Global Industry Challenge 2025

The International Year of Quantum: Global Industry Challenge is hosted virtually with participants tackling a prioritized set of industry-defined use cases and collaborating and competing to develop corresponding solutions with quantum computers.

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Welcome to phase 3

Hello all, my name is Ricky Young and I am part of the qBraid team who will be assisting those in Phase 3 with access to quantum devices. Please feel free to use this discussion thread to ask any questions as we roll out access in the coming days.

Updates:

7/05/25: Unlocking new device IonQ Aria-1, additional checkin: https://aqora.io/comments/AENvbW1lbnQBl9tMgep7QIdQxq75bY26
6/28/25: Check in on device usage: https://aqora.io/comments/AENvbW1lbnQBl7kyU393wbC-iDXuwCck
6/24/25: IBM Device and qBraid credit checkin https://aqora.io/comments/AENvbW1lbnQBl6UAdyd5A6SFOybbtRmD
6/20/25: IBM form updated https://aqora.io/comments/AENvbW1lbnQBl464ILBwU6aahtK-36YF
6/19/25: IBM and qBraid credits notification: https://aqora.io/comments/AENvbW1lbnQBl4m1pql4Y77HoUvqzjOu
6/13/25: Q-CTRL joins discussions, qBraid credits allocated https://aqora.io/comments/AENvbW1lbnQBl2HY6JBwc4qA3ZJ3aay1

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Posted by pranetksharma • last month

Hi everyone! My name is Pranet, I'm also a part of the qBraid team, and will be working with Ricky to ensure that you are all set up with qBraid and quantum device access. The Neuroquantum and JPMC teams should now be set up in qBraid with credits. Let me know if there are any issues on that front. Happy coding!

Posted by topological_lemon • last month (edited)

Hi Pranet, would you be able to verify our team (DelphiQ) has been allocated the necessary credits in qBraid? We require: at least 64 Core (equivalent of 16 node with 4 cores per node) CPU cluster, and T4 GPU with 15 GB of VRAM or 2x 8GB of VRAM, and at the moment we are having difficulty accessing this. Let me know how we could access our requirements for this phase of the challenge. Thanks, Jacinta

Posted by pranetksharma • last month

Hi Jacinta, thank you for your question! Please watch the video attached to my latest post to see how to access the credits allocated to your organization. Send me an email with your compute requests and I can respond to that part there. Let me know if there's anything else I can help with!

Posted by Vlad • last month

Hey Pranet, We’ve finished estimating the credits for Phase 3, based on the approach we proposed in the previous stage, and the team will need about 60,000 credits. Could you help arrange this allocation? Thanks!

Posted by pranetksharma • last month

Hi Vlad, our policy is that when you use up your credits, we can refresh them as needed. Make sure that you are using AWS credits for your challenge!

Posted by Vlad • 22 days ago

Hey @pranetksharma. We are running out of credits. Could you please add 20 k credits to our organization?

Posted by Vlad • last month

Hey Pranet, Hope you’re well! We’re almost out of credits, and the team needs some headroom to keep development moving over the weekend. Could you please add 20 k credits to our organization? That should tide us over so we won’t have to ping you with last-minute requests during your time off. Thanks a ton!

Posted by Vlad • 30 days ago

@pranetksharma hey, just a reminder. We are out of credits

Posted by pranetksharma • 29 days ago

Thanks for bumping—allocated!

Posted by Vlad • last month (edited)

Hey Pranet, Could you please check the Qvengers team (JPMC challenge) on Qbraid? For some reason, we have zero credits allocated to us. Thanks!

Posted by pranetksharma • last month (edited)

Hey Vlad, Please find attached a screenshot showing the credits allocation. Let me know if there is anything else I can help with! Warmly, Pranet

Posted by Vlad • last month

well noted, thanks!

Posted by pranetksharma • last month

Hi everyone, a few people had questions about how to transfer credits from their organization into their accounts, so I created a quick video that demos the process. You can watch it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fmOLwqJOHV_Gy0Ikr_fs4F0Hg5Nmz3_d/view?usp=sharing. Let me know if you have any other issues!

Posted by rryoung98 • last month

NOTE:

UPDATES 6/19/25 2:45PM CST

We have sent all individuals expressing interest in using IBM devices an email. Please make sure to check with your teammates to make sure that at least one of you received it. Please read the instructions carefully! We also see that most of the teams have not transferred their credits quite yet. Please make sure to do so to get started with running on hardware and simulators. If you need help let us know!

