Xanadu, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Toronto, develops photonic quantum computers and open-source quantum software. The company pursues a full-stack approach, building both hardware and software to advance quantum computing applications.
The company's hardware offering comprises cloud-accessible photonic quantum computers designed to make quantum computing more widely available. On the software side, Xanadu maintains PennyLane, an open-source library that has become widely used among quantum researchers and developers for quantum machine learning. The company also develops open-source tools for simulating quantum photonic devices.
Xanadu conducts research in quantum machine learning, semiconductor manufacturing, and related areas, often in partnership with established organisations. The company recruits talent globally and operates with an emphasis on making quantum computing both useful and accessible.
