Company · York
nodeQ writes software for planning quantum and quantum-safe networks. Its telaQ digital twin lets operators model QKD and post-quantum links before they build them, or design networks that join up quantum processors, and its PQtunnel application carries traffic through post-quantum encrypted TLS or SSH tunnels. Founded in 2021 by University of York professor Stefano Pirandola, it is an industrial partner in the Integrated Quantum Networks hub and was one of ten partners in BT's QAssure project on QKD assurance. In January 2026 it joined Numana's Kirq testbed in Canada to run telaQ on a live experimental network.
Founded in 2021, nodeQ is a company in York focused on quantum networking, software and communications. It appears as a partner in IQN and QAssure. Profiled here: Stefano Pirandola (Founder and CEO).
Sources: nodeQ · nodeQ part of the Integrated Quantum Networks (IQN) Hub · QAssure (UKRI Gateway to Research) · nodeQ joins Kirq Canadian quantum communications testbed · NODEQ LIMITED (Companies House)
IQN
A national research hub building quantum networks, from local links to satellite connections. Heriot-Watt University leads it.
Role: Partner
Funding: £21.9m
Themes: Networks, Communications
A BT-led consortium developing ways to assure the security and reliability of quantum key distribution systems.
Role: Partner
Themes: Communications, Networks
Recent articles from Quantum Zeitgeist that mention nodeQ.
NodeQ has launched PQtunnel™, a cybersecurity solution designed to protect against threats posed by quantum computing. The software helps businesses transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), a quantum-resistant solution. The move to PQC in the US is set to begin in 2024, following Biden’s 2022
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NodeQ, founded in 2021 by Stefano Pirandola, creates software for quantum network architecture and optimization. The company offers next-generation distributed quantum computing, quantum-enhanced sensors, and high-speed quantum-safe communications. Among the company’s target market are businesses ho
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