imper.ai
Category: AI in Cybersecurity
Workforce identity security platform that detects and prevents impersonation and account takeover across the employee lifecycle—hiring, help desk/account recovery, and collaboration—using multi-signal device/network telemetry and contextual verification rather than deepfake content scanning. imper.ai was founded in 2024. The company is led by Noam Awadish. Based in New York, 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, Vesey Ventures, Cerca Partners.
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- New York, NY, USA
- Team size
- 30
- Total funding
- $28.0M
Value proposition
Agentless, real-time workforce identity verification: Impersonation Detection Engine (device integrity, virtualization, remote-control, VPN, geolocation) plus AI-driven contextual work-familiarity checks—closing authentication-bypass paths at help desk and hiring without deepfake/document/biometric arms races
Products and solutions
Workforce Identity Security Platform - Impersonation Detection Engine + AI-Driven Contextual Verification, Help Desk / Account Recovery Protection - Automated risk scoring for IT support and recovery flows, Hiring & Recruitment Defense - Candidate environment legitimacy across interview interactions (Greenhouse, Workday), Multi-Channel Workforce Communications Security - Zoom, Teams, Slack, WhatsApp, Google Workspace, ATS, Enterprise Integrations - ServiceNow, Microsoft Entra, Workday
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 securing workforce identity across hiring, help desk/account recovery, and collaboration platforms—especially financial services, wholesale, technology, legal, and retail
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, Vesey Ventures, Cerca Partners (participating investors), Collaboration integrations: Zoom, Teams, Slack, WhatsApp, Google Workspace, Enterprise workflow integrations: ServiceNow, Microsoft Entra, Workday, Greenhouse (hiring/ATS)
Notable customers
Names not publicly disclosed; CEO (Mar 2026) stated deployed with customers in financial services, wholesale, and technology
Major milestones
Founded in 2024 by Israeli intelligence Unit 8200 veterans including former Mobileye executive, Emerged from stealth Dec 2025 with ~$28M funding led by Redpoint Ventures and Battery Ventures, Mar 24, 2026: Launched Workforce Identity Security platform at RSAC 2026 (generally available), Recognized in Redpoint Ventures 2026 InfraRed 100, Published Q1 2026 research on detecting DPRK IT workers in hiring pipelines
Growth metrics
Post-Series A product generally available (RSAC 2026); Redpoint InfraRed 100 (2026); customers live in financial services, wholesale, and technology; ~30 employees at Dec 2025 launch (25 in Israel per Calcalist)
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
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Official website: https://imper.ai/