Unitary Foundation

10 Sept

🌐 The 2026 Quantum Open Source Software Survey is open! Share your perspective on the quantum software ecosystem and help shape a clearer picture of our community. 📝 Take the ~20-min survey and make your voice heard: buff.ly/6iZCwAC

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⏰ Only 3 days left to complete the survey! The Quantum Open Source Software Survey 2026 is closing soon! Share your insights on the tools and communities shaping quantum software. Every response helps us understand the field better. 📝 Take the ~20-minute survey: buff.ly/6iZCwAC

Unitary Foundation@unitary.foundation

🚀 We’re hiring! Join Unitary Foundation as a 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 and help build open-source software advancing quantum computing. 🌍 Fully remote | 💻 Open-source & quantum research 🔗 Explore the role and apply: buff.ly/TGboLPQ

🚀 AI agents are transforming quantum research! Explore leaderboards and find your next challenge. 📖 Blog: buff.ly/WMZErvf 🏆 Challenges: buff.ly/wgCVLDm 💡 Know others? Tell us on Discord buff.ly/JHfqBSV or GitHub buff.ly/OVHUFEH

📣 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁! New grant awarded to 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗸𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 and 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗵𝗲 for the project 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗞𝗶𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁. 🎓 Learn more: buff.ly/4aZGKMl 📝 Apply here: buff.ly/49yvRyy

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🔎 Only 2 weeks left to share your perspective! The Quantum Open Source Software Survey 2026 is closing soon! Share your insights on the tools and communities shaping quantum software. 📝 Take the ~20-min survey: [**https://buff.ly/6iZCwAC**](buff.ly/6iZCwAC)

Unitary Foundation@unitary.foundation

📣 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁! New grant awarded to 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘂 for the project 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲. 🎓 Learn more: buff.ly/4aZGKMl 📝 Apply here: buff.ly/49yvRyy

⚡️ Lightning intros, minihacks, open coding, lab tours—and even some ping-pong! 🏓 That’s a wrap on unitaryCON26 in Toronto. From technical deep dives to new connections, the open-source quantum community came together to share, collaborate, and build. Read the full recap: buff.ly/zEs3cfI

Join us on our (bi)weekly calls on Discord. 🔗 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱: buff.ly/2ScZzmo 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 (monthly): • Qiskit Community Call (07:00 PST | 10:00 EST | 16:00 CEST) 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆: • IONQ Office Hour (13:00 PST | 16:00 EST | 22:00 CEST)

𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆: • H-Hat Office Hour (03:00 PST | 06:00 EST | 12:00 CEST) 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆: • Qick Community Call (13:00 PST | 16:00 EST | 22:00 CEST)

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🔎 What’s happening across the quantum software ecosystem?The Quantum Open Source Software Survey 2026 is still open, with one month left to contribute your perspective. Help us understand the tools, communities, and practices shaping the field. 📝 Take the ~20-min survey: buff.ly/6iZCwAC

Unitary Foundation@unitary.foundation

What happens when humans and AI compete to discover better quantum error-correcting codes? The 𝗤𝗘𝗖 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 brings them together on an open, verified leaderboard. Explore the frontier and join in: buff.ly/dhilZOT

📣 New Deltakit grant awarded to Denisa Buzac! Denisa is an MPhys Physics with Quantum Technologies student at the University of Surrey. This summer, she interned with Riverlane, working on Deltakit’s quantum error correction (QEC) tooling.

📣 New Deltakit grant awarded to Nathan Delcid! Nathan is a software engineer working across full-stack development, ML, systems engineering, and quantum computing. He’s excited to be one of the first Deltakit Community Fund grantees!

📣 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁! New grant awarded to 𝗫𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝗴 for the project 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗺: A Framework for QEC Protocol Evaluation and Prototyping with Automated DEM Construction. Listen about his project at our QW session today: buff.ly/syG5OU8 Learn: buff.ly/4aZGKMl Apply: buff.ly/49yvRyy

22 Sept

Come join the team for ⚛️ Quantum Wednesday! We'll have 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗺: 𝗔 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗤𝗘𝗖 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹 𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗘𝗠 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 lead by our invited speaker 𝗫𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝗴. 🔗 Discord: buff.ly/xbKzDqL

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17 Sept

🌐 We’re one week into the Quantum Open Source Software Survey 2026! There’s still plenty of time to share your perspective and help shape a clearer picture of the quantum software ecosystem. The survey is open through Oct 29. 📝 Take the ~20-min survey: buff.ly/6iZCwAC

Unitary Foundation@unitary.foundation

14 Sept

📊 A new milestone for Metriq! We now have a stable, versioned benchmark baseline to help make quantum device benchmarking more consistent and comparable. 🔍 Explore it at metriq.info 💻 Submit your device at buff.ly/YFODvhz 🤝 Share feedback, or get involved in building it with us at buff.ly/HoOy90F

