Bio:
Jeffrey McGregor is the Chief Executive Officer of Truepic, a company dedicated to advancing authenticity infrastructure for the internet. Truepic builds products and services that establish transparency in digital content, empowering viewers to differentiate human from computer-generated media. Recognized as one of TIME’s Best Inventions and Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas, hundreds of customers, governments, and platforms leverage Truepic’s technologies to establish the authenticity of media. Jeff is a thought leader in media provenance & image authenticity, and has contributed to over 20 approved patents in the field of image forensics, authenticity, and verification.
Jeff has more than a decade of entrepreneurial experience, including operating & angel investing. Notably, Jeff has raised over $50M in venture capital, including the founding & acquisition of Dash, the leading hospitality mobile payments application. Jeff has been featured in numerous global print & broadcast outlets, including the BBC, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, Fast Company, TechCrunch, The Verge, and The New Yorker. His own articles have been published in the WSJ, Forbes, and MIT’s Innovation Journal. He has also spoken at The World Economic Forum in Davos, The Oslo Freedom Forum, and the George W. Bush Presidential Center.
📸 Truepic | CEO (2016 - Today)
→ Financings: $1.75M Seed | $8M Series A | $26M Series B
→ How a blockchain-based digital photo notary is fighting fraud and fake news
→ Truepic named #16 on Fast Company's Top 50 Most Innovative Companies for 2019
→ Live with Emily Chang on Deepfakes & the Future of Authenticated Media
→ Live with Akiko Fujita - CEO: Here's why Big Tech is fighting a 'losing battle' on deepfake videos
→ Deepfakes: Addressing the Threat to our Democracy - George W. Bush Presidential Center
🍔 Dash | Founder & CEO (2011), acquired by Reserve (2016)
→ Financings: $700k Seed | $1.2M Seed+ | $5M Series A