Reality Defender

Reality Defender is a deepfake detection company that scores audio, video, and images for signs of AI generation or manipulation. It describes itself as detection-only and multimodal, returning its signal to the platform that owns the decision. Its customers include governments, enterprises, and critical infrastructure. Its products are RealCall for live calls, RealMeeting for meetings, RealAPI for sending media from an app, and RealScan for uploading files in a browser.

Reality Defender was founded in 2021. Its detection platform was originally developed inside a nonprofit research initiative. Ben Colman is its co-founder and CEO. Its industries include financial services, government, insurance, and healthcare payers.

The identity verification provider IDmission used Reality Defender's RealAPI inside its onboarding pipeline. Its API and SDKs are aimed at developers who want to detect deepfake and AI-manipulated media.