Table of Contents This is part of a tutorial series on the CKKS homomorphic encryption scheme. In the last article, we introduced symmetric and public-key encryption and decryption routines, and implemented modular polynomial arithmetic (using NTTs as a black box). This article covers the addition a...

A quick update on our homomorphic encryption compiler HEIR: our partners at Belfort have a hotword detector in FHE that runs in 350ms. More specifically, they launched a live demo at hotword.belfortlabs.com, that has a little game inspired by the NY Times Connections puzzle. Instead of typing in you...

Table of Contents This is part of a tutorial series on the CKKS homomorphic encryption scheme. In the last article, we covered some groundwork about polynomials and the CKKS encoding method. This article covers the encryption and decryption routines. Notably, if you already know about CKKS, we will ...

On 2026-08-14 I published an article on the Google Security blog with an update on HEIR, our homomorphic encryption (HE) compiler. This is a companion article, in which I have no limits on word count or jargon, and I can feel free to be honest. So strap in. Assuming you won’t read the linked corpora...