Dhillon: Outtake AI's edge is trusted reporting pipelines with domain registrars
Alex Dhillon · This Company is Changing Cybersecurity | Alex Dhillon on TBPN April 10th · Apr 17, 2025 · at 18:32
Alex Dhillon is the founder of Outtake AI, discussing the technical and operational mechanics of taking down online scams and impersonation networks.
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“I think the big differentiator, you know, in addition to all the agentic stuff is like, we've thought really deeply about how do we become how do we become the platform that is like trusted by domain registrars, hosts social platforms, et cetera, to be a high quality source of reports, right? Like that is incredibly, incredibly important. And I can't say too much, but like, yeah, we, we've invested a lot of engineering resources in that direction as well.”
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