Xanadu
Xanadu develops photonic quantum computing hardware and the widely-used PennyLane open-source quantum machine learning framework. PennyLane has become one of the most popular quantum software libraries, with deep integration into NVIDIA's GPU ecosystem. Xanadu demonstrated photonic quantum advantage in a Nature paper and has partnered with BMW for production optimization and Rolls-Royce/Riverlane for jet engine modeling (Innovate UK grant). The company focuses on room-temperature photonic approaches using squeezed light states.
- Country
- Canada
- Founded
- 2016
- Qubit Modality
- Photonic
- Stage
- Series C
Funding
- Total Raised
- $270M+
- Last Valuation
- Undisclosed
- Employees
- 200
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