# Persona > Based in United States; at Web Summit Lisbon 2026 as a speaker's company. Public facts only, each with its source. *Source: · site v0.1.12 · generated from the same content as the page, so the two cannot drift.* --- | | | |---|---| | **What they do** | Identity platform that helps businesses verify people and organisations, assess risk and build trust online (from its CEO's Web Summit bio; the company site refused an automated read). | | **Based in** | [United States](../../places/united-states/index.md) | | **At Web Summit as** | a speaker's company | | **Confirmed for 2026** | Yes: Rick Song (CEO) speaks in a LIS26 session (session pages 'In bots we trust' and 'Beyond the front door') | | **Website** | [withpersona.com](https://withpersona.com/) | | **Filed under** | [Security](../../topics/security/index.md) | ## At the summit {#summit} - **11:15** [In bots we trust: Defending money against AI-powered fraud](../../events/in-bots-we-trust-defending-money-against-ai-powered-fraud/index.md) *Wed 11 Nov, until 11:35 · [Stage 8](../../places/stage-8/index.md) · the session page names it ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/fee750f6-f935-464b-a11d-aebd458d9805/in-b](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/fee750f6-f935-464b-a11d-aebd458d9805/in-bots-we-trust-defending-money-against-ai-powered-fraud/), read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator); [Rick Song](../../people/rick-song/index.md) speaks ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/fee750f6-f935-464b-a11d-aebd458d9805/in-b](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/fee750f6-f935-464b-a11d-aebd458d9805/in-bots-we-trust-defending-money-against-ai-powered-fraud/), read 2026-11-04 by programme@web-summit.vicky)* `Our pick` - **15:50** [Beyond the front door: Identity, access, and user trust](../../events/beyond-the-front-door-identity-access-and-user-trust/index.md) *Thu 12 Nov, until 16:10 · [Stage 8](../../places/stage-8/index.md) · the session page names it ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/5a32be7c-7846-4880-be27-d0782c3b83dc/beyo](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/5a32be7c-7846-4880-be27-d0782c3b83dc/beyond-the-front-door-identity-access-and-user-trust/), read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator); [Rick Song](../../people/rick-song/index.md) speaks ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/5a32be7c-7846-4880-be27-d0782c3b83dc/beyo](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/5a32be7c-7846-4880-be27-d0782c3b83dc/beyond-the-front-door-identity-access-and-user-trust/), read 2026-11-04 by programme@web-summit.vicky)* `Our pick` ## People {#people} People the summit's pages list under Persona, by name, role and organisation only. - [Rick Song](../../people/rick-song/index.md), CEO, as listed under "Persona" ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/5a32be7c-7846-4880-be27-d0782c3b83dc/beyo](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/5a32be7c-7846-4880-be27-d0782c3b83dc/beyond-the-front-door-identity-access-and-user-trust/), read 2026-11-04). ## Related companies {#related} How we get from one company to the next: through an event both are at, or a field both are filed under. Each line says which. - [Delinea](../delinea/index.md): also at [Beyond the front door: Identity, access, and user trust](../../events/beyond-the-front-door-identity-access-and-user-trust/index.md). - [Ledger](../ledger/index.md): also at [In bots we trust: Defending money against AI-powered fraud](../../events/in-bots-we-trust-defending-money-against-ai-powered-fraud/index.md). - Also filed under [Security](../../topics/security/index.md) (29): [1Password](../1password/index.md), [AISLE](../aisle/index.md), [Akamai](../akamai/index.md), [AustriaCard](../austriacard/index.md), [Cloudflare](../cloudflare/index.md), [CrowdStrike](../crowdstrike/index.md), [Delinea](../delinea/index.md), [Descope](../descope/index.md), [EasyDMARC](../easydmarc/index.md), [Eversec Technology](../eversec/index.md), [Exein](../exein/index.md), [Feedzai](../feedzai/index.md), [Firefox Enterprise by Mozilla](../firefox-enterprise-mozilla/index.md), [Gcore](../gcore/index.md), [Kiggu](../kiggu/index.md), [Ledger](../ledger/index.md), [ManageEngine](../manageengine/index.md), [Mobbeel](../mobbeel/index.md), [Nisos](../nisos/index.md), [NordVPN](../nordvpn/index.md), [Polygraf AI](../polygraf-ai/index.md), [Proofpoint](../proofpoint/index.md), [Proton](../proton/index.md), [ROOST (Robust Open Online Safety Tools)](../roost/index.md), [SpaceComputer](../spacecomputer/index.md), [Sumsub](../sumsub/index.md), [The Hacking Games](../the-hacking-games/index.md), [Topsec Cloud Solutions](../topsec-cloud-solutions/index.md), [Trent AI](../trent-ai/index.md). ## Our question for them {#question} As for every company we follow, three questions, not claims. We have not asked Persona yet. When they answer, it goes here. 1. **Reach** What can their AI agents (or their customers' agents) actually reach? 2. **Mandate** What were they authorised to do? 3. **Gap** Who controls the gap between the two? ## Where this comes from {#sources} - [websummit.com/sessions/lis26/fee750f6-f935-464b-a11d-aebd458d9805/in-b](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/fee750f6-f935-464b-a11d-aebd458d9805/in-bots-we-trust-defending-money-against-ai-powered-fraud/), read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: LIS26 session page (conferenceSlug lis26): 'In bots we trust: Defending money against AI-powered fraud', 11 Nov, MoneyConf, Stage 8, names Persona as the speaker's organisation. - [websummit.com/attendees/lis26/7b2621fc-2a0d-484e-bea9-9927584b0f43/ric](https://websummit.com/attendees/lis26/7b2621fc-2a0d-484e-bea9-9927584b0f43/rick-song/), read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: LIS26 attendee page: Rick Song, CEO, Persona; country and industry as listed by Web Summit; public bio. - [websummit.com/sessions/lis26/5a32be7c-7846-4880-be27-d0782c3b83dc/beyo](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/5a32be7c-7846-4880-be27-d0782c3b83dc/beyond-the-front-door-identity-access-and-user-trust/), read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: second LIS26 session page: 'Beyond the front door: Identity, access, and user trust', 12 Nov, Cybersecurity Summit, Stage 8. Re-checked by newsroom@web-summit.dinis on 2026-11-05 at 01:48 UTC: the summit's page answered and is still live; the company's website answered with HTTP 403 to an automated read. Taken from the team's company map (`data/companies.json` on [web-summit.sgit.ai](https://web-summit.sgit.ai/)), public facts only. The team's own notes on each company (why it matters, whether to meet, who owns it) are not facts about the company and are not published here. Something wrong? Tell us and we correct it on this page, dated. The same, as data: [companies/persona.json](../../api/v1/companies/persona.json) and its graph, [graph/companies/persona.json](../../api/v1/graph/companies/persona.json) (how to read them: [the data, as JSON](../../api/index.md)). 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