Lorica.ai
Confidential AI platform
Deploys AI models in a secure, hardware-verified confidential-computing environment with attestation, so data stays private even while being processed, including from Lorica itself.
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Lorica Cybersecurity
CybersecurityToronto, ON
Builds confidential AI infrastructure: its Lorica.ai platform runs AI models in hardware-backed, attested confidential-computing environments, alongside its earlier Private Pursuit platform built on fully homomorphic encryption.
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Company site: lorica.aiBuilds confidential AI infrastructure: its Lorica.ai platform runs AI models in hardware-backed, attested confidential-computing environments, alongside its earlier Private Pursuit platform built on fully homomorphic encryption.
Enables confidential AI inference and encrypted data search across compute environments using fully homomorphic encryption (June 2024). lorica.ai
Listed by University of Toronto Entrepreneurship as a UTEST startup. entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca
Established in May 2017 and opened its Toronto engineering office in February 2018; co-founded by Alhassan Khedr and Glenn Gulak. lorica.ai
Federal corporation 1007928-6, Active, incorporated 2017-01-26 as SHIELD Crypto Systems Inc. and renamed Lorica Cybersecurity Inc. on 2022-07-12; registered office in Toronto. ised-isde.canada.ca
Won a competitive ISED research contract, awarded through PSPC and dated Aug 10, 2023, worth $557,991.29 and running to Dec 29, 2023. search.open.canada.ca
Products & Services
Company site: lorica.aiProducts Lorica Cybersecurity publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
Private Pursuit
Encrypted-compute platform (FHE)
Lets your organization and trusted partners execute confidential AI inference and database searches on your sensitive AI models and data.
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Encryption library
Lorica's high-performance fully homomorphic encryption library, which the company states complies with the upcoming international FHE standard ISO 28033.
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Company site: lorica.aiHow Lorica Cybersecurity says its technology can be deployed and delivered.
Partnerships
Publicly announced partnerships.
ThinkOn
Multi-year technology partnership (July 2022) to make Lorica's HP-FHE encrypted data analytics available on the ThinkOn cloud platform.
FedData Technology Solutions
Strategic partnership (March 2023), via a reseller and distribution agreement, to deliver Lorica's Private Pursuit encrypted analytics to US federal agencies.
Government & Grants
Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
Industrial Research Assistance Program (ITEA European partnering support), National Research Council Canada — contribution
Innovative Solutions Canada Testing Stream, with the Communications Security Establishment — testing-stream contract
2023lorica.aiCanExport SMEs (delivered by NRC) — export market development
Recent News
- Aug 10, 2023Contract
Contract Details: 9203330101 — Research contracts, LORICA CYBERSECURITY INC
Proactive-disclosure record of a competitive research contract between Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada and Lorica Cybersecurity Inc., awarded by PSPC, dated Aug 10, 2023, worth $557,991.29 and ending Dec 29, 2023.
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