Qoro signs MoU with the Hartree Centre to build UK quantum-HPC demonstrator

Qoro’s quantum software will integrate with QRMI to implement quantum application workflows for UK science on the Hartree Centre high-performance computing cluster and beyond.

Qoro announced today a collaboration under a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the STFC Hartree Centre to develop hybrid quantum-classical computing capabilities. The project integrates Qoro’s software with Hartree Centre’s HPC infrastructure through the Quantum Resource Management Interface (QRMI), detailed in a recent publication on arXiv.

The collaboration addresses a real scientific problem in electronic structure theory and quantum chemistry, showing quantum computing’s practical value to end users today without waiting for future quantum advantage. It also marks a step towards a sovereign UK quantum-HPC software value chain, aligning with the wider ecosystem, including the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC) and the National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC).

“At the Hartree Centre we are focused on getting the most from emerging computing technologies by applying them to UK industry and public sector challenges. We’re really keen to explore how we can make hybrid quantum-classical computing work harder for the UK economy through this new collaboration with Qoro.”

Kate Royse, Hartree Centre Director

Qoro’s software will integrate with QRMI on both sides of the interface. Above it: Divi, Qoro’s open-source Python library, generates and routes Slurm jobs and circuits into the Hartree Centre scheduler through QRMI – a ‘tightly-coupled’ application-aware function to serve quantum acceleration for HPC codes. Below it: Maestro, Qoro’s automated and unified simulation engine, is available as an execution backend through the QRMI interface, alongside several quantum computing vendors including IBM, Pasqal, and more.

Qoro and the Hartree Centre will then document the resulting workflows as a reference for UK quantum computing researchers. Depending on results, they may extend the work to physical quantum processing units (QPUs) and run industry pilots in sectors such as energy, finance, and pharmaceuticals.

“Quantum computing has to prove itself outside the lab, enabled by an enterprise-grade software ecosystem. Working with the Hartree Centre lets us demonstrate our combined software stack against practical challenges and explore applications in materials science, modelling in the physical sciences, quantum optimisation and associated workflows,”

Dan Holme, CEO and Co-founder of Qoro Quantum.

About Qoro Quantum

Qoro is building the unified software stack for distributed computing on heterogeneous infrastructure. By delivering true parallelisation across heterogeneous networks, mixing CPUs, GPUs, Simulators, and QPUs, Qoro enables the distributed execution of complex quantum algorithms across multiple nodes. Qoro eliminates the quantum learning curve and infrastructure headache, reducing 1,000,000 lines of integration code to 20, and turning scientific experiments into deployable IT solutions. Build once, run everywhere.