4x founder

Ben Colman

CEO at Reality Defender | AI detection for enterprise and government | 1st Place RSA Most Innovative Startup | JPMorgan Hall of Innovation | WEF Technology Pioneer

Co-founder

Reality Defender· Winter 2022 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States

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2021Co-founder· Reality Defender (YC W22)

Founder · since 2011

Company

Reality Defender (YC W22)

Role

Co-Founder/CEO

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

New York, New York, United States

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Reality Defender

Enterprise Deepfake Detection

Winter 2022

Experience

Career

Reality Defender (YC W22)
Co-founder
Co-Founder/CEO · New York, New York, United States · 2021 – Present
2021
Xoogler.co
Founder
Member and Past NYC Lead · New York City Metropolitan Area · 2017 – Present
2017
Various
Founder
Angel Investor, Advisor, Board Member, Founder · 2011 – Present
2011
Covertix (Acquired 2018)
CEO · New York City Metropolitan Area · 2017 – 2018
2017
Goldman Sachs
Vice President · New York City Metropolitan Area · 2015 – 2017
2015
PlaceAVote
Co-founder
Co-Founder · Greater New York City Area · 2014 – 2015
2014
Google
Graduate Intern · San Francisco Bay Area · 2012
2012

Bio

Reality Defender is the market leader in deepfake detection, protecting enterprises and governments from realtime deepfake and agentic fraud. Sign up for free access at realitydefender.com/api Awards: 2026/2025 - Gartner: Market Leader in Deepfake Detection 2025 - JPMorgan: Annual Innovation Award (Inducted into Hall of Innovation) 2025 - World Economic Forum: Technology Pioneer 2025 - USA DIU + Japan MOD: 1st Place Global Innovation Challenge 2024 - RSA Conference: 1st Place