Pindrop

Pindrop is a cybersecurity company founded in 2011 by Dr. Vijay Balasubramaniyan, Dr. Paul Judge, and Dr. Mustaque Ahamad, headquartered in the United States. The company specializes in identity verification and fraud detection across voice, video, and digital communications channels in real time. Pindrop's core platform is described as the "Real Human + Right Human" platform, which provides continuous identity verification and deepfake detection. The platform is designed to answer whether a communicating party is a human or machine, a legitimate customer or a bad actor. Key technologies and capabilities include: - Phoneprinting: an acoustic device identification technology developed from early research, used to detect fraud by identifying devices - Voice biometrics: recognizing individuals by voice to help prevent repeat fraudsters - Behavioral analysis: detecting bot patterns and synthetic behaviors - Deepfake detection: identifying AI-generated or synthetic voices and video in real-time communications Pindrop's primary target market is organizations that rely on voice-based and digital customer interactions, particularly contact centers. The company integrates with platforms such as Genesys, Five9, NICE, InteliPeer, and Bandwidth, and partners with cloud providers including Google Cloud, AWS, and Verizon. The company holds over 100 global patents and has published research at academic venues such as the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security. Pindrop has raised over $100 million in funding, including a Series B round of $35 million.