New Executive to Help Accelerate Innovation
SAN MATEO, CALIF. – (October 1, 2025)– Arkose Labs, the leading fraud protection, device ID and bot management company, today announced the appointment of Shimon Modi as Senior Vice President of Product. Shimon will drive the continued evolution of the Arkose Labs platform, ensuring comprehensive protection against modern fraud and abuse across the digital consumer journey.
Harnessing AI and Consortium-Driven Intelligence to Combat Emerging Threats
In his new role, Shimon will focus on:
• Leveraging AI for offensive and defensive strategies to combat sophisticated attacks
• Creating a future-ready roadmap to protect digital identities
• Utilizing Arkose Labs’ consortium-driven intelligence, powered by insights from some of the world’s largest platforms, to give customers a decisive edge against rapidly evolving threat actors
“The Arkose Labs mission resonates deeply with me,” said Shimon. “Protecting massive digital platforms from everyday fraud, abuse and scams is not just a professional challenge, it’s personal. I think about the digital world my kids will grow up in, and I want to ensure it’s a safer, more secure place.”
A Proven Leader With 25 Years of Cybersecurity Expertise
Modi brings a wealth of experience to Arkose Labs, including:
• 25 years at the forefront of cybersecurity
• A PhD in biometrics and advanced user identification from Purdue University
• Leading product & engineering at threat intelligence startup TruSTAR (acquired by Splunk)
• Shaping next-generation security solutions at Elastic
• Driving product strategy as VP of Cyber Product at Dataminr
"Shimon's deep expertise in cybersecurity, biometrics and AI, combined with his proven mission-driven leadership, will accelerate our ability to deliver best-in-class protection and continuous innovation for customers like Microsoft, Meta, Expedia and leading global banks," said Kevin Gosschalk, founder and CEO of Arkose Labs. "His appointment reinforces our commitment to redefining account security by disrupting the economics that drive adversary ROI. Shimon will spearhead ongoing innovative approaches that exponentially increase attackers' operational costs and complexity, making attacks financially unsustainable and ultimately eliminating the threat."
A Safer Digital Future for All
Modi’s leadership will drive Arkose Labs’ mission to:
• Proactively secure the digital customer journey
• Ensure a safer, more secure online world
• Redefine the future of fraud prevention and account security through AI innovation, consortium-driven intelligence and a relentless focus on combating emerging threats
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About Arkose Labs
Arkose Labs is the global leader in agent trust and control and helps companies identify whether a site visitor is a customer, AI agent or adversary. Arkose Titan, its unified platform, provides controls over how they are trusted, challenged or stopped accordingly. In an era when AI agents are changing the economics of online fraud, Arkose Labs protects against persistent, massive scale AI-fueled abuse rather than just isolated, bot-driven attacks. Trusted for over 10 years by global financial services, technology, and travel companies including Anthropic, Meta, Roblox and Expedia, the company has been named to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 for five consecutive years. Arkose Labs backs the Arkose Titan platform with the industry's only $1 million warranty program. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California, and has research teams around the globe.
Media Contact:
Cassie Stevenson
c.stevenson@arkoselabs.com
