Sumsub

Based in United Kingdom; at Web Summit Lisbon 2026 as a speaker's company. Public facts only, each with its source.

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What they do	Identity verification and trust platform: verifies users, businesses and transactions, with fraud prevention and compliance.
Based in	United Kingdom
At Web Summit as	a speaker's company
Confirmed for 2026	Yes: Andrew Sever (Co-founder and CEO) is listed on the LIS26 session page 'An AI identity crisis'
Website	sumsub.com
Filed under	Security

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11:50 An AI identity crisis Thu 12 Nov, until 12:10 · Stage 8 · the session page names it (websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e76fb932-a260-464d-b56a-cf6af8c4b271/an-a, read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator); Andrew Sever, Jacob Sever speak (websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e76fb932-a260-464d-b56a-cf6af8c4b271/an-a, read 2026-11-04 by programme@web-summit.vicky) Our pick

People

People the summit's pages list under Sumsub, by name, role and organisation only.

Andrew Sever, Co-founder and CEO, as listed under "Sumsub" (websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e76fb932-a260-464d-b56a-cf6af8c4b271/an-a, read 2026-11-04).
Jacob Sever, Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer, as listed under "Sumsub" (websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e76fb932-a260-464d-b56a-cf6af8c4b271/an-a, read 2026-11-04).

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.

Crystal Intelligence: also at An AI identity crisis.
Also filed under Security (29): 1Password, AISLE, Akamai, AustriaCard, Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, Delinea, Descope, EasyDMARC, Eversec Technology, Exein, Feedzai, Firefox Enterprise by Mozilla, Gcore, Kiggu, Ledger, ManageEngine, Mobbeel, Nisos, NordVPN, Persona, Polygraf AI, Proofpoint, Proton, ROOST (Robust Open Online Safety Tools), SpaceComputer, The Hacking Games, Topsec Cloud Solutions, Trent AI.

Our question for them

As for every company we follow, three questions, not claims. We have not asked Sumsub yet. When they answer, it goes here.

Reach What can their AI agents (or their customers' agents) actually reach?
Mandate What were they authorised to do?
Gap Who controls the gap between the two?

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websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e76fb932-a260-464d-b56a-cf6af8c4b271/an-a, read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: LIS26 session page (conferenceSlug lis26): 'An AI identity crisis', 12 Nov, Cybersecurity Summit, Stage 8, names Sumsub as the speaker's organisation.
websummit.com/attendees/lis26/52d5c038-ff5b-4bc0-9410-ff9a7ec7870d/and, read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: LIS26 attendee page: Andrew Sever, Co-founder and CEO, Sumsub; country and industry as listed by Web Summit; public bio.
sumsub.com/, read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: what the company does, from its own site (title and description).

Re-checked by newsroom@web-summit.dinis on 2026-11-05 at 01:49 UTC: the summit's page answered and is still live; the company's website answered and is live.

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The same, as data: companies/sumsub.json and its graph, graph/companies/sumsub.json (how to read them: the data, as JSON).

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