The future of computing is encrypted
Belfort processes sensitive data without ever decrypting it. At speed. At scale. Without compromise.
Belfort makes encrypted compute real by accelerating it to practical performance
Performance without compromise
What once took hours now takes minutes. Belfort brings encrypted compute within reach.
Seamless adoption
Purpose-built hardware integrates effortlessly, unlocking instant gains in speed and scalability.
Security as a foundation
Data remains protected throughout every operation; confidentiality is inherent, not optional.
Encrypted compute across high-stakes domains
From defense to genomics, Belfort makes encrypted data usable at scale — without ever compromising privacy or trust.
National security & Government
Exposed intelligence or citizen data undermines trust and safety. Belfort ensures confidentiality and integrity across missions and state systems.
Finance
Institutions can detect fraud, assess credit, manage risk, and ensure compliance in real time while client data stays encrypted.
Healthcare
Keeping patient and genomic data encrypted allows hospitals, pharma, and researchers to collaborate, run diagnostics, and analyze outcomes without exposing sensitive information.
Crypto & Blockchain
With Belfort’s acceleration, fully confidential smart contracts, payments, and DeFi protocols finally become practical at scale, unlocking the next wave of crypto adoption.
The Visionaries Driving Secure Computing Forward
Belfort’s team of leading cryptographers, engineers, and mathematicians has turned encrypted computation from theory into systems, delivering secure, high-performance computing at scale.
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Michiel
Van Beirendonck
Michiel is the principal architect of Belfort’s hardware platform for encrypted computation. His PhD at KU Leuven focused on accelerating Fully Homomorphic Encryption, with contributions to DARPA’s DPRIVE program. He invented Belfort’s patented streaming architecture, won the inaugural ZPrize, and previously worked at Microsoft Research and Rambus.
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Laurens
De Poorter
Laurens is a serial entrepreneur and investor focused on cryptography and AI infrastructure. He helped commercialize breakthrough technologies at Google[x], invested in crypto startups at Kraken Ventures, and founded Syndicate One in Belgium. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and studied electrical engineering at KU Leuven and Imperial College London.
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Ingrid
Verbauwhede
Ingrid is a Full Professor at KU Leuven and one of the world’s foremost experts in cryptographic hardware. She has led two ERC Advanced Grants and contributed to major projects with DARPA and Intel. Earlier, she held fellowships at UC Berkeley and UCLA. More recently, she consulted for Google’s FHE team and was a Visiting Professor at Stanford.
Furkan
Turan
Furkan is a hardware engineer specialized in cryptographic applications with a PhD from KU Leuven. He co‑developed Belfort's core architecture and advanced its design toward real‑world integration. Previously, he interned at Intel FPGA Labs, patented a method for hardware protection, and was twice a finalist in AMD/Xilinx’s OpenHW competition.
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