San Francisco, California, June 24 2025 -- Q-CTRL, the global leader in quantum infrastructure software, today announced the availability of its software integration with Rigetti, a pioneer in superconducting quantum computing. As part of this integration, which was previewed last year, Q-CTRL’s flagship quantum performance management software, Fire Opal, is now available on Ankaa-3, Rigetti’s latest 84-qubit quantum computer via the Rigetti Quantum Cloud Services platform (QCS).

Fire Opal addresses the top challenge in quantum computing by improving the capability of quantum computers through automated error suppression. Due to their fragility, quantum computers are highly susceptible to errors, which disrupt their performance. Managing these errors at the hardware level has generally only been possible by a handful of experts globally, and is a major impediment to the commercial adoption of quantum computing.

This strategic integration enables quantum developers, researchers, and enterprise users to access Fire Opal’s quantum error-suppression and performance-enhancement capabilities directly on Rigetti’s highest-performing system.

Clients have already experienced the benefits of this integration for benchmark tests related to their use cases:

For example, BlueQubit was able to boost the performance of specially-developed benchmark tests related to their use case, observing the correct output in 20-qubit circuits, up from 14 qubits in the default Rigetti service configuration.

Another use case explored in partnership with the Office of the NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer demonstrated dramatic improvements in a financial portfolio optimization using Nasdaq data – selecting assets and managing sector exposure and risk. The solution quality was improved by 32x over the default Rigetti service configuration.

Q-CTRL was a successful recipient in the NSW Government's Quantum Computing Commercialisation Fund, administered by the Office of the Chief Scientist & Engineer.

Fire Opal on Ankaa-3 is accessible now through Rigetti QCS. Clients can start leveraging performance benefits today by request.