Quantum Companies Database
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