Elevate Quantum & Open Quantum Bring The Q-PAC Online
Elevate Quantum hosts Q-PAC, the nation's first open-architecture quantum system, at the Quantum Commons in Colorado.
“Colorado is the national hub for innovation in the fast-growing quantum industry.”
Governor Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado
Source: Elevate Quantum Q-PAC launch announcementAbout Elevate Quantum
Elevate Quantum is a federally designated Quantum Tech Hub coordinating the nation's largest quantum technology cluster spanning Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming. The Hub brings together national laboratories, universities, quantum hardware companies, software developers, and end-user industries under a single commercialization mission.
The Hub is on a mission to dramatically accelerate quantum commercialization, advance U.S. economic and strategic security, and build the quantum workforce that will make the technology real at scale. The Commercialization Lab on the Quantum Commons campus in Colorado is the operational home of these efforts, giving consortium members hands-on access to quantum hardware and integrated systems in a facility built for real-world deployment.
Federal Designation
One of the nation's official Quantum Tech Hubs, designated by the U.S. Department of Commerce to anchor quantum commercialization in the Mountain West region.
Quantum Commons Campus
The Commercialization Lab at Quantum Commons in Colorado provides consortium members with hands-on access to integrated quantum systems, including Q-PAC, in a purpose-built facility.
Broad Consortium
National labs, universities, hardware companies, software developers, and enterprise end-users collaborating under a shared commercialization mission — with Quantum Rings as a member since 2024.
“Open collaboration can lower barriers, reduce risk, and unlock immediate, real-world access to quantum capabilities.”
Jessi Olsen, COO/CFO, Elevate Quantum
Source: Elevate Quantum Q-PAC launch announcementQ-PAC: The Nation's First Open-Architecture Quantum System
The Quantum Platform for the Advancement of Commercialization (Q-PAC) is a first-of-its-kind system built on the Quantum Utility Block (QUB). Publicly launched November 14, it is designed to be modular, commercially reproducible, and accessible via Quantum-as-a-Service cloud access. Open Quantum brings it online, delivering cloud access to the Elevate Quantum community and anyone who wants to run circuits on a fully integrated, production-grade superconducting system.
QuantWare
Contralto-D QPU
High-coherence superconducting QPU at the core of the Q-PAC stack. QuantWare's Contralto-D delivers the qubit layer with a VIO scaling path toward larger systems.
Learn moreQblox
Cluster + Q1 Pulse Processor
Qblox Cluster drives the qubits with precise, low-latency electronic control. The Q1 pulse processor handles real-time pulse generation and feedback.
Learn moreQ-CTRL
Boulder Opal Quantum Control
Q-CTRL's Boulder Opal software layer provides autonomous calibration, characterization, and error suppression — keeping the system at high fidelity without manual tuning.
Learn moreMaybell Quantum
Cryogenics & Dilution Refrigeration
Maybell Quantum supplies the cryogenic infrastructure: a custom cryogenic wiring interconnect and dilution refrigerator that brings the QPU to operating temperature.
Learn moreQuantum Open Architecture (QOA)
Q-PAC is built around the Quantum Open Architecture principle: the system is modular, with each layer independently defined and commercially sourced, so it can be reproduced, upgraded, and scaled without being locked to a single vendor's proprietary integration. This is what makes it a commercialization platform, not just a research system.
QaaS Cloud Access via Open Quantum
Open Quantum provides the Quantum-as-a-Service layer that will put Q-PAC online for remote access, coming soon. Users will submit circuits through the unified Open Quantum API using standard frameworks (Qiskit, PennyLane, OpenQASM, and more) and the platform handles all backend-specific translation and job scheduling.
“Quantum technology is reaching a critical inflection point, moving from research into real-world commercial relevance.”
Michael Biercuk, CEO, Q-CTRL
Source: Elevate Quantum Q-PAC launch announcementQuantum Rings + Elevate Quantum
Quantum Rings joined the Elevate Quantum consortium in 2024, and Quantum Rings CEO Bob Wold has served on the Elevate Quantum Industry Advisory Board since 2025. During the Q-PAC development process we noticed a gap in the architecture: a production cloud layer to put the system online without requiring every user to show up in person.
Open Quantum fills that gap. We provide the QaaS cloud access layer for Q-PAC: the job submission API, authentication, scheduling, and result delivery that turn a local quantum system into a cloud-accessible resource. The hardware partners — QuantWare, Qblox, Q-CTRL, and Maybell — built the stack. We bring it online as an enterprise grade system.
This partnership reflects the broader Open Quantum mission: quantum hardware is being built and deployed in facilities around the world, and the cloud layer that makes it accessible should be open, unified, and easy to use. Learn more about the QPU operator use case or explore the full partner ecosystem.
“QuantWare, Qblox, Q-CTRL, and Maybell each did a superb job in their part of the stack. Open Quantum is the open infrastructure layer that brings those pieces together as an enterprise grade, cloud enabled system, so anyone with an internet connection can run circuits on it.”
Bob Wold
CEO, Quantum Rings
Frequently Asked Questions
Getting Started
Q-PAC is coming soon to the Open Quantum unified API. Sign up for a free account now so you are ready to select the Q-PAC backend the moment it comes online. Install the Open Quantum plugins to keep your native code untouched while the platform handles all backend-specific translation automatically.
$50 of Free Quantum Compute
Every new Open Quantum account includes $50 of free quantum compute credits, refreshed every 90 days. Start running circuits on Q-PAC and other backends at no cost.
Explore Our Other Partners
qBitTensor Labs
Decentralized quantum-compute network
qBitTensor Labs operates the decentralized quantum-compute network on Bittensor Subnet 48, coordinating independent QPU operators so Open Quantum can offer real hardware at roughly half the cost, free to start.
Learn moreQ-CTRL
Quantum control software
Boulder Opal handles autonomous calibration, characterization, and error suppression, so a QUB system runs at high fidelity without a team of PhDs tuning gates by hand.
Learn moreQblox
Quantum control electronics
Qblox Cluster and the Q1 pulse processor deliver the low-latency electronic control that manipulates qubits with precise pulses — the hardware backbone of the QUB architecture.
Learn moreQuantWare
Superconducting QPU hardware
QuantWare builds the high-coherence superconducting QPUs — including the Contralto-A and Contralto-D processors — with a VIO scaling path from tens to thousands of qubits.
Learn moreMaybell Quantum
Quantum cryogenics & infrastructure
Denver-built dilution refrigerators and the ColdCloud platform. Open Quantum connects to Maybell telemetry so you can monitor your fridge from anywhere alongside running jobs.
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