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Can It Spot Fakes? | WIRED", "url": "https://www.wired.com/story/google-about-this-image-misinformation/", "date": "Oct 25, 2023" }, { "title": "Reality Defender raises $15M to detect text, video and image deepfakes | TechCrunch", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/17/reality-defender-raises-15m-to-detect-text-video-and-image-deepfakes/", "date": "Oct 17, 2023" } ], "launches": [ { "id": 92611, "title": "🚀 Reality Defender: Deepfake Detection with Two Lines of Code", "tagline": "We just made deepfake detection incredibly simple — with two lines of code", "body": "It’s been a few years since our[ 2022 YC HackerNews launch](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30766050). We’ve since deployed realtime deepfake detection for tier-one banks, media and governments.\n\nAnd one request kept coming: a **public API** to build deepfake detection into any stack.\n\n# 🙌 **We heard you!**\n\nWe’re psyched to announce our that enterprise-grade deepfake detection **API + SDKs** are now exclusively available to **every YC developer** ahead of our public launch. And we’re **including 50 free scans per month**!\n\n# **🎁 YC Early Access: [https://www.realitydefender.com/api](https://www.realitydefender.com/api)**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=92611&key=user_uploads/868173/759df5fe-4e52-4f41-b197-7e87a97ca248)\n\n**If your product touches voice or image, our API + SDKs gives it instant protection against:**\n\n* 🎙️ AI-generated voice fraud\n* 👤 Fake identities in IDV/KYC \n* 🗣️ Synthetic identities and media across consumer platforms\n* 🚨 AI-manipulated images fueling disinformation\n\nWe **update and improve our models constantly** to stay ahead of emerging threats and built these API and SDKs with simplicity and transparency in mind.\n\n# **🔥 YC Launch Offer**\n\n* 50 free scans/month for YC Launch devs\n* First 5 devs who integrate get get $250 + RD swag\n* Email us at [hello@realitydefender.com](mailto:hello@realitydefender.com) for high volume access, or to connect with our infra/security leads\n\n# **🔥🔥 Free Access for All Devs:[ ](http://app.realitydefender.ai)[Link To Sign Up](https://www.realitydefender.com/api)**\n\n**API**\n\n* [GitHub](https://github.com/Reality-Defender/sample_scripts) /[ Quick Start Guide](https://docs.realitydefender.com/api-reference/quickstart)\n\n**SDKs**\n\n* Python:[ GitHub](https://github.com/Reality-Defender/realitydefender-sdk-python) /[ PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/realitydefender/)\n* Rust:[ GitHub](https://github.com/Reality-Defender/realitydefender-sdk-rust) /[ Crates](https://crates.io/crates/realitydefender)\n* Java:[ GitHub](https://github.com/Reality-Defender/realitydefender-sdk-java) /[ Maven](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/ai.realitydefender/realitydefender-sdk)\n* Typescript:[ GitHub](https://github.com/Reality-Defender/realitydefender-sdk-typescript) /[ NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@realitydefender/realitydefender)\n* Go:[ GitHub](https://github.com/Reality-Defender/realitydefender-sdk-go)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/O5j-reality-defender-deepfake-detection-with-two-lines-of-code", "votes": 8, "created_at": "2025-07-31T17:38:03.899Z" } ] } ]