TechCrunch AI September 28, 2026 By Connie Loizos neutral

After a deepfake voice fooled her grandfather, this founder sprang into action

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After her grandfather was scammed by a deepfake of his brother's voice, Tarini Padmanabhuni founded DetectifAI, a San Francisco startup building AI models small enough to run directly on smartphones and flag fake voices in real time, and it's now one of the companies competing in Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt.

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