DetectifAI Enters TechCrunch Battlefield With On-Device Deepfake Detection, Processing 100,000 Calls a Month
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Updated · TechCrunch · Sep 28
DetectifAI Enters TechCrunch Battlefield With On-Device Deepfake Detection, Processing 100,000 Calls a Month
1 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Sep 28
Summary
DetectifAI will compete at TechCrunch Startup Battlefield on Oct. 13-15, pitching software that flags AI-generated voices during calls and voice messages directly on smartphones.
The San Francisco startup says its compact models run inside a phone’s operating system rather than in the cloud, aiming to give users an instant verdict without sending audio off-device.
Padmanabhuni founded the company after her grandfather paid a ransom in a deepfake voice scam; the FBI says Americans lost nearly $900 million to AI-driven scams last year, up 24% from 2024.
DetectifAI is selling first to phone makers through an SDK and says it already has early revenue, handling more than 100,000 monthly calls for financial institutions in India with deepfake detection and speaker verification.
The company enters a crowded field that includes Reality Defender, Pindrop and Microsoft-owned tools, betting built-in phone protection can become a standard device feature.