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Conductor Quantum Introduces Coda, a Natural Language Interface for Quantum Computing

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Conductor Quantum has announced Coda, a natural language interface for running quantum programs on real quantum hardware. The system is positioned as a software layer that translates high-level user intent into executable quantum circuits.

With Coda, users describe the problem they want to execute using natural language. The platform converts that description into a quantum circuit, validates it against correctness and hardware constraints, and submits it for execution on available quantum processors. According to Conductor Quantum, the system is designed to reduce setup, orchestration, and low-level programming overhead while preserving visibility into the underlying quantum operations.

Following the announcement, Abdul Moid Ahmed commented on X:

Natural language as the interface is compelling. The real question will be how well intent translates into correct quantum circuits as problem complexity grows.

The release comes amid continued progress in quantum hardware, including increases in qubit counts, improvements in reliability, and wider availability of cloud-hosted quantum systems. Conductor Quantum argues that software tooling has lagged behind these hardware advances, with many existing platforms still requiring detailed knowledge of quantum programming models and device-specific constraints.

Coda is designed to operate above existing quantum SDKs and hardware providers. Rather than replacing those tools, it acts as an orchestration layer that generates and executes quantum programs without requiring users to manage the full software and hardware stack directly. For users who want more transparency, Coda includes a learn mode that explains how circuits are constructed, why specific operations are used, and how to interpret the results produced by the system.

At launch, Coda provides access to Rigetti’s 84-qubit quantum system. The platform also supports quantum simulation of up to 34 qubits using NVIDIA’s cuQuantum libraries and the CUDA-Q platform, enabling users to iterate on workloads and test hybrid quantum-classical workflows before running jobs on quantum hardware.

Coda is built on years of quantum control software development. Conductor Quantum has created APIs for silicon quantum chip control, collaborated with SemiQon to operate software on 64 quantum devices, and provided control systems to various companies. This experience informs Coda's circuit generation, execution validation, and handling of hardware limitations.

Conductor Quantum plans to extend Coda with tighter integration between GPU-based classical computation and quantum processing units, deeper connections to its device-level control and tuning software, and expanded support as larger quantum systems become available. The company states that the aim is to reduce the distance between user intent and execution as quantum hardware continues to scale.

Coda is currently available through Conductor Quantum’s platform.

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