They say they're in Austin. Meridian knows if they're not.
Meridian verifies where remote applicants actually are — closing the location-fraud gap that identity checks and background checks miss.
Remote hiring is being weaponized.
Overseas operators — including organized, state-linked schemes — are applying for remote engineering roles using stolen or fabricated identities, VPNs, rented US cloud machines, and US-based laptop farms. Once hired, they draw a salary, exfiltrate data, or worse. Traditional identity checks and background checks don't catch it, because the identity can be real or convincing. The lie is about where the person actually is.
In 2024, the FBI issued a formal warning
that North Korean IT workers are actively infiltrating US companies through remote hiring — using fake identities and US-based infrastructure to appear domestic.
FBI Public Service Announcement, 2024
Gartner projects that by 2028
a significant share of job applicants will use AI to misrepresent their identity, location, or credentials — a threat that traditional screening cannot address.
Gartner Research, 2024
Location and presence verification, at the point of application.
Meridian closes the gap that every other check misses.
Applicant applies
The candidate submits their application through your existing ATS or careers page. No friction, no extra steps for honest applicants.
Meridian verifies
Meridian checks whether the applicant is physically where they claim to be, and whether their application holds up. No IP addresses. No guesswork.
Your team gets a clear signal
Your security or hiring team receives a clear, advisory signal. A human decides. Meridian never rejects anyone automatically.
You can't spoof the speed of light.
Every other tool checks the IP address — and an IP address is trivial to fake with a VPN or proxy. Meridian doesn't rely on what the network claims. It measures where the person physically is, using the physics of how fast a signal can travel. You can spoof an IP. You can't spoof physics.
IP-based checks
Reads what the network claims. Trivially bypassed with a VPN, proxy, or rented US cloud machine. Tells you what someone wants you to see.
Meridian
Measures physical location using signal physics. No network claim to fake. Tells you where someone actually is.
Built to be safe to deploy.
Advisory, never automated
Meridian never rejects a candidate. It gives your team a clear signal and a human decides. It's a tool for your reviewers, not a gatekeeper.
Privacy-first by design
Meridian verifies what it needs and discards candidate data. It is not building a surveillance database of applicants. Consent is explicit and the data lifecycle is short.
Fair to honest applicants
Engineered specifically not to flag legitimate remote workers, travelers, or people who use a VPN for normal reasons. It targets fraud, not difference.
Live in minutes. No engineering project.
Works with the tools you already use.
One-click ATS install
Connect directly to your applicant-tracking system. No code, no configuration, no IT ticket.
Single snippet
Drop one line of code into your careers page. Done. Works with any stack.
Hosted link
Zero integration required. Share a Meridian-hosted verification link with candidates. Nothing to install.
Built for companies where security is non-negotiable.
Meridian is designed for crypto companies, AI labs, fintech firms, and any organization hiring remote engineers with US-presence requirements. If your threat model includes insider risk from the hiring funnel, Meridian is for you.
Trusted by security-first teams.
Trusted by security-first teams
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FBI, 2024
Formal warning issued on North Korean IT worker infiltration of US companies via remote hiring.
Gartner, 2024
Projects AI-assisted identity misrepresentation will be a significant hiring threat by 2028.
Ready to close the gap?
Talk to the team. We'll show you exactly how Meridian works and whether it fits your environment.