Canaan Inc. engages in the research and development, design, and sale of integrated circuits, and bitcoin mining equipment and related components. The company is involved in the assembly and distribution of mining equipment and spare parts; and mining business. It has operations in the United States, Mainland China, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Canada, Netherlands, Singapore, Ireland, Georgia, Brazil, and internationally. Canaan Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Singapore.