# How Google is Making Private AI Practical with Homomorphic Encryption

DevFeed: [How Google is Making Private AI Practical with Homomorphic Encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-google-is-making-private-ai-practical-with-homomorphic-encryption-7627.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.google/security/how-google-is-making-private-ai-practical-with-homomorphic-encryption/>)

Author: Jeremy Kun

Published: 2026-08-14T14:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/security.md>)

Topics: [Encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/encryption.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>), [AI Inference](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-inference.md>), [Compiler](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/compiler.md>), [Cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cryptography.md>), [toolchain](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/toolchain.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-inference](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-inference.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cryptographic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cryptographic.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/encryption.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [none](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/none.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [toolchain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/toolchain.md>)

## AI overview

Google introduces HEIR, an open-source compiler toolchain designed to make private AI inference practical with homomorphic encryption. The approach lets servers compute on encrypted data and return encrypted results without exposing the underlying information, while addressing the usability challenges of adopting homomorphic encryption.

## Source excerpt

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