Tofu: what it sells, price and AI features
Tofu is on the AI hiring software map. We record 2 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Feb. 10, 2026.
Updated . Launches and events from Dec. 16, 2025 to Feb. 10, 2026.
"Candidate fraud detection for hiring & security teams." Toronto startup that flags fake applicants as they enter the ATS, checking them against billions of data points and public profile signals such as account age and activity. It also detects deepfakes and proxy interviewers in Zoom, Meet and Teams interviews, and sells AI resume screening agents plus fraud and deepfake APIs. Integrates with Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, Gem, Workday and Oracle. It powers Gem's Fraud Detection Agent. Source: hiretofu.com.
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- hiretofu.com
- Category
- Background, identity and fraud checks
- Status
- Active
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"Candidate fraud detection for hiring & security teams." Toronto startup that flags fake applicants as they enter the ATS, checking them against billions of data points and public profile signals such as account age and activity. It also detects deepfakes and proxy interviewers in Zoom, Meet and Teams interviews, and sells AI resume screening agents plus fraud and deepfake APIs. Integrates with Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, Gem, Workday and Oracle. It powers Gem's Fraud Detection Agent. Source: hiretofu.com.
- Category
- Background, identity and fraud checks
- Price
- not published; sales-led
- AI capabilities
- Named agents, Fraud and identity and Screening and ranking
- Scale
- Funded challenger: institutional funding disclosed ($5M seed led by Slow Ventures (December 2025); JumpCloud Ventures investment (February 2026); customer logos include Samsara, Circle and Nextdoor)
Sources: hiretofu.com, app.gem.com, globalventuring.com, jumpcloud.com and forbesargentina.com.
Launches and dated events, newest first
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JumpCloud Ventures makes Tofu its first investment
Funding round, . JumpCloud launched a venture arm and named Tofu, which "focuses on preventing identity fraud during the hiring process," as its first investment; amount not disclosed.
Source: JumpCloud release. From the AI hiring software map.
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Gem announces Fraud Detection Agent powered by Tofu
Partnership, . Tofu announced it will run applicant fraud detection for Gem, an ATS and AI hiring platform. Gem's Fraud Detection Agent scores each application for fraud risk and opened a waitlist for an early 2026 launch.
Source: Forbes. From the AI hiring software map.
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