Case studies
Two engagements, written up for the founders who will recognise their own situation in them. Clients are anonymised; the work, the numbers and the lessons are real.
Engagements
2 case studies
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01 Gig-economy contractor verification
Gig-economy contractor verification
Twelve weeks to a contractor identity and fraud program for a gig-economy platform
A platform that onboards and pays 1099 contractors online, in this case an AI data labelling company, was paying hundreds of them before anyone had checked who they were. We audited the fraud, designed the onboarding funnel, kept their identity vendor at a lower price and trained the team to run it.
For founders, chief operating officers and heads of operations or trust and safety at gig-economy platforms and labor marketplaces that onboard and pay 1099 contractors (delivery, rideshare, freelance, staffing, care, tutoring, AI data labelling), who are seeing fraud and have no trust and safety lead yet.
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02 Selling a data API to enterprise fraud teams
Selling a data API to enterprise fraud teams
A buyer in the room: how a seed-stage API vendor packaged and sold to large enterprises
An AI research API built for sales teams was being pulled into fraud and identity verification by its customers. We sat on the vendor’s side as the buyer we used to be, and helped the founders position, price and close their largest contracts.
For founders and go-to-market leads at seed and Series A startups selling an API or a data signal into fraud, risk, trust and safety or compliance teams at larger companies.
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