QuEra Computing Inc.

QuEra's Bloqade started as an analog-simulation package. It is now a full neutral-atom SDK, and you install it in one line: pip install bloqade. What is in the stack today: - squin, a Python kernel language that compiles programs down to the actual moves and pulses our hardware runs. - Targets for both our machines, Aquila (analog) and Gemini (digital), plus a no-code browser designer for Gemini. - Simulators that model atom loss and near-Clifford noise, so you test against honest hardware behavior. - Fault-tolerant tooling: design codes, build decoders, write atom-shuttling programs, and decode real-time logical programs. - Kirin, the compiler IR underneath all of it. We are building the software to program and verify a neutral-atom machine alongside the hardware, not after it. Explore it: https://buff.ly/K0fZRk2 More science, less fiction.

States used to compete for factories. Now they compete for federal quantum programs. New Mexico's newly expanded Targeted Federal Match program will help local organizations win major federal quantum projects, DARPA's Quantum Benchmarking Initiative among them. We're proud to be part of that momentum ourselves, with a quantum testbed at the Roadrunner Quantum Lab in Albuquerque and published fault-tolerance research with Los Alamos National Laboratory. The same logic scales nationally. QuEra's 2026 Quantum Readiness Survey found government and defense the segment most expected to lead quantum commercialization (24%), and government mandates and grants the leading budget driver (28%). Defense applications can afford to invest in capability before commercial viability is proven. That is how the beachhead gets built. But for government decision makers, the real test is readiness: infrastructure and people in place well before quantum arrives. Read the complete 2026 Quantum Readiness Survey findings: https://buff.ly/dZ8pE2H

Quantum error correction protects logical information only while physical operations stay below the fault-tolerance threshold, but analog control parameters inevitably drift. For computations expected to run for days or months, repeated recalibration is impractical. Researchers from Harvard University establish a theoretical framework for self-calibrating fault tolerance by repurposing syndrome measurements as a calibration signal. They prove that detection rates can serve as a calibration signal, enabling an online optimization algorithm using syndromes collected during normal error correction, with provable convergence guarantees. This provides theoretical guarantees for a technique previously demonstrated empirically. Please read the full paper here: https://buff.ly/PfuahVT

In QuEra's 2026 Quantum Readiness Survey, only 1.1% of respondents believe quantum computers can deliver useful results without error correction. Not long ago, whether fault tolerance was even necessary was a live argument. Today, 78% call quantum error correction critical or very important for commercial value, and vendor roadmaps are judged on logical qubits rather than physical counts. The survey also asked which modality holds the most promise for practical, scalable applications. Neutral atoms led at 23%, ahead of superconducting (15%) and trapped ions (11%). And 34% said it is too early to determine, which is the honest answer in a contested race, and worth respecting. Read together, the numbers describe a market that has converged on fault tolerance as the gate to commercial value, while still keeping its options open on how to get there. Full report: https://buff.ly/dZ8pE2H

Q-Rated is our short-form series curating the quantum news that matters for government and HPC leaders. Episode 2 is out. In this episode, our Chief Commercial Officer Yuval Boger sat down with Alex Greenberg to discuss a real shift in how the public sector is funding quantum. This week, there are three developments worth watching: 1. The DOE's new Quantum Genesis program pays on milestones. Companies earn as they validate progress, starting at 10 logical qubits and scaling toward 100 and beyond. Prize-style competition is replacing the traditional grant. 2. States are moving fast to match federal dollars. New Mexico, Illinois, and Tennessee began offering matching funds within weeks, a level of responsiveness the ecosystem hasn't seen before. 3. The conversation is moving past "can we get there." The G7 is now planning for a post-fault-tolerant world, and what advantage looks like once these systems arrive.

Today at @quantumworldcongress. Andy Ory, Yuval Boger and Nate Gemelke will take the stage to discuss QuEra's path to fault tolerance, scaling hardware, supply chain resilience and much more. Schedule a meeting with the QuEra team this week: https://buff.ly/0sngbHP #QuantumComputing #QuEra #quantumworldcongress #quantumsupplychain #faulttolerance #neutralatoms

Neutral atoms are having their moment, and a lot of why comes down to a layer most people never see: the compiler. In a recent episode of Quantum Computing Now, former QuEra engineer John Long makes the case that as we move from NISQ to fault tolerance, the hard problem shifts. It's no longer one qubit to one atom. It's expressing a logical program and letting the stack figure out the codes, the lattice surgery, and the optimal hardware mapping underneath. His summary of where the field is heading: "compilers, compilers, compilers." Worth a listen for anyone thinking about how neutral-atom flexibility and co-design come together as the software stack matures. Hosted by Ethan Hansen, featuring John Long. https://buff.ly/nwR7VUi #QuantumComputing #NeutralAtoms #QuantumErrorCorrection

It was a pleasure to listen to Maryland Gov. Wes Moore as he welcomed QuEra as a tenant of the Discovery Center at the University of Maryland. Maryland has a unique combination of skilled workforce, proximity to key potential users of quantum computing, and top-notch research universities. UMD's QLab is also a QuEra customer. We are delighted to open an office in College Park (press release here https://buff.ly/KQKDrUf )

As quantum computing leaders from across the world convene just outside our nation's capital this week, we are excited to have three QuEra presentations at @quantumworldcongress. Andy Ory, Yuval Boger and Nate Gemelke will take the stage to discuss QuEra's path to fault tolerance, scaling hardware, supply chain resilience and much more. Schedule a meeting with the QuEra team this week: https://buff.ly/0sngbHP #QuantumComputing #QuEra #quantumworldcongress #quantumsupplychain #faulttolerance #neutralatoms