tofu
Founded 2023 · 17 employees on LinkedIn · 6 known investors
Tofu builds an identity verification system for hiring that validates applicants' credentials to prevent fraud and deepfakes in the recruitment process. The platform serves companies looking to protect against synthetic identities and credential falsification by job applicants.
Also known as hiretofu · Tofu
Investors · 6
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Tofu (hiretofu.com) provides candidate fraud detection software for corporate recruiting and security teams. The platform layers on top of an applicant tracking system (ATS) and reviews every application entering the hiring funnel, screening applicants for fraud risk signals including identity theft, impersonation, synthetic identities, location spoofing and state-sponsored actors. Flagged results and verification details are written back into the customer's ATS, with fraudulent applicants labeled directly in the system and notes appended to applications.
The product has three main components. A Fraud Agent screens applicants at the point of ATS entry, validating them against what the company describes as 4+ billion data points and a proprietary "Fraudbase" built from more than 18 million analyzed profiles. A deepfake detection capability, marketed as new, analyzes interviews in real time for synthetic audio, face-swaps and AI-generated overlays to expose proxy interviewers and impersonators, and plugs into Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and existing AI note-takers. An AI applicant reviewer lets customers build per-job AI screening agents that can be trained on profiles of prior hires or sourced leads and that rank applicants on experience, skills and attributes.
Tofu also frames its offering around sanctions compliance risk, noting that employing an individual from a sanctioned country such as North Korea is a strict-liability federal violation under OFAC rules, that violations accumulate with each payment, and that the presence of a screening program is weighed when penalties are set. The site includes an exposure calculator alongside this positioning.
Business model
Business-to-business software sold to employers, with a demo-request sales motion and integration into the customer's existing ATS.
Traction
The company states its product is used by recruiting and security teams at leading companies, publishes multiple customer case studies referencing NYSE-listed companies, and reports a Fraudbase built from over 18 million analyzed profiles.
Latest developments
Tofu announced a $5M seed round and launched a deepfake detection product that analyzes interviews in real time for synthetic audio, face swaps and AI-generated overlays.
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Market position
Positions itself as a "recruiting security" layer combining pre-application fraud screening, live interview deepfake and proxy detection, and AI applicant ranking in one product, with broad ATS coverage so that findings remain inside the customer's existing workflow.
Technology
AI agents applied across the hiring funnel: a fraud-screening agent that validates applicants against a large data set and a proprietary "Fraudbase" of analyzed profiles; interview agents performing real-time analysis of video, face mesh, voice, location and device signals to detect synthetic audio, face swaps, AI overlays and candidate swapping; and configurable AI screening agents for resume and applicant evaluation. The system integrates with ATS platforms and with video conferencing tools (Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams) and AI note-takers.
Go-to-market
Direct enterprise sales via "Book a demo" requests, supported by published customer case studies, ATS integrations and compliance-oriented tools such as an OFAC exposure calculator.
Recruiting and security teams at companies running high-volume hiring funnels; the site cites customers among publicly listed companies (referencing NYSE-listed IOT, CRCL and NXDR case studies).
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Competitors · 2
by search overlap
Companies competing with tofu for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsTofu launched deepfake detection, marked as new on its website: real-time analysis of interviews for synthetic audio, face-swaps and AI-generated overlays, integrating with Zoom, Google Meet, Teams and AI note-takers.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 1
primary sources listed
- tofuhiretofu.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does tofu do?
- Tofu is a candidate fraud and deepfake detection platform that screens job applicants for hiring and security teams.
- Who are tofu's investors?
- tofu's investors include Founder Collective, Ritual Capital, Slow Ventures, General Catalyst, Night Capital, Wayfinder Ventures.