IBM Quantum

Qiskit Fall Fest 2025 has officially closed, and it was our biggest year yet! 🎉 In 2025, we had the honor of working with 150 organizations representing 49 countries, resulting in over 32,000 participants worldwide—making this our largest Qiskit Fall Fest to date. Over the past three months, every event offered quantum computing students, enthusiasts, and local communities an opportunity to meet, collaborate, and gain hands-on experience with quantum computing today. This year, our mission was clear: bring useful quantum computing to the world by sharing resources, making #Qiskit more accessible, and empowering the next generation of quantum innovators. Thank you to the advocates, organizers, and volunteers who helped make this year’s Qiskit Fall Fest a tremendous success. We’ll see you next year!

Investors are throwing money at quantum startups. Maybe they should be looking at a more venerable player that has a lot of practice building things. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/e_keNsVJ 📸: Guerin Blask for Forbes

We're excited to share a limited-time promotion for our IBM Quantum Platform Premium Plan clients with 0.25 QAU or above: a complimentary 1-year license for Qiskit Functions of your choice: https://ibm.co/6042BpB0A Qiskit Functions are pre-packaged tools from our ecosystem partners designed to accelerate quantum application research as well as reduce overhead for error correction and mitigation. By abstracting complex components of the quantum workflow, they allow users to focus on their area of expertise. With Qiskit Functions, research teams can scale their experiments in days, not months. If you're an IBM Quantum Premium Client with 0.25 QAU or above, register for your full license by 31 March. Free trials and tutorials are available before selection. Q-CTRL, ColibriTD, Algorithmiq, Global DataQuantum, Multiverse Computing, QEDMA, Kipu Quantum, Qunova Computing

One of the strongest signals coming out of #COP30 was the recognition that tackling climate challenges requires integrated approaches, scientific, technological, and institutional.   Quantum computing’s presence this year wasn’t peripheral. It was framed as an emerging tool that, when combined with domain expertise in energy, materials, forestry, and climate science, can help address complex problems that classical methods struggle with.   The Sustainability Quantum Working Group exemplifies this collaborative mindset: more than 60 experts across academia, national labs, utilities, and industry working together to evaluate quantum applications with rigor and realism.   The way forward isn’t hype. It’s collaboration. Read the full PR and report via link in our comments. #ClimateTech #QuantumForClimate #Sustainability #ClimateAction

Today with Cisco we announced plans to build a network of large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers. This network would mark a significant step toward realizing distributed quantum computing, and could lay the groundwork for a future quantum computing internet. Our work together will combine IBM’s expertise in quantum hardware and software with Cisco’s leadership in networking technologies to address the fundamental challenges of scaling beyond individual large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers, which we have committed to delivering Starling in 2029 and scaling to Blue Jay in 2033. We plan to build this vision through the below objectives: Proof-of-Concept Demonstration: Within five years, IBM and Cisco aim to entangle qubits across two independent quantum processing units (QPUs) housed in separate cryogenic environments. Quantum Networking Unit (QNU): IBM plans to design a quantum networking unit (QNU) interface to link together multiple QPUs and enable them to share information. The QNU will take stationary quantum information from QPUs and convert it into “flying” quantum information to then be further linked across a network. This is also aligned to our recent news on our collaboration with the Department of Energy National Quantum Initiative Centers exploring datacenter-scale links with QNUs at the SQMS Center at Fermilab. (https://lnkd.in/eM2VNvan)) Network Architecture: Cisco will explore quantum network nodes and optical-photon transmission technologies to enable secure, long-distance quantum communication. Together, the companies will investigate open-source software and novel hardware bridges to scale multi-QPU networks. By the early 2030s, this distributed architecture could support computations involving up to tens of thousands of qubits and trillions of quantum gates, unlocking transformative applications in large-scale optimization, advanced materials and drug design, and quantum-centric high-performance computing frameworks. This collaboration also lays the groundwork for a quantum computing internet by the late 2030s, connecting quantum computers, sensors, and communication systems for ultra-secure data exchange and advanced sensing. Learn more about this groundbreaking initiative and how IBM and Cisco are shaping the future of computing. (https://lnkd.in/en5vSjHH)

Yesterday we announced that we are collaborating with IBM to build networked, distributed quantum computing. Our goal is to design a connected network that can combine individual quantum computers & allow tens of thousands of qubits to work together for real world applications.    We aim to deliver an initial proof of concept by the end of the decade, which will ultimately lay the groundwork for the quantum internet in the 2030s.    I can’t wait to see what these two incredible teams at Cisco and IBM will achieve together. Big thanks to the teams who have been working to make this possible!

