Daniel Yanisse

Co-Founder & CEO, Checkr · 1 appearance on the record.

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Daniel Yanisse is the co-founder and CEO of Checkr, an API-first background check and verification platform. He previously worked as a software engineer and helped develop Mars Rover prototypes at NASA.

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1 supported 0 partly supported 1 contradicted 6 not checkable as stated how the 8 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

4 predictions · 4 assertions · 2 opinions · 1 disclosure · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 8 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 2 are resolved, and 6 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Daniel argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported

Yanisse: Klarna dropped Workday and Salesforce for AI agents

“Klarna who's not even using Workday and Salesforce anymore and just like directly agent to the workflow.”

Daniel Yanisse Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 26:25 Fighting AI Fraud and the Future of Verification | Ryan Sandler & Daniel Yanisse on TBPN

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted

Yanisse: Checkr invented the background check API

“We invented the API for background checks and verifications.”

Daniel Yanisse Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 0:43 Fighting AI Fraud and the Future of Verification | Ryan Sandler & Daniel Yanisse on TBPN

How they sound: not measured why? →

We measure speaking style by listening to the audio itself, and a fair number needs at least 2,000 words from one person on tape we have measured. There is too little of Daniel Yanisse on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

What they said11 Episodes1

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Opinion

Yanisse: Truework employment verification is 10x better than Checkr's

“We tested their product and the employment verifications are 10 X better than what we have.”

Daniel Yanisse Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 16:38 Fighting AI Fraud and the Future of Verification | Ryan Sandler & Daniel Yanisse on TBPN

Opinion

Yanisse: Tech IPOs now require over $1 billion in revenue

“The roads to IPO is longer than ever. The bar is higher than ever. I mean, the IPO window just got shut again. And even before that, you know, experts and friends and people are saying like, Hey, even five hundred million dollars in revenue, it's not It's not …”

Daniel Yanisse Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 19:36 Fighting AI Fraud and the Future of Verification | Ryan Sandler & Daniel Yanisse on TBPN

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Yanisse targets a $50B+ verification and identity TAM

“So we're going after over a fifty billion dollar team on, on different types of verifications and identity products. Which I could start it in the 14 plus billion dollar employment markets. Ryan and Tim they've been going after financial underwriting property …”

Daniel Yanisse Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 3:43 Fighting AI Fraud and the Future of Verification | Ryan Sandler & Daniel Yanisse on TBPN

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Yanisse: AI will make photo ID verification incredibly challenging

“We're not focusing on taking pictures of driver licenses. I think that's going to become very challenging over time.”

Daniel Yanisse Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 5:28 Fighting AI Fraud and the Future of Verification | Ryan Sandler & Daniel Yanisse on TBPN

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Yanisse: In-person verification will return as AI fakes online identities

“I think on, on, on identity, I think we're laughing about it, but I think in, in person is going to become important when you want to want to have the best assurance because online will be able to be faked so much easier and cheaper. So I think there's going t…”

Daniel Yanisse Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 8:52 Fighting AI Fraud and the Future of Verification | Ryan Sandler & Daniel Yanisse on TBPN

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Yanisse: Mobile Driver's Licenses in Digital Wallets Will Replace Photo Scanning

“The other thing that I'm bullish on is electronic driver licenses and wallets, you know, like Apple and Google are starting to have your driver license in your wallet, like Apple pay. And I think you know, and the government, especially in Europe and other cou…”

Daniel Yanisse Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 9:28 Fighting AI Fraud and the Future of Verification | Ryan Sandler & Daniel Yanisse on TBPN

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Yanisse: AI and automation reduced verification costs from tens of dollars to pennies

“The verifications Ryan and I were doing, they used to cost tens of dollars because a lot of human labor with AI and automation, we can now automate its end to ends and bring it to pennies in terms of cost.”

Daniel Yanisse Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 10:34 Fighting AI Fraud and the Future of Verification | Ryan Sandler & Daniel Yanisse on TBPN

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Yanisse: 2021 valuation overhangs will drive sustained startup M&A

“I think it's from the seller side, there's going to continue to be a lot of appetite because the, again, the valuations were so high in 20, 21. It's really hard to catch up, especially when you are like raising at a hundred times revenue, multiple things like …”

Daniel Yanisse Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 21:33 Fighting AI Fraud and the Future of Verification | Ryan Sandler & Daniel Yanisse on TBPN

Assertion Supported

Yanisse: Klarna dropped Workday and Salesforce for AI agents

“Klarna who's not even using Workday and Salesforce anymore and just like directly agent to the workflow.”

Daniel Yanisse Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 26:25 Fighting AI Fraud and the Future of Verification | Ryan Sandler & Daniel Yanisse on TBPN

Assertion Contradicted

Yanisse: Checkr invented the background check API

“We invented the API for background checks and verifications.”

Daniel Yanisse Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 0:43 Fighting AI Fraud and the Future of Verification | Ryan Sandler & Daniel Yanisse on TBPN

Disclosure

Checkr CEO invested in Truework's Series B before acquiring them

“I was an investor in their B round and been following the journey and we're excited to announce that Our teams are going to join forces and we can continue to build the product and platform together.”

Daniel Yanisse Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 1:00 Fighting AI Fraud and the Future of Verification | Ryan Sandler & Daniel Yanisse on TBPN

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
Fighting AI Fraud and the Future of Verification \| Ryan Sandler & Daniel Yanisse on TBPN	Apr 26, 2025	11m

Daniel Yanisse

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