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Halo (by Reality Inc., formerly Scam AI)

On-device, real-time deepfake detection for video calls — before the money leaves the account.

Runs 100% on-device — no recording, no cloud uploadWorks across Zoom, Teams, Meet, WebEx, SlackFlags synthetic faces in real time (4 samples/second)Used by finance & HR teams to stop deepfake scams
Category
Cybersecurity, Deepfake Detection, AI Safety
Business model
B2B SaaS / enterprise security software (downloadable on‑device agent + possible management console)
Target audience
Finance & treasury teams, accounts payable, executive assistants, HR & recruiting (anyone who makes high‑stakes decisions over video calls)
Opportunity score
76/100

A high‑urgency, high‑value problem with a credible technical moat, but the market is nascent and enterprise adoption may be slow.

Founder verdict
MAYBE

Halo tackles a terrifyingly real problem with a defensible technical approach, but its success depends on an unproven market and the ability to outrun tech giants.

What is Halo (by Reality Inc., formerly Scam AI)?

Halo is a Windows desktop app that silently watches video calls and spots face-swaps or synthetic faces on the fly, without ever sending a frame off the device. It targets the new attack surface where real-time deepfakes impersonate executives or candidates on live calls, which has already caused a single $25M wire fraud. By keeping everything local, Halo avoids cloud latency, privacy nightmares, and per-minute GPU costs — while giving the defender an alert during the call, not after the money is gone.

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