In 2020, Soups Ranjan witnessed over a million dollars lost to identity fraud and realized something critical: these losses could have been prevented with the right data. As a data scientist who had spent decades combating fraud at Coinbase and Revolut using machine learning, he understood that all fraud problems are fundamentally data problems - but finding the right data meant sifting through dozens of siloed providers and dashboards while fraudsters attacked in real-time. So he founded Sardine to capture the most relevant signals and apply cutting-edge machine learning to detect risk before damage occurs.
Today, Sardine has evolved into the world's leading behavior-infused fraud and compliance platform, trusted by over 300 banks, retailers, and fintechs globally. The company's unified platform combines device intelligence, behavior biometrics, and AI to stop identity fraud, payment fraud, account takeovers, and social engineering scams - all before they happen. With $145 million raised from world-class investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Visa, and Google Ventures, Sardine continues to innovate its AI risk platform that serves customers in over 70 countries, securing more than $150 billion in payments and stopping over $21 billion in fraud attempts.