We study the current state of the Quantum Software Engineering (QSE) ecosystem, focusing on the achievements, activities, and engagements from academia and industry, with a special focus on successful entrepreneurial endeavors in this arena. Our research methodology is a novel one, featuring the state-of-the-art in Artificial Intelligence (AI), namely Large Language Models (LLMs), especially Generative Pretrained Transformers (GPT). We use one of such models, namely the OpenAI GPT-5 model, through the ChatGPT tool. The goal is to identify institutions and companies that are highly active and have achieved distinguished results in QSE, evidenced by peer-reviewed publications or raised capital in the venture capital market.
@article{arxiv.2601.02601,
title = {State of the Quantum Software Engineering Ecosystem},
author = {Nazanin Siavash and Armin Moin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.02601},
year = {2026}
}