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Apate.AI

Fleets of conversational AI agents that engage scammers to waste their time and harvest fraud intelligence for banks and telcos.

Fraud & DisputesAlso: Banking Operations

Overview

A Macquarie University spin-out, Apate.AI deploys thousands of AI personas that answer scam calls and messages, keep scammers engaged and extract real-time intelligence (mule accounts, scripts, phone numbers) that banks and telcos use to block fraud.

What the agents do

Autonomous agents converse with scammers and produce fraud intelligence feeds.

Why it matters

Apate turns agents against scammers, a distinctive and widely understood use case.

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