About HQS

We develop software solutions that accelerate innovation in science and industry.

HQS provides software for material scientists in the chemical industry and academia that incorporates sophisticated quantum-level models of the properties of molecules and materials, giving researchers the deeper insights they need to identify the perfect solution.

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Our Mission: Powering Tomorrow's Solutions

Our mission is to provide software that revolutionizes research to accelerate and enable breakthrough developments in various industries.

Our Vision: Industry's Quantum Revolution

Our vision is to establish quantum mechanical applications in industry and to realize optimized application-oriented quantum computing.

HQS Roadmap

Long term expectations in quantum computing

HQS is ideally positioned to find the first valuable use cases for quantum computers

2025

Focus on academic NMR problems

First quantum computer applications with 50 qubits in academia

2027

Expansion to medical research and applications beyond NMR

Industry-specific problems benefit from quantum computing

2026

Specialized NMR problems in industry are addressed

Initial quantum advantage for the pharma sector

2028

First use cases in med-tech diagnostics

Quantum computers provide advantages in new fields

2029

Quantum machine learning (QML) is used in diagnostics

Advanced quantum solutions adopted in med-tech

Our Story and the Minds Behind HQS

Quantum technology harbors enormous potential for industry, especially in materials development. However, in the current NISQ era, fully tapping into this potential remains a challenge. But four physicists from Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT) saw an opportunity to convert this potential. Thus, HQS was born.

Our grown team of 40+ experts, mainly in physics, chemistry, and computing, has turned quantum potential into practical software solutions for industry and science. We're making quantum accessible for breakthroughs.

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Timeline

2017

Founded by four physicists with a deep background in theoretical quantum computing.
2018

First major public release: ProjectQ port to Cirq.
9 emloyees
2019

€2,3 Million Seed Financing Round
14 employees
2020

First Cloud Offering.
20 employees
2021

qoqo, the quantum circuit representation library, is released.
30 employees
2022

HQS Noise App is launched.
2023

Qoqo for Braket is launched and further ready-to-use Software Applications. Explore our new Solutions for Quantum Simulation.
40 employees. See our current team
2024

Launch of HQStage - the quantum simulation toolkit from HQS with a wide range of software modules for the entire simulation process and innovative workflows.