Scott Jones: Building the Future of Identity Verification at Billion-Scale | Vision AI, Fraud Prevention & Digital Sovereignty

In this episode of The Executives, I sit down with Scott Jones, VP of Product at Realeyes, where he's building revolutionary Vision AI technology for human measurement of attention, emotion, and identity. Scott is a patent-holding product leader who built a mid-seven-figure ARR identity solution from zero to one in just 18 months, and he's also a Dream Cymbals artist who's been perfecting his craft as a professional drummer for over 30 years.

🎯 What You'll Learn:

• How Realeyes built the world's largest ethically-sourced face dataset across 93 countries

• Why traditional identity verification methods like CAPTCHA are failing

• The "Better CAPTCHA" approach: validating personhood in seconds for cents

• How one big tech customer scaled to billions of identity verifications per month

• The future of digital sovereignty and zero-knowledge-proof biometrics

• Why most AI face models are biased and how to build fair ones

• The product management journey from analyst to VP of Product

• Why creativity and spirituality tie together in unexpected ways

⏱️ Chapters:

01:51 Who is Scott Jones?

07:20 If You Were CEO of Spotify

10:38 What is Realeyes?

14:19 Are Social Media Apps Tracking Your Emotions?

18:25 The Ethics of Consent in Emotion Tracking

24:23 From Economics & Film to Product Management

30:06 The Roller Coaster of a PM Career

31:37 How Realeyes' Vision AI Differs from Competitors

39:53 Scaling to Billions of Transactions Per Month

47:29 Intersection of Privacy Concerns, and Detecting Emotions and Facial Expressions

51:00 The Future of Decentralized Identity

58:23 Zero to Mid-7 Figure ARR in 18 Months

01:03:43 Biggest Misconceptions About AI

01:07:24 The Power of No-Code & AI Tools for PMs

01:12:28 Jazz Musicians vs Fortune 500 CEOs: Who's More Demanding?

01:15:56 Final Remarks & Closing

About Scott Jones,

Scott Jones is the VP of Product at Realeyes, the pioneering Vision AI company, where he's building revolutionary platform technology for human measurement of attention, emotion, and identity. Scott is a patent-holding product leader who built a mid-seven-figure ARR Identity solutions business from zero to one in just 18 months, and he's also a Dream Cymbals artist who's been perfecting his craft as a professional drummer for over 30 years.

📢 Connect with Scott Jones:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottjeezey/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottjeezey/

📢 Learn More About Realeyes:

• Website: https://www.realeyesit.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/realeyesit/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realeyesit_

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