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The History of Pindrop

Our company was founded with one goal in mind: To bring security, identity, and trust to every voice interaction.

One Phone Call Sparked A Voice Channel Revolution

It all started when founder Vijay Balasubramaniyan was traveling in India and tried to order a new suit from a local tailor. His bank flagged the international transaction as suspicious and tried to call him to verify the purchase, but the bank couldn’t prove its identity over the phone. Vijay also had no way to prove his identity to the bank. As the bank cancelled his order, Vijay promised himself he would find a better way for people to authenticate over the phone.

The Pindrop Timeline

2010

Vijay Balasubramaniyan
Invents Phoneprinting™ Technology

2011

Pindrop Is Founded

2012

Pindrop Raises $1 Million in Seed Funding

2013

Gartner Cites Pindrop For Phoneprinting™ Technology

2013

Pindrop Raises $11 Million In Series A Funding From Andreessen Horowitz & Others

2014

Pindrop Releases Fraud Detection System 2.0, Which Combines Phoneprinting™ Technology With Voice Biometrics

2014

Pindrop Expands Globally

2015

Pindrop Closes $35 Million Investment, One Of The Largest Series B Rounds In The History Of The Industry

2015

Patent For Phoneprinting™ Technology Granted

2016

Pindrop Raises $75 Million Series C Led By CapitalG

2017

John Chambers, Executive Chairman At Cisco, Joins Pindrop Board

2017

Introducing Pindrop® Protect

2018

Introducing Pindrop® Passport Authentication For The IVR

2018

Pindrop announces first-of-its-kind deep voice machine learning technology

2018

Verizon announces enhanced voice authentication service for enterprise call centers

2018

Pindrop raises $90 million series D to fuel global expansion

2019

Pindrop launches voice identity platform for IOT, voice assistants, smart homes and offices and connected cars

2019

Pindrop hosts their first Client Forum Exchange in Chicago, Il

2020

Pindrop to unveil Deep Voice 3 AI RSA, extending company’s lead in voice security

2020

Pindrop is named to the 2020 Forbes Cloud 100

2020

Pindrop helps enterprises anticipate fraud up to 60 days before it happens through Pindrop® Trace

2021

Pindrop and Tivo partner, simplifying video streaming content discovery with voice-enabled personalization

2021

Pindrop acquires Next Caller, reaffirming its position as the industry leader in all things voice security, authentication and verification

2021

The Atlanta Journal- Constitution names Pindrop a winner of the Atlanta Top Workplaces 2021 Award

2021

PINDROP CELEBRATES 10 YEAR FOUNDERS’ DAY

OUR SOLUTIONS KEEP CALL CENTERS SAFE