Roadmap
Our path to 1,000+ logical qubits
Xanadu is building fault-tolerant quantum computers with light. Here is where we are headed, milestone by milestone, from a Qubit Factory in Toronto to a networked quantum data center by the end of the decade.
The challenge
Loss is the main source of error.
In a photonic quantum computer, every photon lost is an error. Reduce loss far enough, and error correction takes over.
Our roadmap targets a reduction in our key loss indicator from 24.1× in 2026 to 1.0× by 2030, through improvements in materials, fabrication, packaging and system architecture.
Our architecture is designed so that, once loss falls below the error-correction threshold, errors are corrected faster than they build up. These are targets, not guarantees. See our forward-looking statements.
Peer-reviewed in the Nature journal
A track record of firsts
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2020X-Series
Read in NatureFirst photonic device available on the cloud.
Quantum circuits with many photons on a programmable nanophotonic chipNature, March 2021
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2022Borealis
Read in NatureFirst public cloud-deployed computer with quantum computational advantage.
Quantum computational advantage with a programmable photonic processorNature, June 2022
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2025Aurora
Read in NatureFirst modular, scalable and networked quantum computer.
Scaling and networking a modular photonic quantum computerNature, January 2025
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2025Loss-resistant chip
Read in NatureFirst on-chip demonstration of a photonic GKP qubit.
Integrated photonic source of Gottesman–Kitaev–Preskill qubitsNature, June 2025
24.1×
Key loss indicator in 2026, targeted to reach 1.0× by 2030
1,000+
Logical qubits targeted by 2031
30.8%
Of developers surveyed used PennyLane in the past year
51
Simulator and hardware devices reachable from a single PennyLane API
Technology roadmap
The full presentation
Our hardware and software roadmap, as presented on August 31, 2026: loss and logical error-rate targets year by year, the path from the Qubit Factory to a networked quantum data center, and PennyLane's role in getting there.
Latest news
What's new at Xanadu
Xanadu Secures Up to USD $10 Million in Additional DARPA Support to Accelerate Quantum R&D Roadmap
October 19, 2026Xanadu and GlobalFoundries Announce Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Utility-Scale Quantum Manufacturing
October 6, 2026Xanadu and Bluefors Partner to Redefine Cryogenic Infrastructure for Utility-Scale Quantum Computing
September 29, 2026
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Find presentations, filings and results on our investor site, or talk to our team about what the roadmap means for your organization.