imper.ai
Category: AI in Cybersecurity
A real-time cybersecurity platform that detects and prevents AI-driven impersonation and social engineering attacks across video, voice, and chat communications using device telemetry and network diagnostics. imper.ai was founded in 2024. The company is led by Noam Awadish. Based in Brooklyn, NY, USA. Team size: 30. Total funding raised: $28.0M. Latest round: Series A (December 2025). Key investors include ["Redpoint Ventures","Battery Ventures","Maple VC","Vessy VC","Cerca Partners"].
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Team size
- 30
- Total funding
- $28.0M
Value proposition
Provides agentless, real-time impersonation detection by analyzing device fingerprints, network diagnostics, and behavioral signals that attackers cannot fake, rather than trying to detect deepfakes in content streams
Products and solutions
["Impersonation Detection Platform - Core real-time risk scoring engine","Help Desk Attack Prevention - Protects IT support interactions","Executive Impersonation Defense - Blocks deepfake executive attacks","Multi-Channel Communication Security - Covers Zoom, Teams, Slack, WhatsApp, Google Workspace"]
Unique value
Takes a fundamentally different approach by avoiding the AI arms race of deepfake content detection, instead focusing on environmental signals and digital breadcrumbs that attackers cannot fake - device telemetry, network diagnostics, and behavioral patterns
Target customer
Large enterprises and organizations using collaboration platforms (Zoom, Teams, Slack) who need protection against deepfake and impersonation attacks, particularly in legal, financial services, and retail sectors
Industries served
["Enterprise Cybersecurity","Financial Services","Legal/Professional Services","Retail and Customer Service","Corporate IT and Security Operations"]
Technology advantage
Multi-signal correlation engine that combines device fingerprinting, network analysis, behavioral baselines, and organizational context to provide real-time risk scoring without requiring agents or content scanning, making it harder for attackers to evade
How they differentiate
Real-time identity threat detection using multi-signal verification (device telemetry, network diagnostics, behavioral markers) rather than content-level deepfake detection
Main competitors
["Pindrop","Resemble AI","Reality Defender"]
Key partnerships
["Redpoint Ventures (lead investor)","Battery Ventures (lead investor)","Maple VC, Vessy VC, Cerca Partners (participating investors)","Integration partnerships with major collaboration platforms (Zoom, Teams, Slack, WhatsApp, Google Workspace)"]
Notable customers
["Not publicly disclosed - targeting finance, healthcare, and technology enterprises"]
Major milestones
["Founded in 2024 by Israeli intelligence Unit 8200 veterans including former Mobileye executive","Developed agentless multi-signal impersonation detection platform","Secured $28M funding led by Redpoint Ventures and Battery Ventures","Public launch with coverage across Zoom, Teams, Slack, WhatsApp, Google Workspace"]
Growth metrics
Emerging from stealth with $28M funding, planning to double R&D headcount and triple go-to-market organization
Market positioning
Pioneer in real-time identity threat detection for enterprise communications, positioning as a new category beyond traditional deepfake detection
Geographic focus
North America (US enterprises) with Israeli cyber-intelligence expertise
Patents and IP
No publicly disclosed patents as of latest update - IP appears focused on proprietary multi-signal correlation algorithms and risk-scoring models
About Noam Awadish
Veteran of Israel's elite intelligence unit 8200 and former Chief of Staff to the EVP of Autonomous Vehicles at Mobileye
Official website: https://imper.ai/