Today, IBM and Cisco announced a collaboration to lay the groundwork for a distributed quantum computing network, to be realized as soon as the early 2030s: https://ibm.co/6045B3kYf Within five years, the two companies aim to demonstrate the first proof-of-concept for a quantum network by developing new hardware and open-source software that physically connects multiple large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers. This lays the groundwork for distributed quantum computing, and in the future, a quantum computing internet. IBM quantum computers linked by this new architecture could eventually help facilitate computationally demanding workloads, such as ultra-secure communications, or precise monitoring of climate, weather, and seismic activity. Visit the link above to learn how quantum networks differ from classical ones, and see how a quantum networking unit (QNU) could interface between processors and interconnects to make qubits “fly” across long physical distances.

Now available to all Qiskit Runtime users, our new utility-scale dynamic circuits provide a powerful tool for exploring algorithms and applications that could enable near-term demonstrations of quantum advantage: https://ibm.co/6048BMUcg Key features include, but are not limited to: ✅ Parallel execution of independent conditional operations ✅ New stretch duration feature for precise expression of timing intent in circuit design ✅ An optimized `MidCircuitMeasure` instruction ✅ New circuit-timing visualization for easier debugging Visit the blog linked above to learn how IBM researchers are using dynamic circuits to expand the complexity we can represent with today’s quantum hardware and accelerate the journey to quantum advantage.

𝗞𝗶𝗽𝘂 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗕𝗠 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗢𝗻𝗲-𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 Today we announce a major expansion of our role within the IBM Quantum ecosystem, becoming one of the few organizations worldwide to operate across all three core elements of support for the quantum ecosystem: build, sell, and service. Our continued evolution within the IBM ecosystem underscores the growing trust, momentum, and industry traction behind our technology and our expanding role in helping shape the global quantum computing landscape. Kipu Quantum’s expanded role with IBM aligns with the three elements of support that define IBM’s collaborative ecosystem model: ➡️ Build: As a Qiskit Function provider, Kipu’s Iskay Quantum Optimizer expands the toolset that IBM Quantum Premium Plan users have access to for delivering purpose-built algorithms and applications that expand the capabilities of IBM’s quantum systems. ➡️ Sell: Kipu can now provide offerings that include access to IBM Quantum for enterprises across different industries seeking to initiate or further expand adoption of quantum computing. ➡️ Service: Leveraging IBM’s hardware and software stack, Kipu delivers end-to-end quantum services, from use-case engineering, and solution prototyping to workshops and applied learning programs that accelerate quantum adoption. Through this comprehensive collaboration with IBM, Kipu can enable access as a single-entry point for learning, experimentation, and deployment, as well as a comprehensive environment where organizations can design, test, and scale quantum solutions that leverage IBM quantum computers, alongside Kipu’s application-focused innovations. Scott Crowder, Vice President, IBM Quantum Adoption and Business Development stated: "By expanding their role and becoming strategic partner, Kipu is positioned to accelerate real-world adoption of quantum technologies. We fully support their vision of creating a simple way for users to develop quantum algorithms, and look forward to empowering their customers with direct, scalable access to IBM’s quantum computers." Enrique Solano, CEO and co-founder of Kipu Quantum: "Our next priority is to make our technology broadly accessible, so that enterprises can integrate it into their production workflows and capture tangible business value. By extending our collaboration with IBM we are creating a true one-stop-shop for clients to explore, access, and adopt quantum technologies. This expanded role will give customers the opportunity to access the best software and hardware solutions available." Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/dT_gPfRG Quantum destiny is all.

“The future will include heterogeneous accelerators, and quantum will be one of them, but the next generations of future stars will be the mathematicians who can iterate between classical and quantum problem solving.” Recorded live at One Sansome in the heart of San Francisco’s Financial District, Director of IBM Research and IBM Fellow Jay Gambetta sits with Malcolm Gladwell in a discussion of IBM’s plans to bring useful quantum computing to the world, the groundbreaking developments in technology and algorithms already underway, and the impact this new branch of computing could have on tremendous problems spanning fields such as chemistry, medicine, materials design, logistics, and even finance. Listen to our latest Smart Talks episode, Unlocking Our Quantum Future, here: https://ibm.co/6040BMlyO