Bengaluru-based trust and safety-tech startup Contrails AI has raised $1 million in a pre-seed funding round co-led by Huddle Ventures and IAN Group.
The capital infusion will be channeled toward advancing ongoing pilots across the US and EU, covering industries such as marketplaces, media, financial services, and global digital platforms.
Contrails AI plans on strengthening its product development, expanding research capabilities, and accelerating the adoption of its AI-driven safety solutions across sectors.
Founded in 2023 by Digvijay Singh and Amitabh Kumar, Contrails AI was established with a vision of enabling internet companies to navigate the challenges of a rapidly evolving AI landscape. The startup’s technology focuses on protecting platforms from synthetic manipulation, deepfakes, and fraud through advanced detection and forensic systems.
Contrails AI’s proprietary forensics and manipulation detection engine delivers real-time, multimodal analysis across video, image, audio, and text formats.
Its layered explainability enables review teams to proactively identify and mitigate threats, blending fraud detection, forensic DNA analysis, and global data expertise into one unified platform.
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Positioning itself as a pioneer in compliance-ready safety infrastructure, Contrails AI combines deep-tech innovation with multimodal AI to help digital businesses build trust at scale. Its approach aligns with the growing urgency around digital safety, especially as deepfake files surged from 500,000 in 2023 to an estimated 8 million in 2025, with phishing attacks causing losses of $17,700 every minute.
As the risks associated with GenAI content intensify, Contrails AI is emerging as a crucial enabler of secure, transparent, and trustworthy digital engagement across global networks.
