From research to real-world encrypted computing
Belfort unites experts committed to a future where knowledge is free to flow, and trust is never compromised.
In an AI-first world, trust is all you need. The future of computing is encrypted
Belfort enables that vision by accelerating encrypted compute to make it practical at scale, ensuring that sensitive data can be processed without ever being decrypted.
A spin-off from KU Leuven’s world-renowned COSIC lab, Belfort combines breakthroughs in hardware and algorithms to build the next layer of secure computing.
Performance without compromise
What once took hours now takes minutes.
Belfort brings encrypted compute within reach.
Seamless adoption
Purpose-built hardware integrates effortlessly, turning encrypted computing from concept into reality.
Security as a foundation
Data remains protected throughout every operation; confidentiality is inherent, not optional.
“For decades, we’ve explored how to make computation secure by design. With Belfort, we’re finally bringing those ideas into practice.“
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Prof. Ingrid Verbauwhede
Belfort Co-Founder and Professor at KU Leuven
The Visionaries Driving Secure Computing Forward
Belfort’s team of leading cryptographers, mathematicians and entrepreneurs makes encrypted computation practical and performant at scale.
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Ahmet
Can Mert
Ahmet is a hardware engineer specialized in cryptographic architectures. His main expertise lies in designing hardware accelerators for FHE, ZKP, and PQC. He holds a PhD from Sabancı University, where his dissertation received the IEEE Turkey Best PhD Thesis Award. Before joining Belfort, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at TU Graz on cryptographic hardware design.
Aikata
Aikata is an award-winning researcher who bridges cryptography and hardware. At Belfort, she builds encrypted applications and optimises them from scheme to hardware. She co-authored the Medha and REED accelerators during her PhD at TU Graz.
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Filipe
Albanio
Filipe Albanio is a digital designer with production ASIC experience at a top-tier semiconductor company. At Belfort, he handles RTL design of our hardware products. He spent six years at Qorvo as a senior digital design engineer on wireless connectivity ASICs and holds an engineering degree from UFSM Brazil.
Henri
Vermeersch
Henri is pursuing a PhD at KU Leuven in collaboration with Belfort. Previously, he interned at OpenChip to focus on AI hardware acceleration. He was Class Valedictorian and holds a Bachelor's degree in CS & EE and Master's degree in Mathematical Engineering, both with Highest Distinction.
We’re building at the edge of what’s possible
Working on encrypted compute means tackling hard problems every day — in math, hardware, and systems. We don’t shy away from complexity, we lean into it together
We’re a team sport
We believe the best breakthroughs happen when cryptographers, hardware engineers, and builders work side by side. No silos, no egos, but a shared mission and a bias for collaboration.
We value speed and rigor
Our work touches national security, healthcare, and financial systems. That requires uncompromising standards, but also the agility to ship and learn fast. We balance both.
We’re in it for the long run
We know encrypted compute won’t be solved overnight. We’re building patiently, with resilience, and with a deep respect for both science and society.
We keep it real
We’re ambitious, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. A good laugh and celebrating small wins help us keep going through the big challenges.
At Belfort, you work at the technological frontier where theory meets operation
TRUST IS ALL YOU NEED
Process data securely.