Founder building Veriq, an AI platform for verifying claims in short-form videos with evidence from trusted sources.

Piyush Singh  • Peerlist

<h3>AI-Powered Fact-Checking for Short-Form Video</h3>Veriq is an innovative AI tool designed to verify claims made in popular short-form video content, such as YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels. It provides a crucial service in an era of rapid information dissemination by offering AI-powered fact-checking, grounded in trusted sources.<ul><li>How it Works: The easiest way to use Veriq is to tap the Share button on a YouTube Short, Instagram Reel, or TikTok and select Veriq to start the verification process. Alternatively, you can paste a video URL or upload a video or image directly. Veriq securely processes the content by extracting the audio, transcribing it with advanced speech-to-text technology (such as Whisper), identifying verifiable factual claims, and analyzing them using AI reasoning and trusted sources to deliver evidence-backed verification results.</li><li>Verification Process: The isolated claims are then queried against a comprehensive database of trusted sources, including research publications, news indices, and authoritative databases. AI reasoning compares the claims against the gathered evidence to compute verification logs.</li><li>Reporting: Veriq generates detailed, citation-backed trust reports with clear verdicts: TRUE, FALSE, MISLEADING, or OUTDATED. This ensures transparency and allows users to understand the basis of the verification.</li><li>Key Features:<ul><li>Speed: Audits are completed in under a second (e.g., 0.8s Preflight Check).</li><li>Accuracy: High confidence scores (e.g., 98.4% Grounded) and a high aggregate rating (4.9 stars).</li><li>Privacy: Audio is processed locally within a secure WebView sandbox, encrypted, and deleted automatically within 24 hours. No permanent media storage ensures user privacy.</li><li>Transparency: Results are based strictly on retrieved evidence, not opinions, with explicit explanations and sources provided.</li></ul></li><li>Future Vision: Upcoming features include multimodal video audits (analyzing visual frames and text overlays), deepfake audio detection, and live fact-checking capabilities.</li></ul>Stop guessing and start verifying. Veriq empowers users to critically evaluate information encountered on social media, promoting a more informed digital environment.