# Allthenticate

Use your smartphone to replace your passwords, keys, and cards, for everything.

## Elevator pitch
At Allthenticate, we are building a better tomorrow: one without impossible passwords, annoying keys, or hardware tokens. We are building an all-in-one, secure, smartphone-based solution for all of your authentication needs (i.e., both physical and digital access control), which allows users to seamlessly interact with the world without ever worrying about keys, passwords, 2FA codes, or authentication at all, for that matter. Our patented technology is based on 10 years of research.

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## Quick facts
- We are the first company to seamlessly merge digital authentication and physical access control.
- TechCrunch 2020 Top Pick company for Security & Privacy
- We provide best-in-class security, without compromising usability. We make security fun!
- We eliminate entire classes of cyber attacks (i.e., phishing and card cloning).
- Companies can now manage their physical and digital assets in one place.

## Active fundraises
- wefunder:fundraise:36061: 4(a)(6) successful (USD)

## Story
The research started over 10 years ago when Chad dreamt of a better future -- a future without keys or passwords.  But the real work and real fun began in 2019 when a dreamer found a team, and that team created a company, Allthenticate.First, Chad had a dream... A dream of using smartphones to get rid of passwords and fix the internet.Allthenticate's product suite: the Allthenticator App, the smart door reader, and the Administrative Portal.Back in 2009 Chad, our founder, a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill studying computer security at the time, became enthralled with the idea of using smartphones to replace passwords as the primary form of authentication. During his career as a computer security researcher at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, the scope of this dream expanded to not only replace passwords but to replace all authentication mechanisms, both physical and digital. Imagine, a world where doors magically unlock as you approach them, your car “knows” you, computers unlock when you sit down, and websites “just work.” Oh yeah, and all of these interactions would be more secure than what you are using today. Commercial interest in the technology started to heat up and a patent application for Single Device Authentication (SDA) was filed.In 2016, Evan, our CTO and then student at UCSB, became interested in the project his freshmen year and started helping Chad with the development of SDA. In 2019, Rita, our COO and fellow UCSB alumna, joined the Allthenticate team to help Evan and Chad take their dream to the masses.Meet AllthenticateAllthenticate, the company, first made itself known in the UCSB New Venture Competition, a university-wide startup pitch competition, where we went on to claim both the 1st Place overall and the People’s Choice award. With this victory under our belt, an issued patent, and an exceptional founding team, Allthenticate was ready to start creating the dream that Chad had a decade earlier: ubiquitous, usable authentication; Allthentication: In October 2019, Allthenticate took the metaphorical, and literal, leap by incorporating as a Delaware C corporation -- officially embarking on the commercialization of their technology.The three founders incorporated Allthenticate in 2019, and celebrated by jumping off a plane together.Earlier in 2020, Allthenticate was selected as a finalist (alternate) in the South By Southwest (SXSW) pitch competition for the Enterprise and Smart Data category. TechCrunch also agreed that this team has something extraordinary to offer, and selected Allthenticate as a Security and Privacy Top Pick for Disrupt 2020.Today, Allthenticate is poised to take the digital authentication and physical access control market by storm -- changing the way that humans and computers interact, forever. The three founders joined by our brilliant and hardworking employees are now working on Allthenticate’s vision full time. With a team that has the potential to change the world, Allthenticate is ready to start turning dreams into reality.The Team showing the app that revolutionized their daily authentication experience: The Allthenticator. Tomorrow will be better because of our technology.  Allthentcate’s products offer unparalleled security and completely eliminate entire classes of attacks (e.g., phishing and credential-stealing malware). However, our mission is to make people's lives easier, not just more secure. Usability is at the core of our products. Users will be able to seamlessly interact with their workplace, only ever needing their phone. And, enterprises will be able to manage their infrastructure in one single place, with Allthenticate’s patented technology protecting all of their employee’s credentials. In fact, Allthenticate is the only company that currently offers a complete identity management solution that can handle both physical and digital security.Allthenticate's door reader installed inside the a building to bring a seamless and clean experience to the space.This is no easy task. But, no one said that saving the world from hackers would be easy. To realize our vision, we needed to build all of our technology from scratch (including the hardware in our Smart Door Readers).  Indeed, Allthenticate is rewriting the book on commercial authentication solutions, offering a fully-distributed authentication ecosystem that has no single point of failure, can handle a global scale, and is backed by hardware-based security mechanisms. Allthenticate’s technology will not only give employees and managers a breath of fresh air, but can be used to enable secure voting, verifiable financial transactions, and a more secure Internet overall that has distributed trust (i.e., removing our current reliance on Certificate Authorities).Indeed, we have already made some huge strides in making this dream a reality. With your help, we are confident that we can bring the world More Security and Less Burden.Watch this video to see what it is like to be Allthenticated.Download our app now on the App Store or Google Play to create an account and try it yourself with our bank demo website:  www.allthentibank.com

## FAQ
1. **Hello! What is your current valuation?**
   - We have not done a priced round, and thus do not have a valuation.
2. **Chad. What about a lost smart phone, could someone use it to enter building?**
   - Only if the security was configured in 'presence' or 'intent' mode. If the policy requires 'identification' the thief would still need your PIN or biometric. Moreover, if you report the phone stolen, it will be instantly deactivated!

## Team
- Chad Spensky (Co-founder and CEO)
- Rita Mounir (Co-founder and COO)
- Evan Blasband (Co-founder and CTO)

## Q&A
- Q: Sounds like a great solution. In the overview video, Chad says he patented the technology while an employee at MIT Link Laboratory and that Allthenticate is licensing the tech from them. Can you give us any details on the licensing arrangement? Do you have to pay MIT Link Laboratory a licensing fee? Is there any risk they could stop licensing it to you or raise the fee? What is the duration of the license? Thank you!
- Q: 1.Can i confirm that authenticate is an app?Does this app work without wifi/internet? Can i unlock the door without internet connected to the phone? 2.What happen when people lose their phone and have no backup of their phone?
- Q: How is your technology different than Authenticator and other authentication services? Are you aware that BLE technology is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attack? https://blog.attify.com/the-practical-guide-to-hacking-bluetooth-low-energy/
- Q: I'm a geek, but too lazy to look up for patent. Please explain the tech.
- Q: Hello! What is your current valuation?
  - A: We have not done a priced round, and thus do not have a valuation.
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- Q: It's been pretty quiet for a while. Is this still a project in motion or did I lose my investment?
- Q: We have a cheap reader at the door and cards for employees. Our reader can also read NFC, so if an employee has forgotten the card, he/she can touch the reader with the smartphone and get inside. Why would we need to buy your system, especially considering it has monthly payments?
- Q: More to the questions of Jonathan Harshman: What is the type of license you have? Is it exclusive, perpetually?
- Q: This is great. You are tackling or updating the classic key card problem. I've had places where I have to dig my key card out of my bag before entering a building or door. This doesn't exactly solve that problem because I still need to have my phone on me and charged. Allthenticate is just replacing the key card with a telephone. Why not use some other authentication mechanism that's not dependent on an object, such as a key card or phone? Even without doing that, your solution seems okay. Thanks.
- Q: What do I get for an investment?
- Q: Chad. What about a lost smart phone, could someone use it to enter building?
  - A: Only if the security was configured in 'presence' or 'intent' mode. If the policy requires 'identification' the thief would still need your PIN or biometric. Moreover, if you report the phone stolen, it will be instantly deactivated!