Niobium The Fog

The Fog is an encrypted compute platform built on Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE), designed to allow data to remain encrypted throughout computation — including during processing.

Core Foundation:

• Built on FHE, a form of lattice-based cryptography that enables computation on encrypted data without ever decrypting it
• Zero-trust architecture: the compute infrastructure never accesses plaintext data, removing the need to trust infrastructure or compute providers
• Post-quantum secure: lattice-based cryptography is considered resistant to quantum computing attacks
• Client-side key management: the platform holds no private key material; only the user holds the private key and can decrypt results locally

Hardware Layer (mistic):

• FHE has historically been too slow for production use; Niobium developed purpose-built silicon called mistic to address this
• mistic Core runs on FPGA today, with an ASIC version in development for further performance gains
• Claims up to 50x speed improvement over GPUs for FHE workloads

Developer Environment:

• The Fog functions as an encrypted cloud platform that orchestrates encrypted workloads across cloud and hybrid systems
• Provides SDKs, templates, and tools for building FHE-based applications
• Designed for drop-in deployment with no custom orchestration or infrastructure required
• Offers workflow templates to accelerate moving from proof-of-concept to production
• Includes a developer dashboard and a Developer Partner Program