Zama
Zama, founded in 2020 by Rand Hindi and Pascal Paillier in Paris, creates confidential computing infrastructure using fully homomorphic encryption for blockchain and AI. Its products include the fhEVM for encrypted smart contracts on EVM chains, Concrete ML for privacy-preserving machine learning, and TFHE-rs libraries that let developers compute on encrypted data without decrypting. Headquartered in Paris with hubs in London and New York, Zama enables DeFi, identity and auction use cases where data remains encrypted during execution with selective disclosure. The team advances open-source cryptography and hardware acceleration for practical performance. Backed by leading investors, Zama bridges deep cryptography and product engineering. Expect a research-intensive culture that values cryptographic rigor, careful benchmarking and making privacy primitives usable for everyday developers and institutions.