Quortup: Learn, Build & Simulate Quantum Computing with AI

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  Community quantum marketplace featuring pre-built circuit templates, custom gate libraries, and algorithm packs.

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  quantum code explainer that breaks down Qiskit scripts, explains gate unitary matrices, and catches syntax errors.

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  Interactive drag-and-drop circuit studio with real-time statevector calculations and 3D Bloch sphere visualization.

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  Quanta AI: Autonomous quantum copilot trained to synthesize algorithms, derive Hamiltonians, and debug complex circuits.

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  AI copilot for quantum algorithm synthesis, step-by-step mathematical explanations, and Qiskit code export.

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  Hands-on capstones covering Bell State entanglement, Grover's search, and Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE).

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  Interactive video courses and structured learning pathways.

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  Quortup homepage.

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  automated onboarding and grant verification for Quortup Academic via Email..

Inspiration

Learning quantum computing right now sucks. You spend hours fighting broken Python versions, fixing NumPy/Qiskit dependency errors in Jupyter, or hitting paywalls on enterprise cloud platforms. Most students quit before running a single quantum gate.

I built Quortup so anyone can open a link, drag gates on a circuit wire, see the 3D Bloch sphere move, and simulate algorithms in seconds for free.

What it does

• Drag-and-Drop Circuit Builder: Place H, X, Y, Z, CNOT, and Toffoli gates. Statevector amplitudes and measurement histograms update live.
• 3D Bloch Sphere: Three.js interactive sphere showing superposition and phase rotations geometrically.
• Real Qiskit Backend: Compiles and executes against a Python Qiskit Aer backend with configurable shot counts.
• Quanta AI Agent & Code Explainer: Explains algorithm mechanics (Grover oracle, VQE ansatz) and breaks down Qiskit syntax line-by-line.
• Student Access & Capstones: Verified certificates for finishing hands-on capstone projects, completely free for students.

How we built it

• Frontend: React, Vite, Tailwind CSS, and Three.js (for 3D Bloch sphere rendering).
• Backend: FastAPI with Python and Qiskit Aer running on Render.
• AI: Gemini API for the interactive quantum copilot.
• Auth & Deploy: Firebase Auth; static frontend deployed on Netlify at quortup.com with /api/* routed to Render.

Challenges we ran into

• Matrix Math in Browser: Calculating 2^n statevectors during drag events caused UI stutter. We optimized it by running 1-3 qubit calculations locally in JS and offloading larger circuits to the backend.
• Bundle Limits: Qiskit, PyTorch, and SciPy blew past standard 250 MB serverless limits (over 6 GB). We solved this by hosting the Python runtime in a Docker container on Render while keeping the frontend static on Netlify.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

• Built a sub-second, interactive quantum circuit simulator that runs entirely in the browser.
• Shipped a working production platform at quortup.com.
• Integrated visual 3D statevectors with real Qiskit execution.

What we learned

• How quantum gates transpile down to unitary matrices under the hood.
• Decoupling heavy scientific Python runtimes from snappy React frontends.

What's next for Quortup: Learn, Build & Simulate Quantum Computing with AI

• Queueing student jobs to physical IBM Quantum hardware backends.
• Interactive modules for Quantum Machine Learning (QML) and VQE chemistry simulations.

Built With

• fastapi
• firebase
• javascript
• netlify
• python
• qiskit
• react
• tailwindcss