Activefence Acquires Rewire As It Builds The Next Generation Of Ai For Trust & Safety

Mar 08, 2023•over 2 years ago

Acquiring Company

ActiveFence

Acquired Company

Rewire

New YorkMachine LearningArtificial Intelligence

Description

ActiveFence, whose mission is to protect online platforms and their users from malicious behavior and harmful content, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Rewire, a London-based startup that's building AI for online safety. Combining ActiveFence's leading Trust and Safety platform, content detection AI models and scalable API with Rewire's repertoire of innovative text models will arm customers in the fight against malicious behavior, allowing them to reliably find and take action against dangers at scale in real time.

Company Information

Company

ActiveFence

Location

New York, United States

About

ActiveFence is the leader in online integrity, protecting billions of people worldwide from disinformation, child abuse, terror, hate speech, fraud and other online harms. The company’s customers include trust and safety teams at some of the world’s leading technology platforms. ActiveFence empowers these and other abuse prevention professionals with a unique, proactive approach to the detection of and protection against malicious activities on the internet. By searching across the darkest corners of the web where bad actors chat, share and plan, ActiveFence spots known and unknown threats to online platforms before they reach the platforms themselves and cause real damage. Backed by leading investors, ActiveFence numbers almost 200 employees globally - all working together towards the shared mission of enabling a safer world by preventing online evil.

M&A Insights

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Integration timeline

70% of M&A integrations take 12-24 months to complete

Tech stack consolidation

83% of merged companies consolidate technology vendors within first year

Post-acquisition investment

Companies increase IT spending by 23% on average after acquisitions

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