Kipu Quantum unveils Rimay Plug-and-Play quantum ML service
With Rimay, Kipu Quantum, a top Berlin-based quantum software developer, moved from experimental demonstrations to industrial deployment. This new quantum feature extraction service is a “plug-and-play” complement to traditional machine learning (ML) models, improving performance in manufacturing, medical sciences, and finance.
The Kipu Quantum Hub makes the service, which complements the company's Illay and Miray quantum optimizers, widely available. Rimay makes “industrial quantum usefulness” possible by extracting mathematically undetectable data connections as organizations struggle with traditional AI, especially with noisy or insufficient data.
Resolving the “Noisy Data” Problem
In artificial intelligence, traditional models fail when data is few, imbalanced, or loud. Traditional algorithms may fail to perceive complex correlations in small datasets, resulting in inaccurate predictions or overfitting, where a model becomes too specialized to its training data and fails to generalize.
Rimay has a “closed-loop ecosystem” where quantum and classical computers reinforce each other to solve this. By mapping complex facts into a quantum state space, the service can reveal “higher-order” linkages and profound patterns that conventional computers cannot recreate or recognize. When these quantum-extracted properties are sent back into the classical pipeline, the current ML model gets a “sharper lens” to see its data.
Technical Advances: Noise-Bypassing
Rimay's launch is notable since it uses digitized counterdiabatic driving. This complicated protocol allows the quantum system to grow quickly to overcome noise restrictions in quantum hardware.
Rimay uses k-local many-body spin dynamics to capture multi-layered correlations and linear variable-to-variable contributions. The IBM Quantum-specific service advances feature mapping beyond simulation and is optimized for 156-qubit processors. This technical foundation makes the service a useful tool that grows with global device roadmaps, not just a theory.
Real Results in Global Industries
With substantial corporate validation, Rimay was made widely available. Kipu Quantum says several well-known partners have successfully integrated the technology.
Manufacturing and Maintenance: Komatsu Peru, NTT Data Latam, and Europe used Rimay to estimate maintenance from limited equipment data. The service improved semiconductor defect detection by 20%.
Energy and Environment: Moeve improved oil and gas pipeline leak detection by 13% by analyzing thermal imaging. KPMG classified tree species from sparse satellite photos using Rimay to improve environmental intelligence.
Financial Services: The financial sector was also hit hard. Rimay increased credit risk assessment accuracy by 5% and business bankruptcy prediction by 4%.
In life sciences, molecular toxicity prediction improved by 5–10% and drug-induced autoimmune reaction prediction improved by 7%, which could speed up drug discovery.
Strategic Partnership with IBM Quantum
The introduction of Rimay relies on Kipu's strategic cooperation with IBM Quantum. Scott Crowder, VP of IBM Quantum Adoption, said IBM's global cloud fleet has the digital hardware enterprises need to study these benefits. Crowder was delighted to work with Kipu and ecosystem to find new ways to apply quantum computing into computer systems and change problem-solving. This agreement ensures Rimay users have fast access to more powerful hardware to boost their ML models as IBM grows its quantum processors.
Possible “Quantum Advantage” Era
According to Kipu Quantum CEO Enrique Solano, this launch fulfills the company's original purpose of providing value immediately rather than later. Solano defined industrial quantum usefulness as consumers outperforming their classical baselines using quantum-enhanced features at the quantum advantage level. He described the service as a “competitive advantage you subscribe to,” indicating that corporations are viewing quantum technology as a tool for daily operations rather than research.
Kipu Quantum says Rimay is the first QML toolkit module. These technologies in the Kipu Quantum Hub are making the startup a key platform for firms trying to remain ahead in the fast-changing AI area.
Greater Market Context
Rimay's introduction coincides with a boom in the quantum sector. Infleqtion went public on the NYSE through a SPAC transaction, and Pasqal delivered a neutral atom quantum computer to CINECA. Partnerships between AMD, Comcast, and Classiq are studying quantum algorithms to boost internet resiliency.
In light of this, Kipu Quantum's focus on feature extraction for machine learning finds a valuable market niche that bridges classical AI's dominance and the quantum age.
Kipu Quantum offers an access request gateway to enterprises interested in adding quantum qualities to their pipelines through their digital hub.
