Photonic Inc.
Photonic Inc. is a private Canadian quantum computing company developing a distributed platform based on silicon T centres and spin-photon architecture.
- Technology
- silicon T centres and silicon spin-photon qubits with optical photonic interconnects
- Headquarters
- Vancouver, Canada
- Founded
- 2016
- Ownership
- Private company
- Products and platforms
- Entanglement First architecture, Quantum Computing Services, dedicated private systems, Quantum Secure Networks, SHYPS
- Key people
- Don Mattrick, Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chair
Dr. Stephanie Simmons, Co-Founder and Chief Quantum Officer
Dr. Paul Terry, Chief Engineering Officer
Sarah Boatman, Chief Financial Officer - Website
- photonic.com
Photonic Inc. develops distributed quantum computing technology and describes its platform as built on an "Entanglement First" architecture. According to its website, the company combines quantum computing and networking in a unified system and uses silicon T centres as the basis for compute, communication, and memory. The company says this architecture is intended to support scalable, fault-tolerant quantum computing and quantum networking.
The company states it was founded in 2016 and that commercialization efforts began in 2021. Its about page says Photonic is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with team members across North America, the UK, and Europe. The site also says its offerings will include cloud-based quantum computing services through Microsoft Azure, dedicated private systems, and quantum secure networking capabilities that can support quantum key distribution and quantum repeaters.
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Last verified: October 28, 2026