PR Newswire · Jul 2026
AU10TIX said it is adding Reality Defender’s deepfake signal to improve detection of AI-generated and manipulated selfies during digital onboarding and liveness checks.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Reality Defender is a New York-based enterprise deepfake detection company that helps organizations verify AI-generated and manipulated voice, video, image, and text in real time, primarily for banks, governments, contact centers, and other high-trust enterprise workflows.
Primary product
RealAPI / enterprise deepfake detection platform (with the RealScan web app)
Founded
2021
Headquarters
New York, NY, United States
Team size
60-70
Work style
Onsite
Industry
Computer and Network Security
Sub-industry
Deepfake detection / synthetic media security
Offices
Tribeca, New York City, NY, United States
60 Hudson Street Suite 3100, New York, NY 10013, United States
Business model
enterprise SaaS
API/SDK licensing
self-serve subscriptions
usage-based tiers
custom enterprise deployments
Funding
Stage
Series A
Total raised
$48.6M
Latest round
Strategic investments · Apr 2025
Apr 2025 · BNY, Samsung Next, and Fusion Fund
Oct 2024 · Illuminate Financial
Apr 2024 · Intel Ignite
Oct 2023 · DCVC
Mar 2023 · SXSW
Apr 2022
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Revenue Officer
Head of Revenue & Partnerships
Head of Public Sector Business
VP of Human Engagements
Head of Communications
Director of Alliances
Head of Marketing
Director of Applied AI (Audio)
Bennett Morrison
VP of Product
Robert Weindl
Director, Product Engineering
Jacob Seidman, PhD
Director, Applied AI (Vision)
Founders
Co-Founder & Advisor
Co-Founder & Chief of Research and Development
Work & culture
Mission-driven, privacy-first, deploy-anywhere, and cross-functional; the company emphasizes in-office collaboration in Tribeca and values continuous innovation, integrity, impact, and inclusion.
Work style
Onsite
Benefits
competitive health and wellness benefits
collaborative in-office environment in Tribeca
cross-functional, mission-driven team
Product & market
Pricing
Tiered SaaS with a free developer tier, paid self-serve subscription tiers, and custom enterprise pricing
Differentiators
- —multimodal detection across voice, video, image, and text
- —real-time analysis inside existing workflows
- —ensemble of independently trained models
- —privacy-first, deploy-anywhere architecture
- —explainable scores and defensible reports
- —developer-friendly API and SDKs
- —free tier for rapid trialing
Technology
Kubernetes
Prometheus
MLOps
Python
Databricks
React
Terraform
PyTorch
Node.js
PostgreSQL
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud
GitHub Actions
Docker
GitLab
Datadog
Java
TypeScript
Helm
Argo CD
Customers
banks
financial institutions
contact centers
government agencies
enterprises
critical infrastructure
media publishers
legal teams
identity verification teams
executive protection teams
Competitors
Sensity AI
Hive Moderation
Pindrop
iProov
Truepic
Resemble AI
GetReal Security
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$1M-$10M
Estimated monthly visits
24.8K
Traffic estimate as of May 2026
Latest news
GlobeNewswire · Jul 2026
Zignal Labs and Reality Defender announced a partnership combining structured intelligence with synthetic media detection for security teams.
PR Newswire · Jul 2026
Reality Defender said Gartner named it a Market Shaper in its Emerging Market Quadrant for Deepfake Detection.
Biometric Update · Jun 2026
ZeroFox integrated Reality Defender’s multimodal deepfake detection into its Discover, Validate, Disrupt workflow.
Biometric Update · Apr 2026
Reality Defender signed a deal to provide deepfake detection to Orange Business and embed multimodal detection into communications services.
Jobs and careers at Reality Defender
4 jobs at Reality Defender
Communications Manager
On-site
Marketing
New York City; Manhattan, New York, USA
2w ago
On-site
Full-time
Senior Dev Ops Engineer
On-site
Engineering
New York City; Manhattan, New York, USA
4w ago
On-site
Full-time
Software Engineer II
Remote
Engineering
USA Remote; New York, New York, United States
1mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Account Executive
Remote
Sales and Growth
USA Remote; New York, New York, United States
1mo ago
Remote
Full-time