Zama, a cryptography startup, raises $57 million in funding to build fully homomorphic encryption for blockchain and AI applications.
The funding round was led by Blockchange Ventures and Pantera Capital, increasing Zama's valuation to over $1 billion.
Zama launches public testnet for its Confidential Blockchain Protocol (CBP) allowing private communication on Ethereum blockchain.
Zama's focus on fully homomorphic encryption aims to enable secure computation on encrypted data for various applications like finance, identity, and AI.