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Pindrop Picks Up $90M to Stop Voice Fraud in Smart Speakers, Connected Cars and More

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The integration of voice into consumer technologies has been a game changer for efficiency, ease and speed — the average person can type 60 words a minute, but speak about 150 words in the same amount of time. ComScore estimates that by 2020, about half of Internet searches will be conducted through voice. With voice […]

Pindrop Secures $75M from Google Capital to Pummel Phone Fraud

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Pindrop, a security startup specializing in voice-fraud prevention and authentication, announced today that it raised a $75 million Series C. The funding round led by Google Capital brings the Peach State pioneer’s total funding to date to $122 million. Pindrop battles fraud by analyzing and assigning risk to phone calls. Its signature “acoustic fingerprinting” technology […]