Quantum-inspired optimization, already in production.

A deep-tech spin-off from Forschungszentrum Jülich. We solve the hard optimization problems established solvers can’t — and we’re live with a paying pilot, 70× faster than the standard.

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Traction

Live in production at AISLER.

Our solver runs in an active, paying pilot at AISLER — the online platform for PCB assembly — computing real-time component-price curves in production since May 2026, returning the full curve in seconds instead of minutes.

70×

faster than CP-SAT (median) on AISLER’s component pricing

0.000%

median optimality gap — identical or better solution quality

TRL 6–7

in productive use today, not a lab prototype

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Optimization where established solvers stall.

Quicopt solves non-linear, mixed-integer and black-box problems — the structurally hard cases that make established solvers slow down, approximate, or give up. It runs on standard hardware, needs no quantum computer, and is reached through one simple API.

Hard problem classes

MINLP and simulation / black-box objectives, solved directly — no linearization, no auxiliary-variable blow-up.

Quantum-inspired, classical hardware

Algorithms derived from quantum-optimization research, running on ordinary CPUs and GPUs — deployable today.

Developer-first

One API, first solve in minutes — no in-house operations-research team required.

A large, underserved market — at the right moment.

Optimization is latent in almost every data-driven software product — pricing, scheduling, routing, sourcing, energy. As AI agents start making decisions at scale, they need a reliable engine to compute the optimal one: the agent plans, Quicopt solves. We reach this market through a developer-first motion that extends far beyond traditional operations-research buyers.

Built by people from the science and the field.

Dr. Tim Bode

Co-Founder & CTO

PhD (summa cum laude) in theoretical physics; group leader at the Institute for Quantum Computing Analytics (PGI-12), Forschungszentrum Jülich. Published in PRX Quantum and Physical Review A; Helmholtz Endeavours Award 2026 nominee.

Olaf Schmidt

Co-Founder & CEO

20 years in B2B software sales and leadership (Vector Informatik, OpenSynergy, INCHRON). Scaled annual revenue from €0.7M to €14M and closed single deals up to €20M.

Backed by world-class research.

Quicopt is a spin-off from Forschungszentrum Jülich — one of Europe’s largest research institutions — supported by the Helmholtz Enterprise programme. Our methods are grounded in peer-reviewed quantum-optimization research from the PGI-12 institute.

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