Founded in July 2024 in Zurich, QPillars is a team of National Olympiad medalists with deep expertise in scientific instruments. We build AI agents that allow scientists to control lab equipment using natural language, maintaining strict human-in-the-loop and GxP compliance. By bridging legacy protocols with the Model Context Protocol (MCP), we bring lab hardware into the agentic AI era. We work exclusively with instrument manufacturers in life sciences, biotech, and lab automation.
Our stack
We build robust, regulated software for physical instruments using a mix of systems programming and modern AI tools.
AI & Agents: CrewAI, FastMCP, LangChain, MCP (Model Context Protocol).
Backend & Systems: Python (FastAPI), C++, Rust, Node.js.
Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript.
Lab Protocols: SiLA2, OPC-UA.
