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Quantum computers offer revolutionary capabilities for applications ranging from drug discovery to finance. The underlying hardware, however, is extremely unstable, preventing these machines from being put to wide use. Q-CTRL has developed AI-powered software providing the functionality to transform unstable “bare-metal” quantum hardware into useful computational systems; it is the high-value “VMWare of quantum computing.”

This software, branded as BOULDER OPAL, can autonomously improve the stability of quantum computers and ultimately deliver useful performance to end-users. BOULDER OPAL delivers a software abstraction layer in quantum computing called quantum firmware. Quantum firmware reduces errors in quantum computers, speeds system setup, and eliminates the need for manual intervention by engineering teams.