About Spellbreaker
Led by a team of multimedia forensics experts, Spellbreaker helps investigators, insurers, and security teams verify digital evidence and detect synthetic media using ethical and explainable AI.
Used in research and real-world investigations to evaluate digital media authenticity.
Our Vision
Restore trust in digital content by making authenticity verifiable.
Our Mission
Provide tools that enable investigators, insurers, and security teams to verify digital evidence and detect manipulation in real time.
Our Core Values
Integrity & Truth
Ensure transparency and reliability in digital evidence verification.
Innovation and Excellence
Advance detection methods that identify manipulation others miss.
Justice & Accountability
Support fair outcomes through verifiable digital evidence.
Security & Trust
Maintain evidentiary integrity and protect sensitive data across workflows.
User-Centric Approach
Design tools that integrate into real investigative and legal processes.
Collaboration & Impact
Collaborate with institutions to advance trusted standards for digital evidence.
Research Foundations
Built on research developed at the University of Michigan (SMILES Lab), Spellbreaker applies advances in AI safety, multimedia forensics, and explainable AI.
Our approach combines multiple AI detection methods with structured reasoning to identify subtle manipulation signals that single-model detectors often miss.
Leadership Team
MJ Cartwright
CEO
Technology commercialization and venture leadership
Khalid Malik, Ph.D.
CTO
Multimedia forensics expert specializing in explainable AI and synthetic media detection
Dunrie Greiling, Ph.D.
COO
Go-to-market strategy, partnerships, and operations
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Spellbreaker helps investigators, insurers, and security teams verify the authenticity of digital media used in critical decisions.