After a deepfake voice fooled her grandfather, this founder sprang into action
After her grandfather was targeted by a deepfake voice scam, Tarini Padmanabhuni founded DetectifAI. The startup is developing smartphone-based AI models designed to identify and flag fake voices in real time.
After her grandfather was scammed by a deepfake of his brother's voice, Tarini Padmanabhuni founded DetectifAI, a San Francisco startup building AI models small enough to run directly on smartphones and flag fake voices in real time, and it's now one of the companies competing in Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt.
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