Ravishankar Jayasankar

Millions of people meet through dating apps every year, yet there is still no universal way to establish trust before meeting in person. Most platforms offer only limited verification, leaving users to rely on profile photos, social media searches, or intuition when deciding whether someone is genuine. This has contributed to the growing challenges of catfishing, romance scams, identity fraud, and personal safety concerns.

GuyID is an AI-powered trust and safety platform that helps people build credibility before the first date. Rather than creating another dating app, GuyID acts as an independent trust layer that works across existing dating platforms. It combines identity verification, social vouching, and portable trust signals into a user-controlled Trust Passport that can be shared wherever people connect online.

Unlike traditional dating apps that typically provide a single verification badge, GuyID takes a multi-factor approach to trust. Users can strengthen their Trust Passport through identity verification, trusted references, profile completeness, and community vouches. These independent signals work together to provide a more complete picture of authenticity while recognizing that no single verification method can eliminate all risk.

GuyID is designed to be platform-independent. Whether two people meet through a dating app, social network, messaging platform, or even through mutual friends, they can use the same portable Trust Passport to establish credibility without repeating the verification process on every platform. Users remain in control of their information, choosing what to verify, what trust signals to display, and when to share their profile.

Beyond identity verification, GuyID is building one of the web's largest educational ecosystems dedicated to online dating safety. The platform provides expert guides, interactive tools, AI-powered resources, and educational content covering romance scams, catfishing, fake profiles, first-date safety, relationship warning signs, online identity verification, and emerging threats such as AI-generated identities and deepfake scams. These resources help people better understand online risks and make more informed decisions before moving conversations offline.

GuyID follows a freemium model, allowing anyone to create and share a basic Trust Passport while offering enhanced verification, advanced trust signals, and premium safety features for users who want additional protection.