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## Our Mission is to...

create tools to assesses and attribute manipulated media to inform and enable the public and private sectors.

## Our vision is...

to help the world come to a common understanding of the truth. We do this by detecting, assessing, attributing, and explaining attempts to manipulate content to empower individuals and institutions, safeguard democracy, and foster trust.

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## We believe...

the foundation to strong democracies is a common understanding of what is the truth. We strive to build tools to allow our users and customers to understand what content is real, where it came from, and how/if it was manipulated, with clear information that explains our conclusions.

## Our team

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### Mark Oliver

#### President

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### Liam McGhee

#### Platform Director

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### Dr. Joseph Dagher

#### R&D Director

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### John Dimelu

#### Front End Engineer

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### Dhyey Patel

#### Machine Learning Engineer

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### Bryce Andress

#### Systems Architect

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