**Opaque Joins Microsoft for Startups Pegasus Program to Accelerate Confidential AI Adoption**
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Opaque, the leading Confidential AI platform, announced today that it has been selected for the exclusive Microsoft for Startups Pegasus Program. This invite-only program provides high-potential startups with industry-leading services, guidance, and technology to build successful, resilient companies.
By joining Pegasus, Opaque aims to expand its market reach and strengthen its position as a leader in Confidential AI. This technology empowers businesses to securely adopt AI, driving efficiency, innovation, and competitive advantage.
**Leveraging Microsoft’s Ecosystem for Growth**
Participation in the program grants Opaque access to Microsoft’s vast ecosystem, including Azure’s powerful cloud infrastructure, deep technical expertise, and extensive global partner network. This will enable Opaque to enhance its platform, scale rapidly, and deliver even greater value to its enterprise customers. These customers are increasingly seeking solutions that maintain data privacy, quality, and sovereignty while pushing the boundaries of AI innovation.
“Opaque is committed to helping enterprises securely unlock their most valuable—yet sensitive—data to get high-performance AI into production faster. Being selected for the prestigious Microsoft for Startups Pegasus Program highlights the differentiated value we’re delivering for our customers and the growing importance of maintaining control over proprietary data and models—because, in today’s world, whoever controls the data controls the industry,” said Aaron Fulkerson, CEO of Opaque.
“I’ve never seen demand for a technology grow like what we’ve seen for our Confidential AI platform. There’s an insatiable appetite for quality data, and companies recognize the need to protect the ownership of their data while harnessing its value for innovation with AI. This partnership will expand our reach and help more enterprises innovate securely and confidently.”
**Leading the Way in Confidential AI**
Opaque is at the forefront of Confidential AI, offering the only platform capable of unlocking sensitive data while ensuring cryptographic verification of privacy and sovereignty. Trusted across diverse industries—financial services, high tech, manufacturing, insurance, the public sector, and more—Opaque’s cutting-edge platform is known for its user-friendly workflows and support for general-purpose AI workloads, including generative AI. With the guidance of the Microsoft for Startups Pegasus Program, Opaque will empower companies to harness the power of AI without compromising ownership of their most valuable asset: their proprietary data.
**About Opaque**
Opaque is the leading confidential AI platform, unlocking sensitive data to securely accelerate AI into production. Created by world-renowned researchers at the Berkeley RISELab, Opaque’s enterprise-grade platform empowers organizations to run cloud-scale, general-purpose AI workloads on encrypted data. Opaque supports popular languages and frameworks for AI like Python and Spark, and enables teams to securely combine datasets with cryptographic verification of privacy. With Opaque, customers deploy high-performance AI faster and eliminate the tradeoff between innovation and security.
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**Learn more about Opaque:** www.opaque.co