The Dutch quantum computing community says it has reached a new milestone with the release of its Tuna-5 system via the Quantum Inspire public cloud platform.

Developed as part of the HectoQubit/2 project, the system is a collaboration between quantum research institutions QuTech and TNO, and quantum startups QuantWare, Qblox, Orange Quantum Systems, and Delft Circuits.

The group says Tuna-5 is a fully integrated quantum system built using an open-architecture approach and features a superconducting quantum processor with tunable couplers, modular control electronics, quantum toolkits, and operating system, a public cloud interface, and a Python-based software development kit (SDK).

Launched in April 2023 with funding from Quantum Delta NL and the National Growth Fund, HQ/2 aims to support the development of superconducting quantum computing in the Netherlands. The project aligns with the EU’s Quantum Flagship initiative, targeting a 100-qubit quantum computer by September 2026, with Delft as one of three European demonstrator sites.

The group in Delft, the Netherlands, previously launched the Quantum Inspire 2.0 in February 2025, which provided users free cloud access to the upgraded Starmon-7 and Spin2+ quantum processors.

With the launch of Tuna-5, the group says users will now have access to three quantum systems.