Kipu Quantum Business and Technical Certifications
Get your organization quantum-ready, trained by the team running industrial-scale workloads on today’s hardware.
Free, self-paced coursework. Certification included with a Hub Team plan.
Clients and board ask you about quantum
Which of our problems does it fit? Can you show us how? What can we make of it beyond the hype, should we invest? Theory does not give you a filter for where quantum applies. The academy is built to increase confidence by doing it yourself.
Now imagine you could verify your instinct
Currently, only a handful of people are proficient in practical quantum computing. Hands-on training can (in)form your judgement. Published roadmaps from IBM, IonQ and Quantinuum put fault-tolerant systems between 2029 and 2033. If you build the muscle memory now, you know what to look for when they arrive.
Dr. Gabriel Dario Alvarado Barrios
Quantum Algorithm Engineer
Alejandro Gómez Cadavid
Quantum Optimization Lead
Christoph Krieger
Fullstack Software Engineer
Dr. Stefano Melchionna
Scientific Consultant
Jonathan Jones
Head of Sales
Present your quantum-centric pitch.
Level 1 of 3Ship your quantum-centric application.
Level 1 of 3+ Ongoing Workshops & Keynotes
The coursework is free and self-paced. The certificate is graded, and it is included with a Kipu Quantum Hub Team plan or higher. Time commitment and hardware access are covered in the FAQ below.
Quantum applications and the platform they run on
Interactive portfolio optimizer. Move the risk-tolerance slider to select the best five-of-ten portfolio; the highlighted point walks the efficient frontier across every feasible portfolio.
Implied risk-aversion λ ≈ 0.93
Drag the slider: the optimizer re-picks the best five-asset portfolio for each risk appetite, tracing the efficient frontier.
Your First Entangled Circuit
Go from two independent random bits to one entangled pair on the free Kipu simulator, then map the stack it runs on.
Beginner · ~75 minStart tutorialQuantum Portfolio Optimization
Build a cardinality-constrained portfolio with a real three-body risk term, and run it. Part 1 of 2.
Intermediate · ~20 minStart tutorialScaling to the S&P 500
Decompose the same kernel past the simulator's qubit limit, extending the pipeline Kipu and IonQ published for 250 names with a three-body risk term. Part 2 of 2.
Advanced · ~25 minStart tutorial
On the Hub: IBM Quantum, IonQ, QuEra, IQM, AQT, Rigetti, Quandela QPUs, plus NVIDIA-accelerated, AWS and Azure simulators, and GPU and CPU compute on demand.
QUCAN is Kipu Quantum’s official education partner; the Hub is integrated into its QC101 course.
We are day-one, quantum power-users. Quantum is a topic close to our heart, and we want to show by example that industry users can derive value from quantum-centric applications.
“Our roadmap ahead is clear. I’m really, really excited and I really think you should be too.”
Jay Gambetta, IBM. Kipu Quantum was highlighted running industrial-scale problems on IBM Quantum Heron.
“Systematic improvement in portfolio quality and execution time.”
IonQ leadership on the world’s first large-scale portfolio optimization on real S&P 500 data, run with Kipu Quantum.
Questions, answered
Is the Academy self-paced?
Yes. The course is online and free, and live sessions are recorded so you work through lectures and labs on your own schedule.
Live or asynchronous?
Lectures are live and recorded, so you can revisit them anytime. Labs are asynchronous Jupyter Notebook assignments you work through on your own schedule.
How much time does it take?
Plan 10 hours for the Business Track, and 15 hours plus a capstone project for the Technical Track. Sessions run 60 to 90 minutes each. Templates and a guided recipe carry you through the parts that would otherwise assume a quantum background.
Do I run on real quantum hardware?
Labs run on simulators. Hardware credits can be purchased on demand through the Kipu Quantum Hub across 7 QPU vendors.
How does certification work?
The certificate program is selective and graded: Business requires delivering a short quantum-centric pitch, Technical requires completing the lab assignments and presenting a working application. It is included for Team plan and higher on the Kipu Quantum Hub. It is permanent, and both tracks award Level 1 of 3 in the Kipu Academy pathway.
When can I start?
Anytime. The tutorials are open, so you can start today. Book a fit call and we will get you started.