Resistant AI scores $16.6M for its anti-fraud fintech tools –
Summary
The startup tells TechCrunch it has 30 customers signed up at this stage to use its dedicated anti-fraud security products — which include machine learning detection of fraudulent documents and AI for spotting problematic patterns of transactions. Collectively its customers, which include banks, insurance companies and fintechs — it can’t name the biggest but names the likes of KBC, Payoneer, Habito and Twisto — are processing tens of millions of transactions per month, it also said, adding that in its home market of the Czech Republic it’s now working with banks that have a combined 50% market share. “Our mission is to create an intelligent shield for autonomous financial systems, to protect them against these ever-evolving, ever-smarter attacks,” adds CEO Martin Rehak in a statement. “That’s the only way we can avoid epidemic fraud, mountains of manual reviews and four-factor authentication on every single online service.” In another supporting statement, Tom Hulme, general partner at GV, said: “Resistant AI’s founding team has unique expertise in applying AI and machine learning to detect complex and evasive behavior. Early customer traction demonstrates an ability to uncover unknown threats, and reliably categorize and reduce false alerts with transparent, explainable and verifiable detection models.”