Computer Vision News - October 2016

and use this service. When migrants come to the US or the UK, they have to wait 6 months before they are on credit reference agencies, can be verified, get a house, and start their lives because there is no history of them in that country. Whereas, Onfido can instantly verify them so they can start working for Uber or whoever else much faster. Onfido claims to be the only provider that combines all the elements of this check to make it robust and the only provider that uses machine learning and computer vision for document verification. It’s the only way to make it robust so it can’t be cheated. Onfido is managed by a young co- founding team of three people, who left university and started the company, four years ago. At the time, when they tried to sell to their first customers, Kassai was only 22 years old. It is said that one of those prospects wouldn’t even believe that he was 18: “ How can we trust you and buy anything from you, if we’re not even sure that you are of legal age! ” Joking or not, they later became Onfido clients. Onfido is constantly growing and looking for people interested in joining a research project or having something to contribute (in Lisbon, London, and San Francisco). 24 Computer Vision News Application Application The Onfido Dashboard. Onfido has also been supported with 1 M€ by the Eurostars 2020 program of the European Commission “The only provider that uses machine learning and computer vision for document verification”