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Best Cybersecurity Startup Award

Neural Defend receives the Best Cybersecurity Startup Award

Neural Defend received the Best Cybersecurity Startup Award at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, recognizing our work in deepfake detection and AI security.

Stage at a CyberPeace event in New Delhi
Neural Defend at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi during the India AI Impact Summit period.Piyush Verma / Neural Defend
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The award represents continued recognition of our work to help organizations identify deepfakes and synthetic media before they can manipulate a person, process or decision.

A proud moment for our team

We are proud to share that Neural Defend received the Best Cybersecurity Startup Award at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.

The recognition came during a major gathering of policymakers, cybersecurity leaders, researchers, technology companies and startups focused on building a safer AI ecosystem.

For our team, the award recognizes a problem we have been working to solve from the beginning: helping organizations identify deepfakes and synthetic media before they can be used to manipulate a person, process or decision.

Building security for an AI-first world

Generative AI has made it possible to create convincing voices, faces, videos, images and documents at unprecedented speed. The same technology that enables new forms of creativity also creates new risks for digital identity, financial services, customer support, media and enterprise communication.

Neural Defend is building detection systems that help organizations inspect suspicious media across these workflows. Our technology supports practical deployment, from API-based checks during onboarding to real-time protection for calls and meetings.

This recognition reflects the growing importance of AI security as a core requirement for digital trust.

Representing Neural Defend in New Delhi

The event gave us an opportunity to demonstrate Neural Defend's technology and speak with leaders working across AI governance, cybersecurity, digital public infrastructure and responsible innovation.

We are grateful to the India AI Impact Summit community, CyberPeace, Google, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, and everyone who supported the conversations around trustworthy AI.

What comes next

Recognition matters most when it helps a team move faster on the work ahead.

We will continue improving Neural Defend's multimodal detection capabilities, expanding deployment options and working with organizations that need to make high-risk digital interactions safer.

Related links

Announcements and event coverage

  1. Piyush VermaBest Cybersecurity Startup Award account
  2. CyberPeaceGlobal CyberPeace Summit 2.0
  3. India AI Impact SummitOfficial summit portal
  4. Press Information BureauOfficial India AI Impact Summit challenge winners