Qiskit Code Assistant: New Open-Source LLM Models Released

Jul 8, 2025·
Juan Cruz-Benito
Juan Cruz-Benito
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Qiskit Code Assistant Open-Source LLM Release
blog Quantum Computing

🚀 We’re thrilled to announce the latest open-source LLM releases from the Qiskit Code Assistant team! 🚀

These new models bring enhanced capabilities and broader compatibility to quantum computing development.

What’s New:

✨ Qiskit 2.0 Compatibility - Our newer models are fully compatible with Qiskit 2.0 code, ensuring seamless development with the latest quantum computing framework

🧠 Enhanced Text Understanding - Significant improvements in general text comprehension and code generation capabilities

🔬 Expanding Our Horizons - We continue to leverage the newest stable versions of IBM Granite 3.2 and 3.3 models, while for the first time exploring beyond IBM Granite with the powerful Qwen2.5-Coder series

Available Models: • Granite 3.3 8B Qiskit (+ GGUF) • Granite 3.2 8B Qiskit (+ GGUF) • Qwen2.5-Coder 14B Qiskit (+ GGUF)

All models are available on Hugging Face and ready for local deployment!

🔗 Browse All Models: https://huggingface.co/Qiskit 🔗 Get Started: https://quantum.cloud.ibm.com/docs/en/guides/qiskit-code-assistant-local

We’d love to hear how you’re making the most of these models! Share your experiences and quantum development journey with us. 🌟

Big thanks to the team involved in this release, specially to Nicolas Dupuis, Adarsh Tiwari and Ismael Faro

#QuantumComputing #OpenSource #AI #LLMs #Qiskit #IBM #TechInnovation #QuantumDevelopment #QiskitCodeAssistant


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Juan Cruz-Benito
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Quantum+AI Manager

I research and develop AI-based systems to tackle complex problems in quantum computing and other relevant areas.

My work sits at the intersection of quantum computing, machine learning, and open source. I hold IBM Master Inventor status and have contributed to tools used by millions of developers worldwide.

I have a PhD in Computer Engineering from the University of Salamanca (2018), have authored 80+ publications, and received the 2019 SCIE-BBVA Award for best young researcher in Computer Science in Spain.