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Interview 18 of 213:41 PM · Moscone West

Ron Ranaldi

Apate.ai

AI agents that infiltrate fraud networks.

The full conversation

8:16 · every question and answer, tightened. Tap a line to jump to it.

The short version

2:48 · Ron's answers, condensed.

Clips

5 short clips, captioned, in vertical and widescreen. Free to download and repost.

Mission Impossible for AI agents

“So what I'm hearing so far is that you embed a spy agent into these fraud companies. How do you actually do that? So it's exactly right. It's mission impossible for AI agents. And so what we do is to start, there's diffe…”

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Scam-baiting bots you can't tell from humans

“With AI and the way that the technology was developed, it does this in a way where it's conversational. In other words, they're AI bots that talk just like you and I are. So it can engage in a voice conversation in multi…”

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The operating system of fraud

“Apate is a company that actually is like the operating system of fraud. Yeah, really neat. So a lot of organizations now look at fraud as something they react to. So we've designed and created AI agents that will literal…”

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To fraudsters: it's a level playing field

“What do you want to say to all of the fraudsters? Look it's a it's a it's a level playing field And we get to help the people the same way that that you know You want to help maybe your mom or your dad if they get hurt, …”

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Why he joined: people, tech, timing

“Oh, there's three fundamental things. People. Any company, especially if you're building a brand new technology, look for people that are smart, that are passionate, and frankly, are a lot of fun. And Apate fit those per…”

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At the booth

Team photos from the expo floor.