Our Story
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