QuEL, Inc.

QuEL, Inc. is a startup established to commercialize quantum computer control hardware and middleware developed mainly at Osaka University. According to its website, this hardware and middleware sit between quantum software and a qubit chip, generating signals from software information and sending them to the chip.

The company says its control hardware and middleware are intended to help users improve fidelity, scale the number of qubits, and reduce setup and calibration work. Its homepage highlights a quantum computing control system called “QuEL-1,” while its stated business covers the development, production, and sales of quantum computer control hardware and middleware.

QuEL lists its address in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan, and gives a foundation date of July 1, 2021. The company’s leadership page names founder and CEO Yosuke Ito, founder and CTO Takefumi Miyoshi, Ph.D., founder and CSO Makoto Negoro, Ph.D., and founder Masahiro Kitagawa, Ph.D.