In this episode, I speak with Rita Barbosa of Guardian Labs, which is building a Europe-based, AI-powered scam-protection app that pulls in up-to-date scam data to help prevent vulnerable phone users from being scammed.
https://guardianlabs.eu/
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00:00 Intro
01:36 What Guardian Does
02:54 Origin Story Motivation
04:17 Data And Platforms
06:11 Blocking And Whitelists
08:28 Tech Under The Hood
11:00 Beyond The App Platform
11:35 Device Updates Privacy
16:25 Trust, Funding, and Scaling
19:22 Cross-Border Scam Defence
22:06 Expansion Regulation Challenges
27:26 Wrap Up and Where To Find
28:23 Outro
Published: 23 October 2026