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AccessShield started because a streamer got robbed. Not metaphorically — his stream was being restreamed live to over a thousand viewers on a platform he didn't know existed, monetized by someone else, for months. We built the tool we wished existed.
In early 2022, Jordan Ellis — a Twitch Partner with 200,000 followers — discovered that his stream had been restreamed without his knowledge for four months. The rogue channel had 1,200 concurrent viewers at its peak. It was monetized. The money went to a stranger.
When he tried to get it removed, he found a maze of manual processes, unresponsive platform support, and no real evidence trail to file a proper DMCA notice. It took three weeks and a lawyer to get the channel taken down. By then, the damage was done.
Jordan called Maya Chen, a security engineer he'd worked with previously, and asked a simple question: "Why doesn't anyone solve this properly?" They spent a weekend building the first prototype. A forensic fingerprinting system that could identify his stream in any re-broadcast within seconds. The first DMCA was filed automatically, in 9 minutes, before they'd even had coffee.
AccessShield launched to 100 beta creators in early 2023. By the end of the year, we'd filed over 1,000 DMCA takedowns and recovered an estimated $400,000 in creator revenue that would otherwise have gone to content thieves.
Every feature we build starts with a creator's real problem. We stream ourselves. We know what's at stake.
A DMCA filed 30 minutes after detection is worth 10x one filed the next day. We obsess over response time.
We collect what we need to protect you. Nothing else. Your biometric data, your viewer data, your stream data — yours.
You can always see exactly what AccessShield is doing, what it found, and why. No black boxes.
AccessShield founded after Jordan's stream was restreamed to 1,200 viewers on a platform he didn't even know existed.
First version launched in closed beta. 100 creators protected, first automated DMCA takedown filed within 48 hours of launch.
Series A funding. AI leak detection engine launched. Detection time drops from hours to under 11 minutes.
Agency plan launched. First talent agencies managing 10+ creators adopt AccessShield as their standard protection layer.
AI Face & Identity Recognition launched. 5 slots per profile, full-body detection, real-time frame scanning in leaked content.
10,000 creators protected. $4.2M in creator revenue recovered from piracy through platform takedowns.
CEO & Co-founder
Former Twitch Partner with 200k followers. Lost 30% of his revenue to unauthorized restreams before building the first version of AccessShield in a weekend.
CTO & Co-founder
Previously led security engineering at a major CDN. Designed the forensic fingerprinting architecture that now protects thousands of streams daily.
Head of AI
8 years in computer vision. Built the face recognition and frame-hash matching systems from scratch, optimizing for the unique constraints of live video at scale.
Head of Legal & DMCA
IP attorney specializing in digital content. Designed the DMCA workflow engine and maintains relationships with content moderation teams at every major platform.
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