Aircloak

Aircloak is a German technology company founded in 2014, specializing in Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PET) for real-time data anonymization.

The company emerged from research at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, where its founders recognized the need for automating manual data anonymization processes. Aircloak's mission is to enable secure analytics on personal data while ensuring strong privacy protections and maintaining data utility. The company's primary product, Aircloak Insights, is a transparent proxy solution that allows analysts to query anonymized data using standard tools like SQL or Tableau. This solution processes queries on unprocessed backend data, ensuring full anonymity without compromising data accuracy. Aircloak's Diffix technology supports this approach, focusing on practical anonymity and high utility. The company serves various industries, including finance, and has deployed its technology at several European companies.