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YC W26 Startup Didit Aims to Be Stripe for Identity Verification

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Alberto and Alejandro, identical twin founders from Barcelona, have launched Didit, a unified identity verification platform designed to replace the fragmented patchwork of providers currently used by engineering teams. The YC W26 startup offers a single integration that handles KYC, AML, biometrics, authentication, and fraud prevention globally, addressing what the founders call a "fiction" of global identity that actually consists of multiple disconnected systems.

Existing enterprise solutions typically require three-week sales cycles, hide pricing behind "Contact Us" buttons, and perform poorly on mid-range Android devices that comprise much of the global market. These legacy providers often demand massive annual commitments that price out early-stage startups. Didit takes a different approach by building its own vertical stack—developing proprietary ID verification and biometric AI models from scratch rather than wrapping existing APIs.

The platform emphasizes data minimization and privacy, allowing businesses to verify specific attributes like age without accessing full documents. With transparent, success-based pricing and instant sandbox access, Didit aims to increase onboarding rates while reducing identity costs by up to 90% through automated verification that catches sophisticated deepfakes and spoofing attempts.