Conversation
Highlights

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech’s most innovative B2B founders. In today’s episode, we’re speaking with Naftali Harris, Co-Founder & CEO of SentiLink, an identity verification platform that’s raised $85 Million in funding.

Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:

• Founding Story: Naftali and his co-founder Max discovered a massive fraud problem while working at Affirm, leading them to create SentiLink to solve identity verification issues.
• Initial Insight: They encountered multiple fraudulent credit applications with the same name and birthdate but different SSNs, highlighting a gap in existing identity verification systems.
• Market Impact: SentiLink works with seven of the top 15 US banks, five of the ten largest credit unions, and over 300 financial institutions, processing over a million identity verifications daily.
• Core Values: The company’s core values, especially “follow through,” play a critical role in building trust with partners and ensuring operational excellence.
• Long-Term Vision: SentiLink aims to be the default solution for identity verification, similar to how CRMs are used in sales, addressing the fundamental question of “Who are you?”
• Fraud Evolution: Identity fraud evolves in waves, presenting both challenges and opportunities for SentiLink to continuously innovate and adapt their solutions.