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title: "Reality Defender: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "American cybersecurity company specializing in deepfake and AI-generated media detection"
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-reality-defender
type: Organization
wikidata: Q138969912
website: https://www.realitydefender.com
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Reality Defender

> American cybersecurity company specializing in deepfake and AI-generated media detection

Read on the web: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-reality-defender

## Facts

- Category: Security and defense
- Country: United States
- Founded: 2021-01-01
- Headquarters: New York City
- Status: private
- Website: https://www.realitydefender.com
- Also known as: Reality Defender, Inc., Reality Defender AI
- Industries: artificial intelligence, network security, cybersecurity

## Key people

- Ben Colman, founder (American cybersecurity entrepreneur and CEO of Reality Defender)
- Ali Shahriyari, founder (Entrepreneur and co-founder of Reality Defender)
- Gaurav Bharaj, founder (Entrepreneur and co-founder of Reality Defender)
- Ben Colman, chief executive (American cybersecurity entrepreneur and CEO of Reality Defender)

## Funding rounds

From Form D notices filed with the SEC. An amount sold is what the filing reports at the time of filing, not a valuation.

- 2024-10-24: Form D, USD 17.5 million sold of a USD 24.5 million offering, 12 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1993926/000199392624000001/))
- 2023-10-16: Form D, USD 19.4 million sold of a USD 20.1 million offering, 32 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1993926/000199392623000002/))

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Reality Defender, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-reality-defender#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138969912, read 2026-11-11
- Filings: SEC EDGAR, https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001993926

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