About QPillars
Built by Engineers Who Understand Life Sciences
Zurich, Switzerland. Founded 2024.
Laboratory instruments are some of the most sophisticated machines on the planet - yet the software controlling them is often decades behind. Scientists lose hours to manual workflows, brittle integrations, and interfaces designed in the 90s.
QPillars was founded in Zurich to close that gap. Our team includes four National Olympiad medalists in Informatics and Physics - engineers who cut their teeth on algorithmic competition before spending years building instrument control software for complex IVD diagnostic platforms. We ship code that runs on real instruments in regulated environments.
Our mission: make every laboratory instrument intelligent, connected, and autonomous - through AI agents, open protocols, and software that scientists actually want to use.
The Team
Olympiad Engineers, Shipping Code
Former National Olympiad medalists in Informatics and Physics. Every engineer ships to production. No layers between problem and solution.
Tatiana
Business Development
ETH Master in Integrated Building Systems. Physics Olympiad medalist. Bridges the gap between laboratory workflows and business strategy - manages client relationships, partnerships, and growth across Switzerland and the Nordics.
Iacob
Technical Lead
Informatics Olympiad medalist. 10 years in software engineering, 4 years building instrument control systems for IVD diagnostic platforms. Leads QPillars' technical architecture - from Rust-based instrument drivers to AI agent orchestration.
Mihai
Software Engineer
Informatics Olympiad medalist. Competitive programming specialist focused on performance-critical systems. Builds the backend infrastructure that connects AI agents to real instrument hardware.
Sevastian
Software Engineer
Physics Olympiad medalist. Full-stack engineer building data pipelines and monitoring dashboards for laboratory instruments. Turns raw instrument signals into actionable experiment data.
Adelina
UI/UX Designer
Designs interfaces for laboratory software where complexity is the enemy. Turns multi-step instrument workflows into screens scientists can navigate without a manual.
Stefan
AI Solutions Engineer
Informatics Olympiad medalist. Builds the AI agent layer - from natural language understanding to MCP tool orchestration. Makes instruments respond to what scientists say, not what buttons they click.
Vasile
Operations & Admin
Background in business administration and management. Keeps QPillars running - from finance and compliance to day-to-day operations that let the engineering team focus on building.
Advisory Board
Guided by Experts
Dr. Sc. Andreea Loredana Cretu
Head, BioMed Entrepreneurship Programs
University of Zurich (UZH)
Strategic guidance on partnerships, funding strategy, and positioning within the European innovation landscape
What We Stand For
Our Values
Engineering Excellence
We hire competitive programmers and systems engineers who solve hard problems from first principles.
Scientific Rigor
Every feature is validated against real laboratory workflows. We test with actual instruments, not simulations.
Client Partnership
We embed with our clients' teams. We understand their instruments, their protocols, their pain.
Open Protocols
We build on open standards like MCP. No vendor lock-in. Your instruments, your data, your choice.
Where We Work
Two Offices, One Team
Headquarters
Zurich, Switzerland
Strategy, client relationships, and product direction.
Engineering
Chisinau, Moldova
Core development, systems engineering, and AI research.
Backed By
Trusted Partners
Innosuisse
Swiss Innovation Agency - Initial Coaching
Kommerskollegium / Techstep
Swedish National Board of Trade - Nordic Accelerator
Invest Moldova
National Investment Agency - via Techstep
Frequently Asked Questions
Want to work with us?
We are always looking for exceptional engineers and forward-thinking laboratories.