Winter 2025
Computer Vision Intern
Posted on 9/10/2025
Reality Defender
51-200 employees
Real-time deepfake detection across media.
Compensation Overview
$28.85 - $46.15/hr
New York, NY, USA
Remote
 AI & Machine Learning (1) |
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- PhD student in a relevant technical field
- Experience in computer vision
- Proficient in Python and in building deep learning models with PyTorch
- Published peer-reviewed research papers in reputable computer vision venues, e.g. CVPR, ICCV, NeurIPS
- Investigate new methods for generative image/video detection
- Collaborate with researchers in the team
- Perform research of deepfake image/video detection
- Write up results of research for internal reports and submission to academic journals/workshops
- Independently implement and evaluate ideas on modern deep learning stack - Python, PyTorch, and GPU-enabled cloud compute, like AWS/GCP
Reality Defender provides a deepfake and AI-generated media detection platform for enterprise, government, and institutional clients. It uses a patented, multi-model ensemble to detect AI manipulation across audio, video, images, and text, delivering real-time risk scoring without watermarks or prior authentication. Access is via a web app and API, with integrations like a Zoom plugin to analyze feeds in real time for use cases such as call-center security, secure video conferencing, and KYC. The company aims to prevent deepfake-related fraud and misinformation by delivering trusted media insights to large organizations, with clients including Visa, Microsoft, NATO, and NBCUniversal, and funding to expand its technology in the financial sector.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$48.1M
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2018
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Charm Security partnership embeds detection into AI agents, eliminating tool-switching friction for financial institutions.
- BNY and Samsung Next investments signal expanding demand beyond cybersecurity into banking and consumer electronics.
- Real-time video conferencing detection without app-switching reduces adoption friction in remote work environments.
What critics are saying
- ElevenLabs v3 voice models evade detection 85% of the time, eroding client trust by Q3 2026.
- OpenAI's free ChatGPT Enterprise deepfake API launched April 2026 captures 40% enterprise fintech market share.
- SentinelOne's $150M Hive acquisition bundles deepfake detection, undercutting Reality Defender's standalone API pricing model.
What makes Reality Defender unique
- Patented multi-model ensemble detects deepfakes across video, audio, imagery, and text simultaneously.
- Real Suite offers drag-and-drop RealScan web platform requiring zero technical training for enterprises.
- Ethics Committee with Keith Enright, Luciano Floridi, and Yoel Roth guides responsible detection deployment.
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Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
↓ -3%1 year growth
↑ 1%2 year growth
↑ 2%Charm Security has partnered with Reality Defender to integrate deepfake detection capabilities into Charm's agentic AI workforce for fraud prevention. The collaboration enables financial institutions and enterprises to access real-time deepfake detection for voice, image and text through Charm's AI agents. The integration allows Charm's agents to directly invoke Reality Defender's technology to assess whether communications are authentic or manipulated, eliminating the need for teams to switch tools. This builds on Charm's Psychology-First Fraud Agents, which use the company's Human Vulnerabilities & Exploits model to provide insight into human intent and deception. Both Charm and Reality Defender are RSAC Innovation Sandbox companies, with Reality Defender winning the 2024 award. The partnership aims to help organisations respond to deepfake-enabled fraud more quickly whilst maintaining human context in security workflows.
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Reality Defender, a deepfake and AI-generated media detection platform, announced strategic investments from BNY, Samsung Next, and Fusion Fund to combat deepfake threats. These investments aim to enhance Reality Defender's technology to protect financial and communication channels from deepfake-enabled fraud. The company was named Most Innovative at the 2024 RSA Innovation Sandbox. Financial terms were not disclosed.
/PRNewswire/ -- Reality Defender, the RSA Innovation Sandbox-winning deepfake and AI-generated media detection platform, today announced strategic investments...
New York startup raises $33 million in an expanded Series A round to build technology to detect deepfake and AI-generated media.