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Canaan Inc.

Est. 2013
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Mining
Last verified Jun 12, 2026
Founded
2013
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Company Type
Public
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Ticker
CAN
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About Canaan Inc.

Canaan Inc. (NASDAQ: CAN) is a technology company founded in 2013 that focuses on ASIC high‑performance computing chip design, computing equipment production and software services. Under founder and CEO Nangeng Zhang, Canaan’s team shipped the world’s first batch of Bitcoin mining machines incorporating ASIC technology under the Avalon brand and helped establish the commercial Bitcoin‑mining hardware industry; the company completed its Nasdaq IPO in 2019. Leadership is headed by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Nangeng Zhang, with James Cheng serving as Chief Financial Officer and Lu Meng as Secretary to the Board, alongside other executive team members.

Leadership

Nangeng Zhang
James Jin Cheng
Chief Financial Officer
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Lu Meng
Secretary to the Board

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Company Details

Year formed2013
Founded inSingapore

Data Provenance

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