Quantum Vibe Coding – with Vincent van Wingerden of Classiq

From The Post-Quantum World by Protiviti

April 29, 2026 · 31 min · Episode 127

About this episode

Vincent van Wingerden discusses the intersection of AI and quantum programming, highlighting Classiq's innovative approach to coding.

How do you go from a quantum computing research paper to a circuit you can run on a real machine? Can AI help bridge the gap between complex mathematical theory and functional quantum code? In this episode, Vincent van Wingerden, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Classiq, joins host Konstantinos Karagiannis to discuss the dawn of quantum vibe coding. While traditional quantum programming often requires tedious manual manipulation of gates and hardware-specific constraints, Classiq’s platform introduces a high-level abstraction that allows users to focus on intent rather than implementation. Vincent explains how their AI-driven assistant, powered by Claude, can ingest an academic paper from arXiv and generate a working implementation in minutes, a task that once took experts weeks of effort. Beyond the vibe, this episode dives into the practical mechanics of how Classiq’s compiler optimizes code across diverse hardware modalities, from IonQ to IBM. You’ll hear about real-world collaborations with Comcast and AMD, as well as a fascinating example of how an AI agent suggested improvements to an image-edge-detection algorithm that outperformed its original human design. Whether…

People in this episode

Host: Konstantinos Karagiannis

Guest: Vincent van Wingerden

Topics covered

quantum computing
AI in programming
high-level abstraction
quantum vibe coding
code optimization
collaborations
image-edge-detection

Keywords

quantum computing
AI
programming
Classiq
code optimization
quantum vibe coding
image-edge-detection
hardware modalities

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Classiq, Comcast, AMD, Claude, IonQ, IBM

Places: arXiv