Christian Weedbrook

Founder & CEO, Xanadu

Quantum computingTorontoOn TechTO stages since 2019

Christian Weedbrook is the founder and CEO of Xanadu, the Toronto company building quantum computers out of light. He started it in 2016 after a PhD in photonic quantum computing in Brisbane and a postdoc at the University of Toronto, and took it public in March 2026. He has spoken at TechTO since 2019.

On the TechTO stage ×1

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Christian Weedbrook of Xanadu presents Quantum computing and AI

TechTO · April 2019

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In their words

The world will look different the day after a quantum computer is built.

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More from TechTO ×2

Podcast

The Founders Journey ft. Christian Weedbrook of XanaduFounder Journey · their episode

2024

Newsletter

April 17, 2024: Du's & Don'ts of building a business with Xanadu Founder ☑️The TechTO newsletter · mentions Christian

2024

Around the web ×2

Article

How Xanadu CEO Christian Weedbrook went from film school dropout to billionaire thanks to NvidiaFortune

2026

Article

Xanadu CEO Christian Weedbrook wants his company to win the quantum race. Now he's betting big on going publicThe Globe and Mail

2026

Quick answers

What is Christian Weedbrook known for?

Founding Xanadu in Toronto in 2016 and building photonic quantum computers — machines made of light that run at room temperature. Xanadu went public in March 2026 through a merger with the SPAC Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp.

What did Christian Weedbrook do before Xanadu?

He is from Brisbane and did his PhD there in photonic quantum computing, the same technology Xanadu builds. He was a researcher at MIT, then a postdoc at the University of Toronto, which is what brought him to the city in 2010. He said on TechTO's Founder Journey that he tried a few startups after high school and none worked.

How many times has Christian Weedbrook appeared at TechTO?

Twice: a 2019 stage talk on quantum computing and AI, and a long-form Founder Journey podcast episode in April 2024.

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