Press and media.

The people who built Carmen are available for interviews. Email us for data requests, interviews or the brand kit, and a person will reply.

press@backgrounder.com

Key facts.

Facts you can print, and a paragraph that describes Backgrounder.

Products4 Ask Carmen, Carmen Monitor, Carmen Email and Carmen Guardian
SpeedSeconds for most answers, under a minute for a deep check
Free plan5 quick checks a month in Ask Carmen, no card
Price$5.99 a month for full protection
Ask Carmen, the web app, answering a question about a message
Carmen gives a plain answer, the reasons and what to do.
Boilerplate

Backgrounder (tagline: Just be sure.) is a scam checking service for people and small teams. Carmen, its AI researcher, checks texts, emails, websites, phone numbers, people, payment requests and crypto wallets, and tells you whether they are Low, Medium or High risk, why, and what to do. Expert help from the Backgrounder team is available as an add-on.

Brand kit.

Our logo marks, colour palette and usage rules.

The ring mark

Primary mark in SVG and PNG, light and dark, with clear-space rules.

Download (ZIP, 0.3 MB)

Please don't stretch the ring; it notices.

The liquid mark, a still from the transparent video

The liquid mark

Still renders of the sculpted 3D mark on transparent backgrounds, for video and large display.

Download (ZIP, 4 MB)

Colors & type

The eggshell-and-ink palette, Zodiak and General Sans, and how the verdict works.

Download (ZIP, 50 KB)
AaZodiak
AaGeneral Sans

Who you will talk to.

All four of us are available for interviews. One inbox reaches everyone.

press@backgrounder.com
  • Landon Winkelvoss

    Landon Winkelvoss

    Founder & CEO
  • Justin T. Simms

    Justin T. Simms

    Co-founder & CTO
  • Kevin A

    Kevin Aiken

    Chief of Research & Design
  • Lilli Baldwin

    Lilli Baldwin

    Head of Customer Success & Customer Experience

Story ideas.

press@backgrounder.com

Email us for data requests, interviews or the brand kit. A person will reply.