Canaan Creative

Canaan, Inc.
Canaan Creative
Company typePublic
NasdaqCAN
Industry
Founded2013; 11 years ago (2013)
FounderN.G. Zhang[1]
Headquarters
Beijing, China
Area served
Globally
Key people
N.G. Zhang
Products
Number of employees
>300
Websitecanaan.io

Canaan Inc., doing business as Canaan Creative and known simply as Canaan, is a China-based computer hardware manufacturer. Established in 2013 by N.G. Zhang,[2] Canaan specializes in Blockchain servers and ASIC microprocessors for use in bitcoin mining.[3][4]

  1. ^ "A company that sold 300,000 bitcoin mining rigs last year is seeking the largest crypto IPO ever". Quartz. May 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "Cryptocurrency miner Canaan eyes IPO; bets on China's push for chip industry". Reuters. April 6, 2018.
  3. ^ Lee David Kuo Chuen; Low Linda (21 June 2018). Inclusive FinTech: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and ICO. World Scientific. pp. 187–. ISBN 978-981-323-865-7.
  4. ^ "Bitcoin Mining Chip Maker Canaan Considers U.S. IPO". Bloomberg News. January 8, 2019. Archived from the original on July 7, 2019.