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Cyabra Learned the Hard Way: Finding the Bots Is Only Half the Job
The disinformation company spent four years perfecting detection before customers taught it the more valuable trick: turning a suspicious spike into a decision. Now the newly public firm must prove that narrative intelligence can become durable infrastructure, not just crisis software.
Fraud Blocker Wants Marketers to Stop Paying for Ghosts
Mike Schrobo spent years buying traffic and wondering how much of it was human. His answer is a small Los Angeles software company that scores every suspicious click - then tries to stop the next one before it reaches the bill.
A5 Labs
Behind WPT Global’s tables, A5 Labs turns streams of poker decisions into signals about bots, collusion and player skill. Its recent move brings that same game-theory machinery out of the security room and into the player’s hands.
SHIELD
SHIELD is a device-first fraud intelligence platform that helps online businesses stop fraud, build trust, and drive growth. Founded in 2008 by Justin Lie and originally known as CashShield, the company combines proprietary device fingerprinting with its Global Intelligence Network and AI to detect account takeovers, fake accounts, bot attacks, payment fraud, and incentive abuse in real time. SHIELD protects global platforms like inDrive, Alibaba, Swiggy, Meesho, and TrueMoney across ride-hailing, e-commerce, fintech, and gaming.
Spec
Spec is an AI-resistant fraud prevention platform that monitors the entire customer journey - not just login or checkout - to detect bots, fraud rings, and abusive AI agents in real time. Founded in 2020 in San Jose by ex-eBay and ThreatMetrix operators, Spec protects Fortune 500 consumer brands across e-commerce, ticketing, food delivery, and marketplaces.