
Roy Daya
CEO & co-founder of POVA.AI, AI-driven fraud detection platform; seasoned AI entrepreneur with 25+ years in machine learning and cybersecurity.
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May 31, 2026
#420 Hunting the Invisible Man: Roy Daya on AI, Fraud, and the Truth Hidden in Data
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Roy CoughlanHOST
Well, well, I mean, I, I suppose one thing with your career, what's the one thing that would kind of keep you up at night going, "Whoa, can't believe somebody did that"?

Roy DayaGUEST
Uh, you know, s- some, like, one employee, uh, changed his status, you know, from employee to a corporation.

Roy DayaGUEST
And actually instead of getting a salary, started getting, uh, like, a salary of 150 people, like, outsourced, uh [chuckles] you know, he just changed his, uh, ERP, uh, credential.

Roy DayaGUEST
So, uh, you know, a manager might need to go through, you know, five different approvals, but the IT guy can just, you know, go to backup files, change something, and then restore a backup.

Roy DayaGUEST
And, you know, everything is [chuckles] all his changes are in without getting any approvals and with no audit trail and, you know.
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Roy CoughlanHOST
... how do people get you, y- with the company, to do that? 'Cause obviously, I think a lot of people would invest in something like that because they go, "All right, let's get rid of the scum, the cheaters, the fraud, and run the city properly."