Partners Scott Stornetta and Stuart Haber discuss their ‘time-stamp’ for electronic documents, which they developed in the Bellcore Research Laboratory in Morristown.
About SureMark Digital™
Since 1991, a pioneering series of papers and patents, written with Dr. Stuart Haber and Dr. Scott Stornetta, laid the foundation for Bitcoin and other digital currencies. Considering the growing specter of deepfakes and declining public trust of information found online, we have developed SureMark Digital ID™ to enable people to be able to tell the difference between genuine and AI deepfaked media.
No-one can stop deepfakes from being created, but a digital credential from SureMark Digital applied to all of the media you post will make it easy for the public to tell the difference between your legitimate content and fake media created to attack your reputation.
Whether you’re applying for a SureMark Digital ID or following a SureMark Digital ID™ holder, our hope is that our collective efforts will diffuse the destructive nature of AI Deepfakes and limit their influence!
Assert your identity.
Claim your content.
Control the narrative.
Disarm the deepfake.
Advisory Board
W. Scott Stornetta, Chairman
Dr. W. Scott Stornetta is considered by many to be the co-inventor of blockchain technology. From 1991, his pioneering series of papers and patents, written with Dr. Stuart Haber, laid the foundation for Bitcoin and other digital currencies.
Stornetta is a partner at Yugen Partners, a blockchain and AI-focused venture capital firm, and a fellow at the Creative Destruction Lab, associated with the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. He currently serves as chairman of SureMark Digital Identity Services.
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Matt Denning, Vice-Chairman
Multi-Asset Class Institutional Investor, Start-up/Early-stage Growth Company Operator and Advisor
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Stuart Haber, Cryptographic Advisor
Stuart Haber is a cryptographer, best known as the co-inventor of the blockchain technique for ensuring the integrity of digital data. His work has bridged pure research and practical cybersecurity over the course of a 35-year career spent both at large established companies such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP Labs, and Bellcore (Bell Communications Research), as well as at startups such as InterTrust and Surety -- which in 1995 deployed the world's first commercial blockchain as the foundation of the time-stamping service that he founded with his co-inventor, Dr. Scott Stornetta.
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Shawna Hoffman - Responsible AI, Blockchain & Cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert
Ms. Hoffman is an accomplished leader and expert in the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain, with a distinguished career spanning industry and government. She is a Harvard graduate who holds a Certificate of Leadership Development in National Security and Strategy from the U.S. Army War College. As President at Guardrail Technologies providing solutions for responsible AI use and application, Ms. Hoffman is uniquely qualified to apply her considerable expertise as an advisor for Suremark Digital
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Steven Lund - Global expertise in building AI and ML companies
Mr. Lund is an accomplished leader and expert in the fields of Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning and Data Science. He is a graduate from University of Utah with a Masters Degree in Architecture and Computer Graphics. Mr. Lund also has a Bachelors Degree in Business with minors in Economics and Accounting. Mr Lund has built 5 AI startups and has had executive leadership roles in Apple, Cisco and Hewlett Packard.
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Ted Schilowitz - Entertainment Executive
Ted is a recognized Futurist that has presented worldwide at numerous conferences and events for the Movie, TV and interactive Entertainment industries. He’s been featured in Wired, Variety, NY Times, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, The Hollywood Reporter, NBC, CNET, Film and Video, DV Magazine, TV Technology, HD Video Pro, Engadget, Gizmodo, Millimeter, American Cinematographer, MacWorld, Post Magazine, Popular Science, and countless other publications.
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Bronson Kaufusi - NFL Player | Helping Pro Athletes & Family Offices w/ Real Estate, Data Analytics, Speaker
Dual sport athlete at BYU in football and basketball. Graduated in Statistics-Analytics. Drafted to the Ravens in 2016. Played in the NFL until 2022. Played both tight end and defensive end and was also with the Packers & Jets. Currently advising multiple pro athletes in the NBA/NFL/MLB with all things outside of their sport in business, real estate, proper family office structure and venture.
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Valerie Leach, Global Marketing Expert
Ms. Leach is a dynamic marketing expert known for her exceptional abilities in brand strategy and execution. With a background in global campaign management across notable B2C and B2B organizations she has successfully led initiatives within the technology, software and hospitality industry. She is passionate about creating impactful solutions and driving organizational success.
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Brad Romney, Product & Operations
Brad is an accomplished software executive, with 15 years experience leading Product, Ops, Analytics, Pricing, and Strategy at 0-to-1 startups and F500s. He built successful AI and ML products, helped scale two B2B SaaS companies through their IPOs, and founded a company that built an AI copilot for product teams.
“With NIL (name, image & likeness) emerging, the new age athlete needs protection at all levels. Most importantly, protection of their brand is imperative, it’s the life blood that opens new doors off the field. SureMark Digital provides that protection so each athlete can grow their brand safely, with no hacks and deepfakes changing the narrative.”
Bronson Kaufusi, former NFL defensive end
Baltimore Ravens, New York Jets, Green Bay Packers