Quantum computing isn’t waiting on physics anymore — it’s waiting on software. Mykola Maksymenko, co-founder and CTO of Haiqu, makes the case that middleware, not qubit count, decides whether quantum becomes real infrastructure: the software layer that tames noise, extends usable circuit depth, and makes today’s noisy machines economically useful.
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Why this episode matters: Most quantum pilots fail quietly — not on hardware, but on noise and a missing execution layer. This is a clear-eyed map of where quantum actually delivers today, and why the company that builds quantum’s “CUDA moment” captures the leverage.
In this episode, we cover:
Related episodes: Part 2: Quantum Middleware for Enterprise Adoption · AI Agents and Europe’s Industrial AI Window.
Chapters
00:00 – Quantum’s real bottleneck is software
03:02 – Where AI and quantum accelerate each other
08:24 – Founding Haiqu: betting on software
13:47 – Loading industrial data into quantum machines
17:29 – Energy, simulation, and the classical ceiling
19:48 – Why noise beats qubit count
26:53 – Quantum’s missing “CUDA moment”
36:29 – Democratizing access via the cloud
40:07 – Why enterprises should start now
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