qBraid launches qBraid OS to run quantum computers as services

October 21, 2026, 13:30Source: PR Newswire

qBraid has introduced qBraid OS, software that quantum hardware providers and system operators can use to run their machines and offer them to users, either commercially or internally. The company presented it at NVIDIA GTC Berlin, with early-access partners including IBM, Diraq, Quobly, MemQ and Quantum Machines.

Key points

qBraid introduced qBraid OS at NVIDIA GTC Berlin to let quantum hardware providers run their systems as services.
It handles access, scheduling and billing, and runs quantum processors together with NVIDIA accelerated computing via CUDA-Q and NVQLink.
It builds on infrastructure qBraid runs for its own platform, which offers systems from 18 quantum hardware providers.
Early-access partners include Diraq, Quobly, IBM, MemQ and Quantum Machines.

What qBraid OS does

According to qBraid, qBraid OS manages access, scheduling and billing for a quantum processor, and runs it together with NVIDIA accelerated computing, either on premises or in the cloud. The company says firms that build or operate quantum computers typically develop this kind of software themselves, alongside the hardware.

qBraid OS is based on the infrastructure qBraid has built and operated for its own agentic platform. That platform serves thousands of quantum developers and provides access to systems from 18 quantum hardware providers, according to the company.

The software can be deployed wherever a quantum computer is installed, from a hardware company's own lab to a supercomputing center, where the processor runs next to GPU and high-performance computing systems on premises.

Integration with NVIDIA CUDA-Q and NVQLink

qBraid OS is designed to use NVIDIA accelerated computing alongside quantum processors through the NVIDIA CUDA-Q platform. The aim is to allow quantum error-correction decoding and classical processing during each quantum job. Because qBraid is a supported CUDA-Q provider, systems running qBraid OS can be made available to developers through CUDA-Q.

The listed capabilities include:

Connection through an existing processor interface or directly to a system's control electronics
Combined scheduling of quantum processors and NVIDIA accelerated computing, including systems connected through NVIDIA NVQLink
User management, reservations, usage metering and billing
Setup and operation designed to be carried out with AI agents, within permissions set by the system's operator
Developer access through the qBraid SDK, qBraid's AI agents and NVIDIA CUDA-Q, using the same code written for other qBraid hardware
Defined integration points for compilers, optimizers, error-mitigation tools and resource-estimation services, so each needs to integrate only once

Statements and availability

"Companies building quantum computers should be able to spend their time on the hardware," said Kanav Setia, CEO of qBraid. He added that qBraid OS gives them the software qBraid has built and run for its own platform, connected to NVIDIA accelerated computing, "so their systems are ready for users sooner."

Sam Stanwyck, Director of Quantum Product at NVIDIA, said: "Quantum processors and GPU supercomputers will become as easy to use together as CPUs and GPUs are today." He said qBraid OS builds on CUDA-Q and NVQLink to help hardware providers offer their systems as services.

qBraid OS is available now to early-access partners including Diraq, Quobly, IBM, MemQ and Quantum Machines. Quantum computing companies can find more information at qbraid.com/qbraid-os. The source gives no pricing or general release date.

What it means for hardware makers and developers

For hardware companies, the pitch is to avoid building the service layer of access, scheduling and billing themselves, so they can focus on the machines. For developers, qBraid says the same code used for other qBraid hardware will work on systems running qBraid OS, and that access is also possible through CUDA-Q.

qBraid describes itself as an agentic cloud orchestration platform for quantum computing, used by more than 35,000 developers in over 120 countries. The company is based in Chicago.