Security

Proof of Human

Website
Founded 2023Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Proof of Human is an API that invisibly detects bots and verifies human identity.

Founded by Princeton cognitive scientists, Proof of Human leverages world-class research with industry-beating benchmarks so platforms can verify their human users friction-free.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Previously Roundtable, Proof of Human, PBC

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Mayank Agrawal

Founder

CEO of Proof of Human, building the invisible Turing Test for the Internet. Before Proof of Human, Mayank completed a PhD at Princeton University working at the intersection of cognitive science and artificial intelligence, publishing in high-impact venues including Science, PNAS, and Psychological Review.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Matt Hardy

Founder

Matt is a co-founder of Proof of Human, a company building the invisible Turing Test for the internet. Before Proof of Human, Matt was a PhD student at Princeton University, where he used machine learning and behavioral and experiments to study how people make decisions. Before his PhD, Matt majored in both statistics and economics at the University of Toronto, and worked in data science and econometrics.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
5team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2023 · Source

News & product activity

Sources & observations

Y Combinator

Profile depthverified profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Operating · 3 of 6 areas documented

Source-based assessment · automated evidence rules

The company website explicitly reports customer or user adoption. This is a source-based assessment of a company claim; scale and revenue are not independently verified.

Company website: home Checked 2026-11-06

Trusted by leading organizations

Maturity is an evidence-based assessment, not a success rating. It may understate the current stage where evidence is limited. Coverage records documented areas, not a complete or independently audited company history.

Stage definitions
independent websitesource corroborationreachable websitedescriptive evidenceclassified market and modelsourced peoplesourced founding year