What Anonybit does

Anonybit is a New York-based private company founded in 2020 that builds a decentralized biometric identity platform designed to eliminate the single-point-of-breach vulnerability inherent in centralized biometric databases. Its core technology distributes biometric data across multiple nodes rather than storing it in a single repository, enabling privacy-preserving biometric authentication for enterprise customers in digital identity, asset management, and contact-center security contexts. The platform integrates with Pindrop's voice intelligence technology to layer real-time voice analysis, deepfake detection, and autonomous decision orchestration on top of decentralized identity verification, targeting the rapidly growing threat of AI-driven identity fraud in contact centers.

The company's product surface consists primarily of a single decentralized biometric identity platform that is sold through enterprise field sales, with distribution enabled by a Microsoft Entra Marketplace listing and a co-listing with Fingerprint Cards. Anonybit's stated go-to-market targets large organizations in contact-center operations and financial services that require biometric identity verification and fraud prevention, with revenue generated through subscription and enterprise licensing models (specific pricing is not publicly disclosed). Its customer base and revenue figures are not disclosed in available sources, and no public case studies or named end customers are referenced.

The company has raised approximately $6.5 million in disclosed venture funding across a 2022 seed led by Switch Ventures and a 2023 round led by JAM FINTOP, with an additional undisclosed 2025 event from LvlUp Ventures. The company operates with 11-50 employees, and its long-term continuity is currently in question: co-founder and CEO Frances Zelazny departed in June 2026 to join Prove as General Manager, and the company's website (anonybit.io) has expired and is parked. The combination of founder departure, parked web presence, and modest funding base suggests the company may be in a transitional or wind-down posture despite continued 2025 partnership activity.

Name

Anonybit

Website

https://anonybit.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Anonybit is a New York-based privacy-preserving identity platform founded in 2020 that offers decentralized biometric authentication and AI-driven deepfake detection, serving enterprise customers in contact-center security and digital identity management.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Identity and Access Management

NAICS

Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621)

akta.pro primary industry

Authentication (MFA/Passwordless/Biometrics) Platforms (BPAMAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fake Account & Synthetic Identity Detection (HDADALAD), Verification & Risk Signals (Device Fingerprinting, Behavioral Biometrics) (HDADALAJ), Decentralized Identity (DID) & Verifiable Credentials (BPAMAEAJ)

Keywords

• Biometric authentication
• Decentralized identity
• Identity verification
• Fraud prevention
• Privacy security

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Biometric Security Solutions: Revenue generated from decentralized biometric security infrastructure and products for digital identity and asset management, likely through enterprise licensing and subscription models.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Anonybit provides a decentralized biometric identity platform that stores and verifies biometric data across distributed nodes, eliminating centralized breach targets. Its infrastructure enables privacy-preserving biometric authentication and integrates with voice intelligence partners (e.g., Pindrop) to address AI-driven identity fraud and deepfake attacks, particularly in enterprise contact center and digital identity use cases.

Product overview

Anonybit offers a decentralized biometric identity platform that provides privacy-preserving biometric security infrastructure. The core platform enables organizations to implement biometric authentication without centralized data storage, eliminating single points of breach. The platform integrates with partners like Pindrop for voice intelligence and is available through the Microsoft Entra Marketplace, addressing use cases in contact center fraud prevention, digital identity verification, and asset management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Decentralized Biometric Identity Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• Deepfake activity reduction through detection - 680% year-over-year increase in deepfake activity observed in 2025
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ProvecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrances Zelazny, founder of Anonybit, was appointed as General Manager at Prove to develop privacy-preserving biometric products. The move indicates Prove's strategic focus on biometric identity verification and compliance offerings leveraging Anonybit's decentralized biometric infrastructure expertise.
• PindropcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegrated identity security architecture combining Pindrop's voice intelligence technology with Anonybit's decentralized biometric system to address rising threat of AI-driven identity fraud in contact centers. The partnership provides multi-layered security including real-time voice analysis, deepfake detection, and decentralized biometric identity storage.
• Microsoft Entra MarketplacecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAnonybit is available through the Microsoft Entra Marketplace, providing enterprise customers access to decentralized biometric identity verification capabilities integrated with Microsoft's security and identity management platform.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• HYPR: HYPR provides decentralized biometric authentication for workforce and consumer use cases, directly competing with Anonybit's passwordless and biometric identity verification positioning. Both vendors target enterprise IAM with privacy-preserving architecture as a primary differentiator.
• Pindrop: Pindrop is the leading vendor of voice biometrics and deepfake detection for contact centers, the same primary use case Anonybit targets. While Anonybit is a current integration partner, the two also compete for the same enterprise contact center fraud budgets.
• iProov: iProov delivers biometric authentication with strong deepfake and synthetic identity detection for enterprise and government customers. Its focus on liveness detection and AI-driven fraud prevention overlaps directly with Anonybit's voice and biometric verification stack.
• Prove: Prove is a mobile-centric identity verification and authentication platform that hired Anonybit's founder as General Manager in 2026. It competes head-to-head in KYC, biometric authentication, and digital identity verification for financial services and enterprise customers.
• Beyond Identity: Beyond Identity offers passwordless, biometric-based authentication for workforce and customer use cases, directly competing with Anonybit in the enterprise biometric IAM category. Both vendors emphasize phishing resistance and credential-bound biometric verification.
• Transmit Security: Transmit Security provides a unified customer identity and biometric authentication platform for large enterprises. It overlaps with Anonybit's enterprise fraud-prevention and passwordless authentication roadmap for financial services and contact center customers.

Emerging players

• Onfido: Onfido delivers AI-driven digital identity verification with biometric document and selfie checks for onboarding and fraud prevention. It serves financial services and other regulated verticals that Anonybit also targets, making it a relevant adjacent competitor.
• Veriff: Veriff provides biometric identity verification with strong deepfake and liveness detection for onboarding and fraud prevention. It competes with Anonybit's enterprise identity verification use cases, particularly in financial services and high-growth digital businesses.

Broad incumbents

• Okta: Okta is a leading identity and access management platform offering adaptive MFA, passwordless, and biometrics as part of a broader workforce and customer identity suite. It competes with Anonybit at the enterprise IAM layer where biometric authentication is increasingly expected as a native capability.
• Microsoft Entra ID: Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) is the dominant enterprise identity platform and the foundation of the Microsoft Entra Marketplace where Anonybit is listed. Its native MFA, passwordless, and biometric capabilities make it the broadest incumbent competitor and most important ecosystem partner.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Anonybit1
• Facebookfacebook.com/decentralizedbiometrics

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors10 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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