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How Faception Came About
A few years ago, I worked with a superb VP of sales, who had top-notch interpersonal skills and a great track record at closing deals. One night after a few drinks at a local bar, I pushed him to disclose his secret sauce.
Well, he said, my father was a Holocaust survivor who immigrated to NYC and worked as a door-to-door insurance agent. He converted prospects to clients by observing their faces, interacting with them based on his observations, and earning their trust and business. He told me “you can go to the best College, but understanding people is the only skill that really matters”. As for me, he said, it’s a gift I have and that’s my secret sauce.
I was intrigued. I started investigating the field and found several scientific articles supporting the theory that a person’s personality is reflected in his face. Several experiments were conducted, but there didn’t seem to be a scalable technology in place.
Then I met with David Gabriel who has been doing this for years as a profiler, working for the American consulate. As "in Technology I trust", it was my nurture to join the best domain talent. Many years before I knew Dr. Itzik Wilf, who is a guru in computer vision and machine learning and together we founded Faception.
About Faception
Faception developed and markets Facial Personality Analytics solutions, to predict anonymous threats and allow our clients to conduct preventive actions.
Faception is the first-to-technology and the first-to-market a predictive screening solution that analyses people's personality based only on their facial image.
Focused on Public Safety, HLS, and smart security to detect threats from anonymous offenders.
Faception's Facial Personality Analytics technology is based on a breakthrough computer-vision and machine learning technology that analyzes facial images and automatically reveals personalities in real-time. Backed by Social and Life Science research and proven results, our solutions enable security companies, Tier-1 technology verticals, and government agencies to be more effective in detecting anonymous persons of interest for $MM projects.
Founded in 2014, Faception is a private company located in Tel Aviv, Israel. Our team includes world-class experts in the areas of computer vision, face analysis, machine learning, psychology, technology, and marketing.
Founders
Shai Gilboa
CEO
Serial entrepreneur with 20+ years' experience.
Spikko Telecom, co-founder, CEO.
XLoom Communications, co-founder, COO.
2 exits
Dr. Itzik Wilf
CTO
Computer Vision “Guru” with 30 years of algorithm development experience in CTO and Chief Engineering roles.
Founder / Co-Founder: MATE Intelligent Video, TruMedia Technologies, Stergen.
David Gavriel
Chief Profiler
30+ years' experience as non-verbal communication expert & image consultant.
Security officer for the diplomatic community.
A global senior lecturer on facial & body features, body language & voice recognition.
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Israeli startup Faception says can identify terrorists - The Daily Beat
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Faception coverage on Israel's channel 1 prime time news program
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Faception coverage by Le Journal French program