Overview
Alessandro Brunetti is the founder and CEO of iQrypto, which he founded in November 2021, and is based in Mons. Since May 2021 he has also worked at UMONS as an EU Office project manager, and he took up a lecturing post there running from October 2024 to June 2026.
Between March 2020 and February 2023 he was a director at Absensing. He was previously a business development and sales engineer at Caeleste from 2018 to 2020, a senior electronics engineer at Sharp Laboratories of Europe in 2018, and an R&D pixel design engineer at LFoundry from 2016 to 2018. Earlier he was an IC designer at AWAIBA CMOS Image Sensors, a process engineer at Universitat Rovira i Virgili, a firmware engineer intern at N-lab, and a police officer for the Comune di Bacoli from 2003 to 2005.
Brunetti was a Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Oxford from 2013 to 2016 and a teaching assistant there from 2015 to 2017. He completed a doctorate in electronic engineering at Oxford, a master's degree in nanotechnology at Universitat Rovira i Virgili, and a master's degree in electronic engineering at the Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II.
Career history
In the news
- Unpopular opinion: Switching to post-quantum cryptography doesn't automatically make your system quantum-safe. There. I said it. 😁 Everyone is talking about PQC algorithms, migration roadmaps, and quantum-resistant standards and rightly so! But here's a question: What's the point of a quantum-resistant algorithm if the randomness generating your cryptographic keys is predictable? Now, before the cryptographers bring out their pitchforks... 😅 No, QRNG is not mandatory for PQC and yes, properly engineered classical entropy
- New fear unlocked. 🔓😅
- I wanted to learn how to create educational videos using AI, so I decided to give it a try and what better subject than the quantum random number generator (QRNG) we're developing at iQrypto? I have to say, I'm impressed! 🚀 What started as a simple learning experiment turned into something I could actually use as a product explainer. The visuals and narration are AI-generated, but the technology behind them is very real: silicon, quantum physics, and hardware engineered by humans. It's fascinating to see how AI can help us explain
- Three years ago, I went to Madrid to pitch a quantum technology. What stayed with me most was the people. 🇪🇸 In October 2023, I had the pleasure of representing Belgium with iQrypto at the Global eAwards, organised by NTT DATA FOUNDATION. 15 startups from 15 countries. Very different technologies, but one incredible group of entrepreneurs. We were technically competitors, but what I remember most is how friendly, open and passionate everyone was. Recently, I became curious about what happened to all those startups aAnd I
- Thanks to Malta Enterprise for the spotlight, and to Josephine Vassallo Parnis for the invitation! 🇲🇹 Looking forward to GSCM 2026 and to sharing some of our experience at iQrypto on the challenges of turning semiconductor research and innovation into real products. A special shoutout to Silicon Catalyst.EU for the support we received last year, co-organising the event and helping bring together startups, industry and the wider European semiconductor ecosystem! With iQrypto expanding to Malta, it's also a great opportunity to
- Great to see our Founder, Alessandro Brunetti, featured by Malta Enterprise ahead of #GSCM2026! 🇲🇹 On 17 November, Alessandro will join the discussion on how Chips Competence Centres can help semiconductor startups and SMEs bridge the gap between research, technology development and real products. With iQrypto expanding to Malta, we're looking forward to contributing to the conversation and connecting with the European semiconductor ecosystem. See you in Malta! #GSCM2026 #Semiconductors #DeepTech #iQrypto
- 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 What does it take to turn semiconductor innovation into a successful company? Alessandro Brunetti, Founder and CEO of iQrypto, joins GSCM 2026 to discuss the role of Chips Competence Centres in helping innovative companies move from technology development towards commercial impact. 📍 Malta | 16–17 November Discover the companies and ideas driving Europe’s semiconductor ambitions: https://lnkd.in/efeZCF5G #GSCM2026 #Semiconductors #DeepTech #Startups #Innovation
- What connects Julius Caesar, a wall of lava lamps and a quantum chip? Surprisingly, they all have something to tell us about randomness. I have always found it fascinating how a concept that accompanied humanity for thousands of years, from ancient dice to the mathematics of probability, has become an essential ingredient of modern cybersecurity. Cloudflare's famous wall of lava lamps is a wonderful example. Their constantly changing patterns contribute to the entropy used in cryptographic systems. At iQrypto, we approach the same
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