Anthropic to acquire data privacy startup Opaque Systems

Anthropic, the developer of the AI assistant Claude, has announced an agreement to acquire Opaque Systems, a startup specializing in the protection of sensitive data.

Opaque Systems was founded based on research conducted at the University of California, Berkeley. The company developed technologies that allow artificial intelligence systems to process sensitive information without compromising privacy. These solutions address a major industry challenge: enabling high-performance AI analysis while ensuring that private or confidential data remains secure.

Co-founder Raluca Ada Popa, a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, has a career focused on the intersection of cybersecurity, cryptography, and artificial intelligence.