As of Sep 28, TechCrunch profiled DetectifAI, a startup building smartphone-sized models that flag deepfake voices in real time, founded after a family deepfake scam.
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Founder builds on-device deepfake voice detection after family scam, per TechCrunch
Not confirmed by the company — reported on Sep 28, 2026 (source: techcrunch.com).
TechCrunch reports 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, after her grandfather was scammed by a deepfake of a relative's voice.
Source: TechCrunch
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