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GetReal Security

Primary category: anti-deepfake.

One-liner — An enterprise deepfake-defense and digital-forensics platform — co-founded by deepfake-detection authority Hany Farid — that detects, analyzes, and helps respond to synthetic media and impersonation across voice, video, and content provenance.

What it does

GetReal combines real-time deepfake detection with forensic content analysis and content-provenance/authenticity verification. Beyond a yes/no detector, it positions as a “Forensics Platform as a Service” with detection plus human expert investigation and response. The job it does: when an org receives a suspicious call, video, or piece of media (e.g., a “CFO” on a video call authorizing a transfer), GetReal helps determine whether it is authentic and supports an incident response.

Where it sits in the stack

Sits in anti-deepfake at the foundation layer, defending the authenticity of human communications and media. Its risk role is screening untrusted input at the human boundary: it gates whether incoming media/identity can be trusted. It is a social-engineering / authenticity and digital-forensics control rather than a model/data control. Trust zone: the external-communications boundary (red→yellow), with an incident-response role inside the org.

Deployment & architecture

  • SaaS platform + API (“FPaaS”); product line spans:
    • GetReal Protect — real-time detection across voice and video.
    • GetReal Inspect — forensic content verification (launched Feb 2025).
    • GetReal Prepare / GetReal Respond — training and expert investigation services.
  • Pitched for high-value communications (conferencing, calls). Has announced a partnership with doppel for deepfake brand/executive-impersonation attacks. Specific SIEM/IdP connectors not confirmed here.

Positioning & differentiators

Known for the Hany Farid pedigree (digital forensics / provenance research) and a forensics-plus-services posture rather than a pure detection API. Differs from reality-defender (detection-API breadth across audio/video/image/text) by emphasizing forensic analysis, provenance, and expert response. Differs from pindrop (telephony voice biometrics / call-center fraud at scale) by being communications- and media-forensics-oriented rather than call-channel infrastructure. Co-founded with Ted Schlein (Ballistic Ventures); CEO Matthew Moynahan. Other neighbors: adaptive-security, doppel.

Ownership, funding & M&A

  • Independent, VC-backed. No acquisition found (no seed M&A flag).
  • $17.5M Series A led by Forgepoint Capital (announced 2025-03-26), with Ballistic Ventures, Evolution Equity Partners, Cisco Investments, IQT, and Capital One Ventures.
  • Founded 2022 (originally “GetReal Labs”). Ownership confidence high.
  • HQ reported as San Mateo, CA (Bay Area); one older listing said Austin, TX — treated as soft/stale, San Mateo used with medium confidence.

CTO / hedge-fund lens

Day-2 / situational. Strong fit for executive-impersonation and synthetic-media fraud — the deepfake-on-a-video-call or cloned-voice-authorizing-a-wire scenarios that directly threaten asset managers. The forensics + response services angle suits firms that want investigation support, not just a detector. Not a model-risk/SR 11-7 control. Better fit for larger or more targeted shops (those with public-facing executives, large wire flows, or recruiting/BPO exposure) than for a lean 50-person fund, which may not justify a dedicated platform yet.

Competitors / alternatives

reality-defender, pindrop, doppel, adaptive-security

Open questions / to verify

  • Exact HQ (San Mateo vs older Austin listing) and current headcount.
  • Pricing; degree of automation vs. reliance on expert-services.
  • Independent accuracy benchmarks; specific enterprise integrations.

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History

  • [2026-06-28] Stub created from seed registry.
  • [2026-06-28] Researched; established independent VC-backed status ($17.5M Series A, Forgepoint lead 2025-03), Hany Farid/Ted Schlein founders, CEO Moynahan, founded 2022, San Mateo CA HQ (med conf), forensics+detection FPaaS product line; no M&A; set ownership_confidence high.

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