2025 Finalist: AI/ML, Quantum
Enabling quantum networks and securing communications with quantum technology
Quantized Technologies Inc. leaders Jordan Smith (CEO, quantum physicist, repeat founder) and Dr. Daniel Oblak (Co-founder & Chief Scientist; UCalgary associate professor, Quantum Cloud Lab PI) are building Canada’s quantum internet. Smith has published in Nature Scientific Reports and developed patent-pending control systems for long-distance entanglement and secure links. Oblak’s team demonstrated the first solid-state quantum memory (incl. telecom) and quantum teleportation on Calgary’s fibre; 50+ papers, $10M+ funding, and NSERC iQuCode talent training.