Posted by QuantumKev • 31 days ago

Hi, Im a part of the Global Quantum Group and none of us have been able to confirm a receipt of the IBM device email. May I have the subject line of the email please?

Posted by q_inho • last month

Thanks. I have question regarding the Academic affiliation session for "application form". It seems the choice of the affiliation is only limited to the given choices. May I know how would I enter the the affiliation or company that is not on the lists?

Posted by rryoung98 • last month

This has been fixed by IBM! You should be able to fill it in now. Make sure to create an IBM cloud account to properly update the ID field for the "acceptance form". Best, Ricky

Posted by alexshih_qctrl • last month (edited)

Hi everyone, my name is Alex Shih. I lead product for Q-CTRL, which includes our AI-driven, error suppression product, Fire Opal, which maximizes algorithmic performance on real quantum hardware. More details here:

https://q-ctrl.com/fire-opal
get started here: https://docs.q-ctrl.com/fire-opal/discover/start-using/get-started-with-fire-opal-on-ibm-quantum I'm excited to be here! Please reach out to me (alex.shih@q-ctrl.com) if you have any questions or need help getting started! Excited to see what you all develop!

Posted by rryoung98 • last month (edited)

NOTE:

UPDATES 6/13/25 9:30AM CST

Please welcome Q-CTRL's team who will assist with their products:

https://aqora.io/comments/AENvbW1lbnQBl2ocmSdygb9uFkGYlh28

CREDITS

We have reviewed all teams in the MITRE, WorldBank, and Wells Fargo challenges. Your credits on qBraid have been allocated. If you are missing any please let us know. RULES:

All teams have been allocated an equal amount to begin with additional simulator testing. Please make sure the circuits you intend to run on more expensive devices such as real hardware are well optimized to ensure that your credits are used efficiently. We would like to note that using pre-built circuit optimization techniques from qiskit and other frameworks is highly encouraged, but should not be the end-all solution. There are many times where gate counts can be reduced upon close inspection.
We will provide more credits to those who use them first batch up. Please just message myself or pranet, our emails are in the org!
Some teams are in multiple challenges and we have separated orgs intentionally, you are only allowed to use the credits allocated to the org / team respectively.

IBM

We have skimmed the Phase 2 proposals / updates and have identified all additional teams who are intending to use IBM. We will coordinate with them shortly (the point person is out of office until Monday).

Posted by rryoung98 • last month

UPDATES 6/11/25

All participating individuals who we could find registered emails for has been sent an invite to join their respective teams for the challenges. If you have not received an invite to your team, please contact a teammate (single participants have all been identified) and have them add you to the org on qBraid.

CREDITS

In doing so, please make sure to accept the invite and we will allocate credits to the teams over the next 1 ~ 2 days.

IBM

If you are a team who is interested in using IBM, please make sure to respond IN THIS THREAD. We will connect you with the IBM team who will provide instructions on exclusive access to their devices.

How to use credits

Further, on qBraid we recommend using our qBraid SDK to run devices. If you have any questions on how to use it please let me know.

Secret devices?!

We may release some exciting new devices for you guys to try if it fits to be compelling and apt for the specific device. Stay tuned!

Posted by phucng • 29 days ago

Hi Ricky, On behalf of my team, I would like to confirm that we’ve successfully joined our qBraid organization and accepted the invitation. We’re currently using the qBraid platform with IBM devices, and we truly appreciate the credits provided. We’re also very nterested in accessing IBM’s devices for the challenge — specifically the Heron or Falcon QPUs if available — and we would love to explore any “secret” devices that might be released during the event. Many thanks to the qBraid team for the fantastic support and infrastructure. Looking forward to an exciting competition! Best regards, Nguyen Hong Phuc Team: Quantum304

Posted by topological_lemon • last month

Hi, my name is Jacinta, and my team (DelphiQ) would very much like to use IBM devices, with potential interest in the secret devices. Specifically, we would like to request IBM Heron r2 QPU access with Black Opal for Error Correction. Let us know how we can have access to this. Thanks!

Posted by gprs1809 • last month (edited)

Hello, my team Bloq Quantum (@bloq_quantum) would like to use IBM devices and also curious to know about secret devices. I hope I am not too late in replying on this thread.

Posted by q_inho • last month

Hi Ricky, I'm interested in using the IBM and secret devices as well.

