As discussed offline, the search logic here https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuda-python/blob/19563d59dd3f349e365fb57f3d95f1e7af649ad9/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvjitlink_windows.pyx#L57-L87 does not look for conda installations , which has the following path: ``` %CONDA_PREFIX%\Library\nvvm\lib\x64\nvvm.lib ``` One way to fix it is to patch to the internal template and regenerate the above file.