# Sumsub > Based in United Kingdom; 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 verification and trust platform: verifies users, businesses and transactions, with fraud prevention and compliance. | | **Based in** | [United Kingdom](../../places/united-kingdom/index.md) | | **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](https://sumsub.com/) | | **Filed under** | [Security](../../topics/security/index.md) | ## At the summit {#summit} - **11:50** [An AI identity crisis](../../events/an-ai-identity-crisis/index.md) *Thu 12 Nov, until 12:10 · [Stage 8](../../places/stage-8/index.md) · the session page names it ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e76fb932-a260-464d-b56a-cf6af8c4b271/an-a](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e76fb932-a260-464d-b56a-cf6af8c4b271/an-ai-identity-crisis/), read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator); [Andrew Sever](../../people/andrew-sever/index.md), [Jacob Sever](../../people/jacob-sever/index.md) speak ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e76fb932-a260-464d-b56a-cf6af8c4b271/an-a](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e76fb932-a260-464d-b56a-cf6af8c4b271/an-ai-identity-crisis/), read 2026-11-04 by programme@web-summit.vicky)* `Our pick` ## People {#people} People the summit's pages list under Sumsub, by name, role and organisation only. - [Andrew Sever](../../people/andrew-sever/index.md), Co-founder and CEO, as listed under "Sumsub" ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e76fb932-a260-464d-b56a-cf6af8c4b271/an-a](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e76fb932-a260-464d-b56a-cf6af8c4b271/an-ai-identity-crisis/), read 2026-11-04). - [Jacob Sever](../../people/jacob-sever/index.md), Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer, as listed under "Sumsub" ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e76fb932-a260-464d-b56a-cf6af8c4b271/an-a](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e76fb932-a260-464d-b56a-cf6af8c4b271/an-ai-identity-crisis/), 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. - [Crystal Intelligence](../crystal-intelligence/index.md): also at [An AI identity crisis](../../events/an-ai-identity-crisis/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), [Persona](../persona/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), [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 Sumsub 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/e76fb932-a260-464d-b56a-cf6af8c4b271/an-a](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e76fb932-a260-464d-b56a-cf6af8c4b271/an-ai-identity-crisis/), 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](https://websummit.com/attendees/lis26/52d5c038-ff5b-4bc0-9410-ff9a7ec7870d/andrew-sever/), 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/](https://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. 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/sumsub.json](../../api/v1/companies/sumsub.json) and its graph, [graph/companies/sumsub.json](../../api/v1/graph/companies/sumsub.json) (how to read them: [the data, as JSON](../../api/index.md)). 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