What a year it’s been!

2024 was our busiest yet, with 7 new Qruisers, 2 new products, and many more exciting milestones along the way! Here are some of our highlights:

Launch of QruiseOS and QruiseML

In March, we celebrated the official launch of our first two products, QruiseOS and QruiseML.

QruiseOS performs rapid, in-depth characterisation, calibration, and optimal control of quantum devices. With the option to choose between 40+ pre-defined experiments or design their own, Qruise's rapid automated bring-up framework allows researchers to make more progress faster, accelerating the development of next generation quantum devices.

QruiseML uses advanced model learning to generate highly accurate digital twins of quantum devices. From arbitrary experimental data, QruiseML learns system parameters and iteratively reduces the statistical distance between the output of the digital twin and the real quantum device, allowing the user to fully understand which parameters are limiting performance.

New partnership with Zurich Instruments

In July, we proudly announced a new partnership with Zurich Instruments! By combining our state-of-the-art machine learning software with Zurich Instruments' leading Quantum Computing Control System, we're significantly simplifying the tune-up of quantum processors. “Zurich Instruments and Qruise have been closely collaborating from the day Qruise was born,” said Shai Machnes, our CEO & co-founder. “I'm excited to formalise our relationship with this agreement, and to take it to further heights, providing even more value to our shared customers.”

Mid-year product update

The first half of 2024 was packed with new products and a whole bunch of exciting updates. We expanded our noise modelling library to support arbitrary Gaussian noise processes, which now lets users model non-Markovian noise easily and efficiently. Coupled with our extensive quantum noise spectroscopy routines, users can now have a comprehensive understanding of the effects of noise on their device performance.

Our Rydberg atoms library can now model motional modes and laser imperfections. This collaboration with the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics was released as a preprint on arXiv in August. These tools were further included in our integration with QuEra's Aquila QPUs on Braket. We also launched our device monitoring dashboard in QruiseOS to keep track of all your installed QPUs, which you can try out today right from your browser.

2^nd prize in Quantum World Congress competition

In September, we won 2^nd prize in the Quantum World Congress Startup Pitch Competition! Our chief product officer, Anurag Saha Roy, did a fantastic job highlighting the state-of-the-art features that make our software so unique. He was up against some of the best and brightest in the quantum world, so it was a great honour to have been chosen as the 1^st runner up.

New partnership with Quantum Machines

Also in September, we were thrilled to announce a strategic partnership with Quantum Machines, which now offers Qruise's advanced software as an add-on to its own products. "The combination of Quantum Machines hardware and Qruise software will allow labs to get going quicker, bring-up their devices to higher fidelities, and gain deeper insight into the factors limiting device performance, accelerating the entire R&D cycle," said Shai Machnes.

This partnership followed the success of a collaborative project earlier in the year. By applying Qruise's advanced model learning algorithms, the joint research team developed a highly accurate digital twin of flux-based two-qubit superconducting gates, significantly improving their fidelities. By combining data from multiple experiments, they learned 83 system parameters, allowing them to correct distortions and obtain a detailed error budget, which will aid researchers in identifying and addressing limiting factors in quantum hardware.

Quantum Effects award for Quantum Computing Software

In October, we won the Quantum Effects award for the category of “Quantum computing software and algorithms”! “This achievement highlights the collective efforts of the entire Qruise team,” said Nicu Becherescu, Qruise business development manager, who accepted the award at the conference. “Their dedication and scientific rigour have been pivotal in creating cutting-edge software solutions that address the complex challenges of quantum computation and push the boundaries to drive progress forward.”

AI for Quantum Calibration Challenge

Earlier this year, we participated in the “AI for Quantum Calibration Challenge”, jointly organised by Quantum Machines and Rigetti, and hosted at the Israeli Quantum Computing Center (IQCC).

Using QruiseOS, our advanced AI-driven model learning software, we calibrated all 9 qubits and 12 couplers in a Rigetti Novera QPU in under 45 minutes – a task that traditionally takes hours or even days! We’re absolutely delighted with these results and look forward to continuing to collaborate with these leading quantum hardware companies to overcome the growing challenge of scaling quantum systems.

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None of this would have been possible without the unwavering dedication of our Qruisers. Throughout the year, they've worked tirelessly to enhance our software, support our customers, and communicate our vision – not to mention what a pleasure they've been to work with! We’re incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved together.

A heartfelt thank you to the many others who contributed to this year’s success, along with a big "Congratulations!" to all our colleagues in the quantum community and beyond for their achievements this year. We’re very grateful to be part of such a vibrant and inspiring field.

As we look ahead to 2025, we're excited for the challenges and opportunities the new year will bring. Until then, merry Qruisemas and a happy new year!