Photonic Inc. is a Canadian quantum technology company developing the world's first commercial-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer, built on a distributed architecture designed to scale from the outset. Founded in 2016 by Dr. Stephanie Simmons and Dr. Michael Thewalt, the company emerged from foundational research into silicon T centres, a qubit modality that combines compute, communication, and memory functions in a single platform.

Photonic's Entanglement First™ architecture leverages silicon spin qubits with a native telecom networking interface, allowing individual quantum computers to be linked over standard optical fibre. The company has demonstrated entanglement distribution and a teleported gate sequence between two separate modules in a commercial setting, an early proof point for T centres as a foundation for distributed quantum computing and networking.

Headquartered in Vancouver and backed by investors including Microsoft, BCI, RBC, TELUS, and Planet First Partners, Photonic Inc has won the 2026 iF Deisgn award for Quantum and was selected by DARPA's Quantum Benchmarking Initiative to advance toward a utility-scale quantum computing concept.