Umanitek AG, a global data and AI company exclusively focused on AI harm reduction, on Tuesday, announced the launch of the Guardian Agent, an AI identity protection platform designed to combat LLM hallucinations, deepfakes, impersonation and threats to your digital identity.
The company has also announced its advisory board and a funding round backed by several institutional and angel investors, including Bill Tai, early investor in Zoom and Canva; Magnus Grimeland, founder and CEO of Antler VC; KBW Ventures, and the investment arm of a Piëch Family Office.
Umanitek addresses a fundamental problem that technology platforms like TikTok, X and law enforcement agencies like Interpol cannot share data due to privacy, competition and geopolitical concerns, yet harmful content spreads across all platforms, age groups and devices.
The Umanitek Guardian Agent operates a decentralized infrastructure that allows platforms and law enforcement agencies to signal and verify if content has been flagged as harmful without ever sharing the underlying data, creating an effective “immune system for the internet.”
The Umanitek Guardian Agent addresses three critical risk surfaces:
- Hallucinations and misrepresentations from the leading AI models such as ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Gemini and Perplexity;
- Fake accounts and impersonation across social platforms, starting with TikTok and X; and
- Broad content and IP infringement across the above LLMs and platforms.
The Umanitek platform monitors hundreds of millions of accounts to detect fake profiles using a user’s images, usernames or bios, and flags sudden narrative shifts or coordinated attacks in posts and mentions. Users receive a comprehensive live risk score that quantifies their exposure to online threats across these categories in real time. The Umanitek platform then generates verifiable digital evidence packs that prove when and where content appeared, what it contained, and how it evolved, reducing investigative and legal costs for users pursuing immediate takedown requests or accelerated legal action.
With the Guardian Agent, Umanitek leads the tech world in detecting and removing a new digital threat: misinformation embedded in AI language models. Guardian Agent monitors 24/7 what any large or small language model says about an individual or a brand, content or organization. When misrepresentation is detected, automatic evidence material is created to pursue removal, and a scalable, automated mechanism is implemented to request corrections, holding companies accountable for publishing libel, lies, and content infringement.
To facilitate a global immune system for the internet, Umanitek has assembled an advisory board from Silicon Valley, via Europe to Asia with a number of investors and thought leaders. The board and investors include:
- Bill Tai, early stage tech investor and industry veteran in Silicon Valley;
- HRH Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, founder and CEO of KBW Ventures;
- Joe Betts-LaCroix, founder of Retro Biosciences and former Y Combinator partner;
- Yalda Aoukar, London based fund manager, investor, and philanthropist;
- Jeremy Achin, Boston based serial AI entrepreneur and AI fund manager;
- Mark Love, early Facebook investor and US based multi-asset investor;
- Victoria Vysotina, UBS Private Wealth Director and NYC based AI investor;
- Anastasios Economou, Monaco based Family Office and tech investor;
- Magnus Grimeland, Singapore based founder and CEO of Antler.vc;
- and Ismael Sassi, London based fund manager and AI investor
Umanitek’s founding team comprises Chris Rynning, Aza Raskin, Tomaz Levak, Žiga Drev, and Branimir Rakić, with complementary expertise spanning technology, finance, AI ethics and brand growth.
Rynning has spent over 20 years working in various capacities with the Piëch family office, bridging technology and real-world application. He heads up the fund and directs investments of AMYP Ventures, a 100% owned Piëch/Porsche investment vehicle.
San Francisco-based Raskin, co-creator of the documentary “The Social Dilemma” and co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, focuses on AI ethics and the societal impacts of technology. Rynning led an investment in TraceLabs, the core developers of OriginTrail, nearly eight years ago.
OriginTrail founders – Levak, Drev, and Rakic – have built technology that is already used as critical infrastructure for physical assets by organizations including the British Standards Institution, Swiss Federal Railways, and the Supplier Compliance Audit Network (which includes Walmart, Home Depot, Costco, and other large US importers). Umanitek has incorporated the proven OriginTrail technology in the current Umanitek decentralised infrastructure for digital assets in the age of AI.
“We are entering a race toward intimacy where people will talk more to machines than to humans,” said Chris Rynning, co-founder of Umanitek. “In this new reality, data isn’t gold anymore – trust is the new gold. When we can no longer distinguish what’s human or real from what’s not, we need a digital immune system for the web. If we don’t build decentralized infrastructure now, which gives everyone the ability to signal and verify content, gather evidence, and request takedowns without forcing people to give up control of their data, we never will. 2026 will be the year we will fully realize that we are living fake lives online without even knowing it.”
“We’re mid-crisis where AI systems can fabricate worlds of information about anyone at scale, eroding the basis of trust,” said Aza Raskin, co-founder of Umanitek and co-creator of “The A.I. Dilemma.” “The problem will only accelerate from here. Umanitek represents the kind of infrastructure we need – giving individuals and institutions the tools they need to fight back.”
“Umanitek’s decentralized approach creates an immune system for the internet that allows platforms or law enforcement to verify if content has been flagged as harmful without ever sharing the underlying data,” said Tomaz Levak, co-founder of Umanitek. “This respects everyone’s concerns about privacy and control while still enabling coordinated action against deepfakes, impersonation and abuse.”
Guardian Agent is being introduced in phases, with Version 1 going live in January, beginning with a limited cohort of high-profile users. A waitlist is available for general access, with full commercial-scale expected in Q1 2026.