9 Sept

📣 At IEEE Quantum Week 2026 in Ontario? Join unitaryCON26! ⚛️ Connect with the global quantum open-source community, share ideas, explore projects, and help shape the future of quantum software. 🗓️ Sept 17–18 📍 Ontario

4 Sept

🚀 Ready to push the boundaries of Quantum Error Correction? The QEC Challenge gamifies code discovery—bringing together QEC experts, researchers, and LLMs to explore new possibilities. 🧩 Fork. Experiment. Discover. 🔗 buff.ly/vDiJb6v

4 Sept

What happens to quantum open source when coding agents can turn issues into PRs in hours? unitaryHACK26 gave us a front-row seat. 165 bounties. 46 projects. 85 hackers. 86 countries—& plenty of lessons about AI, review, collaboration, and what comes next for hackathons. Recap here: buff.ly/a9Bq3JT

2 Sept

🚀 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘁 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸! Join us every 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝟳:𝟯𝟬 𝗔𝗠 𝗣𝗗𝗧 / 𝟭𝟬:𝟯𝟬 𝗔𝗠 𝗘𝗗𝗧 / 𝟰:𝟯𝟬 𝗣𝗠 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗧 for Deltakit Office Hours — a space to ask questions, share ideas, get support, and connect with fellow contributors working on quantum error correction. buff.ly/eBYQ6c5

2 Sept

🧩 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘁 is Riverlane’s open-source quantum error correction (QEC) development toolkit, designed to help build the production-grade software infrastructure needed for fault-tolerant quantum computing. 📅 First session: Wednesday, September 9 🕓 4:30 PM CEST / 7:30 AM PDT / 10:30 AM EDT

1 Sept

Come join the team for ⚛️ Quantum Wednesday! We'll have the 𝟯𝟳𝟬 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 lead by 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗼. 🔗 Discord: buff.ly/xbKzDqL

sites.google.comQuantum Software 2.6 WorkshopQuantum Software 2.6: current challenges and headways in quantum software IEEE Quantum Week conference, Sept 13 - 18, 2026 Metro Toronto Convention Center Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Heading to I𝗘𝗘𝗘 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲? ⚛️ Several members of the Unitary Foundation team will be sharing their work across quantum error correction, benchmarking, simulation, and quantum software. Here’s where you can find them 👇

• Compiling Quantum Circuits for Classical Simulation — Quantum Software 2.6 Workshop Workshop (sites.google.com/view/quantum...) • Clifft: A Compiler-Backed Exact Simulator for Near-Clifford Fault-Tolerant Circuits IWQC Workshop (quantum-compilers.github.io/iwqc2026)

github.comGitHub - unitaryfoundation/qldpc-challenge: Public challenge to find optimal qLDPC codes.Public challenge to find optimal qLDPC codes. Contribute to unitaryfoundation/qldpc-challenge development by creating an account on GitHub.

If you’re heading to 𝗜𝗘𝗘𝗘 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, come say hello, join the workshops, and hear directly from our team! ⚛️ #IEEEQuantumWeek #QuantumComputing #QuantumSoftware #QuantumErrorCorrection #OpenSource #QuantumResearch

• The QEC Challenge: A Public, Automatically Verified Leaderboard for Quantum LDPC Codes — Quantum Software 2.6 Workshop GitHub (github.com/unitaryfound...) Website (unitaryfoundation.github.io/qldpc-challe...) Workshop (sites.google.com/view/quantum...)

qubench.netQCE26-QuBenchSeptember 13-18, 2026 @ Toronto, Ontario, Canada

🔹 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗼 • Metriq-data: An Open, Cross-Platform Dataset of Quantum Benchmark Results — QuBench Workshop QuBench (www.qubench.net) 🔹 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 • Clifft: Fast Simulation of Near Clifford Circuits — Advanced Simulations of Quantum Computation Workshop

• Catching Bugs in Detector Error Models (Before Your Decoder Fails) 🔗 Repository (github.com/mathysrennel...) Workshop (sites.google.com/view/quantum...) 🔹 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗼 • Opportunities and Challenges in Scaling Quantum Error Detection on Hardware — QALG arXiv (arxiv.org/abs/2605.02861)

github.comGitHub - MathysRennela/emlint: Static linter for detector error modelsStatic linter for detector error models. Contribute to MathysRennela/emlint development by creating an account on GitHub.

arxiv.orgCompressed Sensing for Efficient Fidelity Estimation of GHZ StatesAccurately characterizing multipartite entangled states is a critical challenge in quantum information processing. In this work, we focus on applying compressed sensing techniques to efficiently estim...

