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Kairos is an AI-powered identity verification platform that provides instant identity verification, ID document authentication, face liveness detection, biometric verification, and age estimation. The platform supports over 4,000 ID types from a single photo and uses a single selfie for liveness checks to deter spoofing attempts. Kairos serves industries including financial services, online gaming, adult…

FinTech · RegTech, · Miami, United States · EST 2011

About

Kairos is an AI-powered identity verification platform that provides instant identity verification, ID document authentication, face liveness detection, biometric verification, and age estimation. The platform supports over 4,000 ID types from a single photo and uses a single selfie for liveness checks to deter spoofing attempts. Kairos serves industries including financial services, online gaming, adult entertainment, controlled substances delivery, hotels, and micromobility. The company emphasizes unbiased algorithms that work accurately across all ethnicities, with developer-friendly APIs and competitive pricing. Trusted by over 1,000 global businesses and processing more than 1 billion transactions, Kairos helps organizations maximize user growth while mitigating fraud. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Miami, United States, the company has raised $19.6 million in Series A funding from investors including Main Capital Partners, 500 Global, Morgan Stanley, and Polaris Partners.

Business model

Cybersecurity > Anti Fraud > Identity Theft > ID Document Verification,

Security & Surveillance Technology > PIAM > Biometrics System > Facial Biometrics,

AI Infrastructure > Computer Vision > Face & Expression Recognition > Facial Expression Recognition,

Image Recognition > Facial Recognition > Security Systems,

RegTech > Fraud Detection > User Authentication > Payment Transactions > Facial Biometrics

Founders & team highlights

Serial Founder

Team background

Company Wise > Apple

Institutional investors

Beyond Capital MarketsNew World AngelsvenVeloPowered By NexusMain Capital Partners500 GlobalMorgan StanleySeraph GroupEniac VenturesHaitao CapitalPolaris PartnersSoGal VenturesVesuvio VenturesWestlake VenturesKapor Capital

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