CryptoLab
CryptoLab is a South Korean homomorphic encryption company founded in 2017 by Seoul National University mathematics professor Jung Hee Cheon's team.
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CryptoLab is a South Korean homomorphic encryption company founded in 2017 by Seoul National University mathematics professor Jung Hee Cheon's team. It commercializes the CKKS fully homomorphic encryption scheme as the HEaaN library and solutions, enabling analytics, machine-learning inference and generative-AI retrieval on encrypted data for clients including IBM, Samsung Electronics, NAVER Cloud, Toss, SK Telecom and KT.
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CryptoLab is a South Korean homomorphic encryption company founded in 2017 by Seoul National University mathematics professor Jung Hee Cheon's team. It commercializes the CKKS fully homomorphic encryption scheme as the HEaaN library and solutions, enabling analytics, machine-learning inference and generative-AI retrieval on encrypted data for clients including IBM, Samsung Electronics, NAVER Cloud, Toss, SK Telecom and KT.
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