OPAQUE Acquires Cryptographic AI Technology from Abu Dhabi's TII

OPAQUE has acquired advanced cryptographic AI technologies from Technology Innovation Institute, the research arm of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council, announced in a press release. The acquisition extends OPAQUE’s Confidential AI platform with post-quantum cryptography and cryptographic enforcement across training, fine-tuning, inference, and AI agent execution.

The acquired technology includes multi-party computation and fully homomorphic encryption methods that enable confidential AI model training on sensitive and regulated data. It provides hardware-attested evidence to verify compliance with standards such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR Article 32.

OPAQUE stated that its platform now supports confidential AI workflows across the full lifecycle, allowing enterprises and sovereign AI programs to deploy AI systems with verifiable privacy and security. The architecture uses Trusted Execution Environments to ensure that data remains protected, even from the platform operator.

According to the announcement, the transaction marks the first time cryptographic AI technologies developed in the UAE have been acquired and deployed globally by a US-based technology company. The research developed by TII will now be applied across industries including healthcare, financial services, and government systems.