We are proud to announce that imper.ai has been recognized in Redpoint Ventures’ 2026 InfraRed 100, an annual list recognizing private companies building the foundational infrastructure of the AI era. Redpoint has backed generational infrastructure companies including Snowflake, Twilio, Stripe, HashiCorp, and Netflix.
The problem we are solving
Voice phishing is now the number one initial infection vector for cloud compromises globally, per Mandiant M-Trends 2026. FAMOUS CHOLLIMA fraudulent employment activity doubled in 2025, per CrowdStrike. These are not edge cases. They are the fastest growing, most successful attack vectors targeting the enterprise today.
What makes these attacks effective is the attacker’s ability to appear operationally legitimate across every layer. They route traffic through residential proxies and Astrill VPN. They use AnyDesk to remotely control a physical device in the right city. They deploy virtual machines, anti-detect browsers, and virtual audio devices to avoid detection. Controlling credentials is easy. Controlling all of those layers simultaneously, across a live session, is where attackers leave signals.
In Q1 2026, imper.ai identified 4 DPRK-affiliated candidates across 600 remote hiring sessions, each exhibiting overlapping infrastructure-layer indicators: Astrill VPN, AnyDesk, multi-hop proxy routing, and geographic latency irreconcilable with claimed location. Read the full threat report here.
What we built
imper.ai is the first purpose-built platform for workforce identity impersonation detection, covering help desk vishing, hiring fraud, and shadow workforce infiltration across the full employee lifecycle. No ID scans. No biometrics. No friction for legitimate employees.
“Being named to the InfraRed 100 reflects the urgency of the problem we are solving and the traction we are seeing from organizations that have realized their authentication stack does not cover the human layer,” said Noam Awadish, CEO of imper.ai. “The threat actors targeting help desks and hiring pipelines are disciplined, well-resourced, and persistent. We built imper.ai to be the control that stops them.”
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