The Age of AI & Deepfakes Is Here. Who Is Keeping the Internet Human? Interview with Shawn-Marc Melo & Joey Chan from deepidv

[TechBullion — March 24, 2026] — In an exclusive interview with TechBullion, Shawn-Marc Melo, Founder & CEO of deepidv, and Joey Chan, COO, sat down to discuss the rapidly evolving landscape of AI-powered identity fraud — and how deepidv is building the infrastructure to fight back.

The Deepfake Threat in 2026

The interview covers the critical inflection point the identity verification industry has reached. Deepfakes and autonomous AI agents now represent the primary threat vectors against digital identity systems worldwide. Fraudsters are no longer limited to stolen credentials and forged documents — they are deploying AI-generated faces, cloned voices, and synthetic media that can fool traditional verification systems in real time.

Shawn-Marc Melo explains how deepidv was purpose-built for this era, describing the platform's multi-layered approach to deepfake detection that analyses biometric submissions across visual, temporal, and metadata dimensions simultaneously.

deepidv's AI-Native Approach

The conversation dives deep into what makes deepidv's approach fundamentally different from legacy identity verification providers. Rather than retrofitting AI onto existing workflows, deepidv was designed from the ground up as an AI-native platform that combines:

Real-time deepfake detection across face, voice, and document modalities
Biometric matching with passive liveness detection
C2PA content provenance verification
Six autonomous AI agents for continuous agentic monitoring
Enterprise-grade document forensics

deepcam: Verification Beyond the Screen

Joey Chan introduces deepcam — deepidv's 8-inch in-person verification device designed for businesses that need identity verification at the point of interaction. From retail check-in to real estate closings, deepcam brings the same AI-powered verification capabilities from the digital world into physical spaces.

The Vision Ahead

Melo and Chan discuss deepidv's trajectory following the company's $1M seed round and expansion to San Francisco — and their commitment to making enterprise-grade verification accessible to businesses of every size through initiatives like the Start-Up Program.