Q-CTRL
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$99M
4 rounds on record
Latest round
$59M
Venture round · Oct 2024 · 2 yr ago
Team
201-500
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
16
+13 posted in 30 days
Grants
$230k
1 grant · CORDIS
Backers
4
GP Bullhound, Alpha Edison
The money's age
Due for its next round
24 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
58/100
hiring for its size, a new city, in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
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Oct 16
First executive search Director of US Government Engagement
Oct 8, 2024
Raised a round Venture round $59M · Venturebeat
Dec 6, 2022
Launched Q-CTRL Releases Free Access to Fire Opal for End Users to Improve Quantum Algorithm Performance by up to 1,000x Q-CTRL · q-ctrl.com
Aug 24, 2022
Launched Q-CTRL Launches New Division To Create Advanced Software-Defined Quantum Sensors · forbes.com
Feb 14, 2022
Won a grant $230k · CORDIS
Nov 30, 2021
Raised a round Series B $25M · led by Airbus Ventures
Nov 7, 2019
Expanded Quantum Computing Startup Q-CTRL Opens US Headquarters in Los Angeles · hpcwire.com
Sep 10, 2019
Raised a round Venture round $15M · TechCrunch
Dec 2017
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Web presence
top 0.33%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
5
best: 3 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Oct 2024 | $59M | — | Venturebeat |
| Grant | Feb 2022 | $230k | — | CORDIS |
| Series B | Nov 2021 | $25M | Airbus Ventures lead | businesswire.com |
| Venture round | Sep 2019 | $15M | — | TechCrunch |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Overview Q-CTRL Pty Ltd | its site |
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GP Bullhound 
Alpha Edison 
DCVC 
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대학 팀이 Q-CTRL, Qedma, IBM의 오류 관리 비교--Q-CTRL은 100큐비트 QFT 실행QNews_channel
「오류 관리 소프트웨어」는 정말 효과가 있을까--제3자의 비교 검증과 Q-CTRL의 100큐비트 QFT 읽기1. Executive Summary사실: 양자 컴퓨터의 오류를 소프트웨어로 줄이는 상용 제품 3가지를 동일한 IBM 기기와 동일한 과제로 비교한 제3자 논문이 발표되었습니다(arXiv:2608.05202). 비교 대상은 IBM 순정 Qiskit Runtime, Q-CTRL의 Performance Management, Qedma의 QESEM입니다.
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University Team Compares Error Management from Q-CTRL, Qedma, and IBM-Q-CTRL Executes 100-Qubit QFTQNews_channel
Does "error management software" really work? Reading the third-party comparative verification and Q-CTRL's 100-qubit QFT1. Executive SummaryFact: A third-party paper (arXiv:2608.05202) has been released comparing three commercial products that reduce qua
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Q-CTRL Achieves World's First GPS-Free Quantum Gravimetric Navigation Demonstration in Maritime Field Trial Q-CTRL
The company's quantum navigation system maintained one nautical mile positioning accuracy over the mission duration, surpassing navigation-grade GNSS backups by more than 10 times.
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Q-CTRL Delivers 3,000x Speedup in Materials Discovery for the Energy Sector with Quantum Computing, Demonstrates Evidence of Practical Quantum Advantage Q-CTRL
Performance-management software pushes IBM Quantum Platform to surpass classical benchmarks, reducing simulation times from over 100 hours to just two minutes.
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Quantum-assured magnetic navigation achieves positioning accuracy better than a strategic-grade INS in airborne and ground-based field trials
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2504.08167: Quantum-assured magnetic navigation achieves positioning accuracy better than a strategic-grade INS in airborne and ground-based field trials
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Unlocking the Power of Quantum Navigation: Lockheed Martin, Q-CTRL, and Partner Awarded Contract Q-CTRL
Lockheed Martin and Q-CTRL won a U.S. Defense Innovation Unit contract to prototype a quantum INS, enabling precise navigation without GPS access.
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Q-CTRL raises $59M for quantum software
Q-CTRL has raised $113 million for its latest funding round for building quantum computing infrastructure software.
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Q-CTRL's Fire Opal Among First Qiskit Functions Delivering Utility-Scale Performance to Global Quantum Developers
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Q-CTRL to Partner with Defence on Quantum Navigation Technologies Q-CTRL
Q-CTRL's globally unique software-defined quantum sensors to enable GPS-free navigation for Australian Defence and AUKUS partners.
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Q-CTRL Releases Free Access to Fire Opal for End Users to Improve Quantum Algorithm Performance by up to 1,000x Q-CTRL
Standalone software package integrated with industry leading cloud platforms now available, validated by end-user partners Capgemini, Xerox PARC, Quanscient
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Q-CTRL over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
37
Postings analysed
13
Stack modernity
72/100
Languages
Python69%
C++31%
VHDL15%
Verilog15%
Frameworks & libraries
MLIR15%
Cocotb8%
NumPy8%
PyTorch8%
Cloud & platforms
Linux23%
GCP15%
AWS8%
Azure8%
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37 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Growth
Hiring Momentum
67/100
Growing
Open positions
17
2 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
145 days
faster than 10% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
10/16/2026
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Finance
22% ▲
Hardware
11% ▲
Sales
11% ▲
Science & Research
11% ▲
Field & Service
11% ▲
AI/ML
6% ▲
Actively hiring for Finance (+4 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Los Angeles
Oct 2026
New location: San Francisco
Oct 2026
Added VHDL to stack
Oct 2026
Added Verilog to stack
Oct 2026
Added Python to stack
Oct 2026
Added MLIR to stack
Oct 2026
Added LLVM to stack
Oct 2026
Added C++ to stack
Oct 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
4
Hiring now
3
Countries
2
Busiest office
Sydney
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San Francisco
United States
HQ
1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
Sydney
Australia
Engineering / R&D
9 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 44% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Science & Research, Finance, Hardware
Los Angeles
United States
Engineering / R&D
5 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 80% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, DevOps, Hardware
Huntsville
United States
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Field & Service
Jobs
≈ $46k – $134k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Sydney
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≈ $160k – $327k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • PhD • Los Angeles
Python
AI Agents
DevOps
HPC
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≈ $116k – $225k per year (Estimated) • In office • 5+ years exp • Los Angeles
Python
GCP
FluxCD
CI/CD
GitOps
ArgoCD
AWS
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Linux
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
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≈ $88k – $247k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • PhD • Los Angeles
Python
Rust
C++
PyTorch C++
AI/ML
Scikit-learn
SciPy
NumPy
PyTorch
Machine Learning
Quantum
Qiskit
Cirq
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≈ $86k – $196k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Sydney
Rust
C++
SystemVerilog
GitHub Actions
CI/CD
Linux
TCP/IP
Chips/EDA
Xilinx Vivado
Cocotb
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≈ $109k – $200k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Huntsville
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≈ $122k – $223k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • Los Angeles
Python
Verilog
C++
VHDL
LLVM
AI/ML
MLIR
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