
Steg.AI builds forensic watermarking tools for enterprise information security. Steg.AI watermarks enable businesses to protect their digital library against leaks and misuse. Protect and authenticate digital assets by bringing provenance into your pixels. Founded in 2019 by three computer vision PhDs, one Fortune 500 executive, and a Disney Imagineer turned serial entrepreneur, Steg.AI is headquartered in Irvine, CA and develops and applies state-of-the-art steganography technology. Steg.AI has been recognized with a peer-reviewed publication in the top computer vision journal (CVPR, impact factor: 47.8), the 2019 LDV Summit Entrepreneurial Computer Vision Competition winner, and a Small Business Innovation Research award (SBIR) from the US National Science Foundation (NSF). Steg.AI also is a contributing member to the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), the Digital Media Licensing Association (DMLA), also a member of competitive startup accelerators including NYU NextRound, UCI Cove, Deep10, and the Nvidia Inception Program. Steg.AI is venture-backed.

Steg.AI builds forensic watermarking tools for enterprise information security. Steg.AI watermarks enable businesses to protect their digital library against leaks and misuse. Protect and authenticate digital assets by bringing provenance into your pixels. Founded in 2019 by three computer vision PhDs, one Fortune 500 executive, and a Disney Imagineer turned serial entrepreneur, Steg.AI is headquartered in Irvine, CA and develops and applies state-of-the-art steganography technology. Steg.AI has been recognized with a peer-reviewed publication in the top computer vision journal (CVPR, impact factor: 47.8), the 2019 LDV Summit Entrepreneurial Computer Vision Competition winner, and a Small Business Innovation Research award (SBIR) from the US National Science Foundation (NSF). Steg.AI also is a contributing member to the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), the Digital Media Licensing Association (DMLA), also a member of competitive startup accelerators including NYU NextRound, UCI Cove, Deep10, and the Nvidia Inception Program. Steg.AI is venture-backed.
Headquarters: Irvine, California
Core product: Forensic and visible watermarking for images, video, audio, and documents
Founding year: 2019
Total funding: USD 6,230,000
Notable investors: Paladin Capital Group; Washington Square Angels; NYU Innovation Venture Fund
Digital asset security, provenance, leak protection, and deepfake defense
2019
Computer vision / Information security
USD 5,000,000
Seed round announced Aug 1, 2023; participation from Washington Square Angels, NYU Innovation Venture Fund, and angel investors
USD 1,230,000
Prior NSF grants and angel investments totaling approximately $1.2M
“Venture-backed with participation from institutional seed investor(s) and angel investors”