Posted by avarga • last month

Hi Ricky, I do not believe I received an email from qBraid; I was moved forward in the MITRE challenge. Note - I am interested in using IBM to develop my solution and secret devices Thanks

Posted by rryoung98 • last month

Thanks I think I sent an email out today.

Posted by avarga • last month

Still did not receive an email, just the one from Kieran regarding moving forward.

Posted by rryoung98 • last month

Okay we will check and make sure that you're added in. What's your team name and challenge?

Posted by avarga • last month

Quantum Asphalt Solutions, MITRE

Posted by nirajvenkat • last month (edited)

Hi Ricky,

I would like to use IBM for my challenge.

Edit: Count me in for any secret devices as well.

Posted by marc_maussner • last month

Hi Ricky, my team is also in for using IBM for the challenge.

Posted by QuantumKev • last month

Good day Ricky, we are the Global Quantum Group and would like to have access to the IBM and secret devices.

Posted by QuantumKev • last month

Great to meet you Ricky and we look forward to working with you along our journey.

Posted by rryoung98 • last month

Looking forward to working with you as well!

Posted by nirajvenkat • last month

Hi Ricky,

I am new to qBraid and was surprised to learn that more than 500 credits were used up when I ran a Pytorch notebook that uses GPU (no QPU). I noticed that just spinning up a lab and browsing without running the notebook can use these credits which the FAQ says as much: "Credits are consumed based on the computing resources and time you use on the platform."

I am wondering if there are any tips to manage the costs, and if there is predictable costs with running the same notebook. Of course I would test this myself but I am afraid I don't have enough credits.

Posted by skylar • last month

Following up on this, how many credits do Phase 3 participants receive? Are there any costs for exceeding the credit limit?

Posted by rryoung98 • last month

Hello Skylar and Niraj, Yes on qBraid GPUs do cost credits and you can check the pricing , but don't worry, we will provide enough credits for your teams to run on both QPUs and GPUs to effectively get results. If you are interested in running a notebook without any credit usage I would recommend using the free compute instance. For running a notebook which requires pytorch, you can opt to use the CPU compiler, reduce the batch size etc to get a rough estimate of the results. If you are wondering how much the compute costs you can refer to our docs here: https://docs.qbraid.com/lab/user-guide/compute-manager

Posted by rryoung98 • 18 days ago

NOTE:

UPDATES 7/5/25 10:50AM CST

Hello all, as you begin to finalize your projects, do let us know if you need qBraid credits. A new device will be made available as it has come out of maintenance. The IonQ Aria-1 is available directly (currently calibrating) and we will provide access to participants starting tomorrow. For those who have access to IBM, please let us know if you have any additional questions.

Posted by skylar • 23 days ago

@rryoung98 @pranetksharma some questions about QPUs:

IQM Garnet is currently down, will it be back online before the competition deadline?
Do we need to get an IonQ API key to run the IonQ devices with QBraid? Will billing be deducted from the IonQ account or QBraid credits?

Posted by rryoung98 • 22 days ago

Hello Skylar It should be back up. You do not need an IonQ API key to run the IonQ devices with qBraid it will be deducted from your qbraid account. We have several access options:

Directly (we will release this option soon).
Via amazon braket, it's the cheapest option example here:

from qbraid import QbraidProvider
provider = QbraidProvider(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
provider.save_config()
devices = provider.get_devices()
print(f"{'Device ID':<15} {'Status':<10}")
print("-" * 25)
for device in devices:
    print(f"{device.id:<15} {device.status().name:<10}")
device = provider.get_device("aws_ionq_harmony")

Posted by rryoung98 • 25 days ago

NOTE:

UPDATES 6/28/25 7:50PM CST

Hello all, this is just a check in message. Some teams have been provided access to IBM devices. Given that it is a brand new process for them, they would like everyone to submit their forms and provide access in a batch. Please make sure to submit the form. If you still need access, please respond to this message so we can get an estimate of how many teams are left. Also, for those using qBraid devices, how is it going? Have you been able to run jobs on the devices? Please comment on any troubleshooting or bugs with the qBraid SDK so we can make sure you get the results you need!

Posted by QuantumKev • 23 days ago

Good day, our team would like access to the IBM devices. Can you please send the email with the registration form? No one from our team has been able to confirm a receipt of the form.

Posted by rryoung98 • 23 days ago

Yes, would you mind emailing me at rickyyoung at qbraid dot com?

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