achieve more accurate, more reliable results so you can focus on advancing the applications that matter most to you.

Effective error suppression for quantum computers as a simple, fully-automated solution

Powerful tools for quantum researchers

“AI for quantum” to accelerate your research

We help researchers at all stages push the boundaries of quantum science with the world’s most powerful AI-powered quantum infrastructure software.  

Hardware research students

Research students building quantum computers and quantum sensors deploy our powerful AI-based agents to calibrate quantum hardware and quantum gates automatically, design optimized control solutions that perform better in the face of imperfect hardware, and even pinpoint critical hardware issues.

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Theoretical researchers

Researchers in quantum information, quantum sensing, and quantum control use our experimentally validated tools to explore and apply the most advanced concepts in quantum control in their work.



With a simple Python interface, our users can integrate industry-leading optimization engines and fully automated noise and error suppression tools right into their programming workflows, whether in numerics or cloud quantum computing hardware.

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

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Case studies

Real-world use cases

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
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Digital Catapult
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
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University of Hull, UK
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
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Nord Quantique
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
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BlueQubit
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
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Northwestern University
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
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Chalmers University of Technology
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