Deel acquires Clarity: continuous AI security from hiring to day-to-day work

Hiring is a bigger security front line than you think.

Last year, North Korean hackers didn't break into data centers. They impersonated workers to infiltrate global organizations through hiring systems, and Gartner projects that one in four candidate profiles globally will be fraudulent by 2028. Workforce impersonation is the new frontier of fraud, and it's exactly why Deel is acquiring Clarity, an AI cybersecurity company specializing in identity verification, deepfake detection, and fraud prevention.

Clarity has built novel AI technology for deepfake detection and identity security to address one of the biggest trust challenges facing modern businesses. Deel is already using Clarity’s product, making this a strategic acquisition grounded in real-world performance. We're bringing that technology and expertise further into Deel to embed continuous identity security across the entire hiring and workforce lifecycle.

Behind Clarity is a team of world-class AI, cybersecurity, identity and fraud talent. Co-founder and CEO Michael Matias is a cybersecurity and AI expert with a Stanford CS background and previously was an officer in Unit 8200. Co-founder and CTO Ziv Isaiah is a five-time founder who has spent his career building AI-driven fraud detection and enterprise identity systems. At Clarity he led technology, AI, and fraud research including the agentic AI architecture and real-time deepfake detection. Together with their founding team, who are among the most accomplished AI researchers and engineers in the space, they've built a team obsessed with detecting deception at scale.

Why this matters

Most companies verify identity during recruitment, then hand employees off to separate IT systems for device provisioning and access management. As AI-powered fraud gets more sophisticated, and as remote work scales teams globally, that fragmented approach leaves organizations exposed.

We've already proven that AI works at scale inside Deel. Our internal AI system has saved 1 million+ hours across teams, handled 250,000+ cases monthly, and freed our HR ops to automate 400+ requests per day. That same rigor is now focused on compliance and identity security.

Connecting the entire hiring and workforce lifecycle

With Clarity, Deel connects verified hiring directly with secure workforce access through Deel IT. Identity verification starts in Talent at the sourcing stage, continues through onboarding, and extends into day-to-day access management. No handoffs. No separate systems. One continuous trust layer.

This means hiring teams source and onboard global talent faster, without compliance risk. Security teams have real-time fraud detection. And Deel becomes the only platform that owns both hiring and verified access.

The competitive advantage

Deel's compliance has always been best-in-class across 150+ countries. Clarity adds AI-powered cybersecurity protection to the hiring process, making Deel the standard for secure, compliant global hiring. Businesses that can onboard verified talent faster, with less friction, will win the war for talent and stay ahead of fraud that's getting smarter every quarter.

The future of work will be powered by AI. We're making sure it's built on trust and verified at every step.