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16 Press Releases·2023–2025·Here you will find all current press releases and all important updates from VAARHAFT.

November 12, 2025

VAARHAFT wins the Northern German KI Zukunftspreis 2026

We are honoured to have received the Northern German AI Future Prize 2026 awarded by the University of Lübeck's Centre for Artificial Intelligence (ZKIL). The prize recognises our work in AI-powered detection of deepfakes and image-based insurance fraud.

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Golem.de

September 2025

Golem.de: AI for detecting fake claim photos

Germany's leading tech news platform Golem.de features VAARHAFT's AI technology for detecting manipulated and AI-generated damage photos — and what this means for the insurance industry.

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Tagesspiegel

Spring 2025

Tagesspiegel: VAARHAFT hunts insurance fraud with AI

The Tagesspiegel, one of Germany's leading daily newspapers, covers VAARHAFT's AI technology for detecting manipulated and AI-generated damage photos — and what it means for the fight against insurance fraud.

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Hamburger Abendblatt

Late 2024

Hamburger Abendblatt: How VAARHAFT uncovers deepfake fraud

Hamburg's leading daily newspaper features VAARHAFT and explains how our AI technology detects deepfakes and manipulated images — protecting individuals and businesses from online fraud.

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ITHM - Scale AI

September 26, 2024

SCALE AI Venture Programme Kick Off

VAARHAFT is now part of the Insurtech Hub Munich and started the program with some exciting Onboarding Days in Munich. Watch the full video of the kickoff event, especially the pitch by our CEO Linus Kameni at 1:05:03.

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ITC DIA

June 13, 2024

ITC DIA 2024 in Amsterdam

VAARHAFT is going international. At the DIA in Amsterdam, we were awarded the Diamond Award for our Show & Tell. Read about our business model in a nutshell here.

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HANDELSBLATT

June 11, 2024

Our article in the HANDELSBLATT

We are working together with insurance companies to create value where it is needed. With our AI detection model we show insurance companies how they can use AI to detect image-based insurance fraud.

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ZEIT CAMPUS

April 19, 2024

Our article in ZEIT CAMPUS

What kind of society we are heading towards if we can no longer believe digital images? Read VAARHAFT's answer to this.

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Claims Rockstar Award

April 16, 2024

A golden rim for the winner

We won the Claims Rockstar Award at the "Claims Management & Assistance" trade fair congress in Leipzig.

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InsurLab Germany

November 08, 2023

We are part of InsurLab Germany

We are excited to have this strong support to advance our vision and further scale our innovations.

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Braunschweig Zukunft GmbH

September 20, 2023

Acceptance into another accelerator

We are pleased to announce that after the mo.in program, we have now made it into the market.in batch of the Startup Academy W.IN.

Hamburger Abendblatt

September 05, 2023

VAARHAFT in Hamburger Abendblatt

We are really pleased that innovative solutions against fraud through deepfakes are receiving attention in the press in order to build strong media literacy in society.

Hamburger Abendblatt

September 2023

Hamburger Abendblatt: The Wedel startup taking on deepfakes

The Hamburger Abendblatt's Pinneberg regional edition features VAARHAFT and how the Wedel-based startup is building AI to expose deepfakes and combat image-based fraud online.

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Besser Online

September 22, 2023

Panel talk on "Technology against Deepfakes"

At the journalism congress "Besser Online" in Wuppertal we presented our solution and discussed possibilities for deepfake detection.

EXIST

August 17, 2023

EXIST Start-up Scholarship

State funding for VAARHAFT sets new standards.

Digital Day

August 07, 2023

Digital Day 2023

VAARHAFT presented the business idea to interested citizens at the Digital Day in Braunschweig.