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Xanadu Quantum Technologies

Xanadu builds photonic quantum computers that use light rather than matter-based qubits, an approach that can operate near room temperature and may benefit from existing semiconductor photonic manufacturing techniques. The company became the first publicly traded pure-play photonic quantum computing company via a 2026 SPAC merger.

Founded

2016

CEO

Christian Weedbrook

Headquarters

Toronto, Canada

Technology

Photonic qubits (continuous-variable, squeezed light states)

Funding

Publicly traded (NASDAQ/TSX: XNDU)

Products

  • Borealis photonic processor
  • Aurora modular photonic system
  • PennyLane (open-source quantum ML framework)

Latest News

  • Xanadu demonstrates 12 logical GKP qubits on its Aurora system 2026