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About VeryAI
VeryAI is a palm biometric identity verification company. Its core product uses smartphone cameras to capture palm vein patterns for identity confirmation, requiring no specialized hardware. The company emphasizes privacy protection through zero-knowledge proofs, meaning raw biometric data is never stored—only irreversible feature representations are used for verification. Its product suite includes a Palm SDK for in-app enrollment and verification, Liveness Detection SDK for anti-spoofing, Palm OAuth2 for browser-based sign-in, and Palm ZK Proof for anonymous verification via QR code. Additionally, VeryAI offers AG9, an AI agent verification product that cryptographically binds autonomous agents to verified human identities, enabling platforms to trace agent actions back to real individuals. The company also provides a Discord verification bot for community identity checks.
The market problem VeryAI addresses is the erosion of online trust due to AI-generated content, bot networks, and identity fraud. Traditional verification methods—passwords, SMS codes, device fingerprints—are either insecure or easily spoofed. Palm biometrics offer higher distinctiveness than face or fingerprint recognition, particularly among identical twins, and are harder to replicate than facial images that are widely available online. The zero-knowledge design addresses privacy concerns that often block biometric adoption.
In the past six months (March to September 2026), VeryAI has focused on product development and public documentation. The company published comprehensive developer documentation for all integration paths, including SDKs for iOS and Android, OAuth2 flows, and the ZK Proof web widget. It also introduced the Discord Verification Bot as a low-friction entry point for community identity verification. No significant negative events were reported during this period. However, the company faces inherent challenges common to biometric startups, including regulatory scrutiny around biometric data handling and the need to convince enterprises to adopt a new verification paradigm.
VeryAI, a human identity verification system, was founded to address the growing challenge of distinguishing real users from AI-generated accounts. In May 2026, the company announced a $10 million seed funding round led by Polychain Capital, with participation from Berggruen Institute and Anagram, marking its first external capital raise. This funding supported the development of its palm-scan identity system, which uses smartphone cameras and converts palm patterns into irreversible mathematical representations. A key milestone was the decision to build on Solana, leveraging its high throughput and low costs, and integrating Zero Knowledge Proof technology and the Solana Attestation Service to ensure privacy-preserving on-chain verification. The company also established a research collaboration with Northwestern University to study deepfake detection and human-AI interaction, aiming to enhance its anti-spoofing capabilities. These nodes—funding, technical architecture, and academic partnership—form the foundation of VeryAI's long-term strategy to create a scalable, privacy-centric identity layer for the AI era.
In March 2026, VeryAI announced a $10M seed round led by Polychain Capital to build a digital trust layer for the internet. Its flagship product, AG9, is a palm biometric platform implementing the Know Your Agent (KYA) protocol, cryptographically binding AI agents to verified humans. The platform offers API and on-chain verification in under two seconds, with privacy-preserving irreversible feature representations. Targeting regulated industries like finance and healthcare, AG9 enables real-time authorization and audit trails for agent actions. Future focus includes expanding the engineering team, accelerating product development, and establishing KYA as a standard through a four-layer architecture: human anchor, agent registration, per-action authorization, and continuous audit.
Co-founders and core executives:
Zach Meltzer (CEO): Founder & CEO of VeryAI. Previously Head of Growth at Galxe, scaling to 34M users and 6,000+ partners. BBA from University of Miami. Twitter: @itszach.
Hua Yang (Chief Science Officer): Co-founder and CSO. Palm biometrics researcher with 50+ publications/patents. Former Director of Research at Leap Motion and R&D Engineer at Kitware. PhD in Computer Science from UNC Chapel Hill.