Niobium Microsystems

Niobium Microsystems is a technology company based in Dayton, Ohio, specializing in Zero Trust Computing solutions. Founded in 2021 as a spin-out from Galois, the company focuses on fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) hardware accelerators. Niobium offers the industry's first purpose-built FHE hardware accelerator in the form of a custom PCIe card, which significantly enhances the performance of FHE software. This product supports all major FHE schemes, allowing organizations to securely process data while maintaining privacy. The hardware accelerator features a highly parallelized architecture, making it efficient for common FHE mathematical operations. It integrates easily into existing servers and workflows, leveraging existing FHE libraries. In addition to FHE solutions, Niobium is developing a scalable neuromorphic energy-efficient accelerator for real-time sensor data processing, targeting applications in autonomous systems. The company serves sectors such as cloud computing, healthcare research, and fraud detection, providing advanced data privacy and security solutions for sensitive data processing.