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Enterprise Deepfake Detection

Winter 2022Founded 202154 peopleNew York, NY, USA

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Reality Defender is the market leader in deepfake detection, protecting enterprises and governments from realtime deepfake and agentic fraud. Sign up for free access at https://www.realitydefender.com/api Website: www.realitydefender.com Contact: ask@realitydefender.com YC AMA: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30766050 Awards: 2025 - Gartner: Recognized as Market Leader in Deepfake Detection 2025 - JPMorgan: Inducted into Hall of Innovation 2025 - World Economic Forum: Named Technology Pioneer 2025 - USA DIU + Japan MOD: 1st Place "Global Innovation Challenge" 2024 - RSA Conference: 1st Place “Most Innovative Startup” 2024 - SINET16 Innovator Award 2023 - SXSW 1st Place "Artificial Intelligence, Voice, & Robotics Technologies"

Founders · 1

Ben Colman
Ben ColmanCEO & Co-Founder

Reality Defender is the market leader in deepfake detection, protecting enterprises and governments from realtime deepfake and agentic fraud. Sign up for free access at realitydefender.com/api Awards: 2025 - Gartner: Recognized as Market Leader in Deepfake Detection 2025 - JPMorgan: Inducted into Hall of Innovation 2025 - World Economic Forum: Named Technology Pioneer 2025 - USA DIU + Japan MOD: 1st Place "Global Innovation Challenge" 2024 - RSA Conference: 1st Place “Most Innovative Startup”

Launch

Launched on Y Combinator · Jul 2025
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We just made deepfake detection incredibly simple — with two lines of code

Reality Defender announces an enterprise-grade deepfake detection API and SDKs, now available to YC developers with 50 free scans per month. The product targets apps touching voice or image data to protect against AI-generated fraud, fake identities, synthetic media, and manipulated imagery across platforms.

B2BSecurityArtificial IntelligenceSaaSDeepfake DetectionSecurityPrivacy

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