• Compressed Sensing for Efficient Fidelity Estimation of GHZ States — QAPP arXiv (arxiv.org/abs/2604.27824) • PauLie: Fast Classification of Pauli Dynamical Lie Algebras — QSYS

🔹 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗮 • Design Rules for Fault-Tolerant Multi-Gate Teleportation arXiv (hhttps://arxiv.org/abs/2607.01342) DQC-SI Workshop (dqc-si.com#cfp) • Quasilinear Equivalence Checking for Detector Error Models arXiv (arxiv.org/abs/2606.146...) IWQC Workshop (quantum-compilers.github.io/iwqc2026)

dqc-si.comDQC-SI 2026 — Distributed Quantum Computing Systems and InfrastructureDistributed Quantum Computing Systems and Infrastructure workshop at IEEE Quantum Week (QCE 2026).

25 Aug

Come join the team for ⚛️ Quantum Wednesday! We'll have the 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁: 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿 lead by our invited speaker 𝗔𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵. 🔗 Discord: buff.ly/xbKzDqL

24 Aug

Alessandro Cosentino will join QuBench’s Industry Perspectives on Quantum Benchmarking session to share UF’s initiative to build a community-driven platform for quantum benchmarking and advance open benchmarking. Sept. 16, 13:00–14:30 buff.ly/EMSIYS4

19 Aug

📣 Attending IEEE Quantum Week 2026 in Ontario? Share your quantum open-source work at unitaryCON 2026! We have 20 poster spots for projects in compilation, error correction, benchmarking, resource estimation & more. Apply by Aug 31: buff.ly/VXiJjLQ

18 Aug

Come join the team for ⚛️ Quantum Wednesday! We'll have the 𝗤𝗣𝗨-𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹-𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 lead by our invited speaker from Moth, 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗻. 🔗 Discord: buff.ly/xbKzDqL

12 Aug

We’re excited to welcome Mathys Rennela as our newest Fellow, in partnership with the Mozilla Foundation! 🎉 Learn more about Mathys, his work, and his vision for shaping a more open and inclusive quantum ecosystem: unitary.foundation/posts/2026_m...

Mozilla @mozilla.org

A good tech future won't be built by billionaires. Meet our 2026-2027 Mozilla Fellows 🥳 10 global builders making the alternatives. More on their projects coming 🔜 #MozillaFellows mzl.la/4g6d4jh

11 Aug

Come join the team for ⚛️ Quantum Wednesday! We'll have 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿-𝗔𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗘𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 by our invited speaker 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝗵𝘂 𝗟𝗶. 🔗 Discord: buff.ly/xbKzDqL

Unitary Foundation reposted

28 July

🚀 Big news! @riverlane.com and @unitary.foundation are launching the Deltakit Community Fund to support external developers building new features for Deltakit, Riverlane's open-source quantum error correction software. Up to $4K USD per project + mentorship.

4 Aug

Come join the team for ⚛️ Quantum Wednesday! We'll have the 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶.𝘁𝘆 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗠𝗔 lead by 𝗚𝗲𝗺𝗺𝗮 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘁, 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶, and 𝗔𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗮𝘂. 🔗 Discord: buff.ly/xbKzDqL

31 July

Dynamiqs is helping push quantum simulation forward. Read how @alice-and-bob.bsky.social 's Nicolas Lepage Ronan Gautier, Adrien Bocquet, Matthieu P., Laurent Prost & team built on unitaryHACK26 contributions. 🔗 Read more about it in the blogpost: unitary.foundation/posts/2026_u...

buff.lyDeltakit Community Fund - Unitary FoundationUnitary Foundation

30 July

We're hiring! ⚛️ We’re looking for a `Member of Technical Staff, Computer Scientist` to help us build open-source software that makes quantum tech useful, usable, and accessible to everyone. Help shape the future of quantum in the open 👇 unitary.foundation/jobs/mtscs/

🔗 Sept. 2026 pilot applications are open: buff.ly/nKtPOzI. AMA with the Riverlane team Aug. 5: buff.ly/IQ59TUr

22 July

Innovation happens through partnership. UF is excited to join the Genesis Mission Awardee cohort. We'll be working with project partners at NVIDIA and fellow awardees advancing breakthrough research. Info on how to collab on AutoQEC coming soon!

21 July

📣 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁! New grant awarded to 𝗝𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝘄 for the project 𝗾𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗻. 🎓 Learn more: buff.ly/Y84LJht 📝 Apply here: buff.ly/9REdw57

20 July

Registration is still open for the International Autumn School in Quantum Algorithms for Many-Body Problems (IASQA), Oct. 5–17 in Cargèse, Corsica. Learn quantum algorithms through expert lectures and hands-on projects. More details & registration: buff.ly/IkfRhoJ

14 July

📣 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁! New grant awarded to Dariusz Zielonka and Felix Huber for the project 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗦𝗗𝗣. 🎓 Learn more: buff.ly/Y84LJht 📝 Apply here: buff.ly/9REdw57

8 July

We're excited to see our partners at QuTiP presenting at EuroSciPy 2026! Don't miss 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗤𝘂𝗧𝗶𝗣 on July 22 at 4:00 PM. Learn more about the conference and schedule: buff.ly/1Nt4ORu