Podqi

Podqi gives enterprise brand teams AI-powered enforcement across every marketplace, ad platform, and domain — at global scale, without scaling headcount.

Podqi detects and removes unauthorized use of intellectual property across websites, social media, and marketplaces, serving entertainment brands, studios, labels, and artists.

Practical guides, case studies, and research on brand protection, counterfeiting, and IP enforcement from the Podqi team.

Madhappy, Hellstar, Jones Road Beauty, and other companies use Podqi to detect and block counterfeit products.

Jones Road Beauty was losing customers to fake websites ranking above their own on Google. Here's how Podqi helped them take it back.

Podqi selected for Warner Bros. Discovery's 2025 Innovate On The Lot accelerator alongside 11 other AI startups building tools for entertainment and media.

BrandShield offers managed enterprise DRP. Podqi delivers 95% AI automation with direct Shopify, Meta, and Google integrations for D2C brands that need takedowns in 48 hours.

Podqi was designed with AI from the start, covering over 100 platforms with unlimited takedowns and under 1-hour US-based support.

MarqVision monitors APAC marketplaces and files notices. Podqi runs full-teardown enforcement across 100+ platforms — direct Shopify, Meta, and Google integrations, unlimited takedowns, and under 1-hour US-based support.

Red Points layered AI onto a 2011 manual-review workflow. Podqi is AI-native — 100+ platforms with fake-site, ad, and China coverage included from day one, and under 1-hour US-based support.

Podqi provides free infringement reports and consultations on brand protection.

How Podqi handles personal data about sellers, merchants, and alleged infringers when providing IP monitoring and enforcement services.

AI-powered tools enable counterfeiters to rapidly create and distribute fraudulent products, websites, and marketplace listings at scale. Fraudsters now use simple prompts and minimal resources to replicate intellectual property, including apparel with licensed characters and unsafe supplements. The shift accelerates the global explosion of infringement, expanding beyond traditional barriers of effort and capital.

Mar 2026Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT LabsNews article

Podqi, a San Francisco-based automated IP protection platform, secures $3.2 million in seed funding. The company develops tools to streamline intellectual property safeguarding for businesses. This round marks its initial capital injection to scale operations and product development.

Mar 2025The SaaS NewsNews article

Podqi secures $3.2 million in seed funding to advance its automated intellectual property (IP) protection platform. The company, based in San Francisco, specializes in streamlining IP safeguards for businesses. This round supports further development of its automated solutions for patent and trademark management.

Mar 2025FinSMEsNews article

Podqi secures **$3.2 million in seed funding** from **General Catalyst** to advance its AI-driven intellectual property (IP) protection platform. The company safeguards patents for diverse clients, including **Hellstar** (streetwear) and **Albert Einstein** (historical IP). The investment will accelerate AI-driven tools for automated IP monitoring and enforcement.

Mar 2025PR NewswireNews article