SAN JOSE, CA — February 18, 2026 –Today, Incognia, the leader in cross-device risk
intelligence, announced a new partnership with Upwork (Nasdaq: UPWK), the world’s human
and AI-powered work marketplace, to enhance platform integrity and ensure a secure, trusted
environment for its global community of clients and freelancers.
The partnership reflects Upwork’s commitment to building the world’s most trusted work
marketplace. Incognia’s cross-device risk platform combines apartment-level location precision,
tamper detection, and device intelligence to give Upwork the signals it needs to strengthen
platform safety, support compliance, and make confident, real-time decisions.
“For more than two decades, Upwork has invested in building a marketplace where businesses
and independent professionals can work together with confidence,” said Chris Horne, senior
director, trust & safety investigations and intelligence at Upwork. “That means continuously
strengthening the systems that protect platform integrity and support compliant, high-quality
work. Our partnership with Incognia helps us do that more effectively at a global scale, while
keeping the experience seamless for our community.”
As technology has evolved, marketplaces require more durable signals to govern online and
remote work. Incognia’s technology helps Upwork connect digital identities to real-world
behavior, strengthening how activity on the platform is understood and managed. As a result,
Upwork can apply its policies more consistently while keeping day-to-day workflows
uninterrupted for its customers.
"Trust is paramount in today’s digital environment, and to ensure the safety of legitimate users,
platforms need modern signals that reflect how users actually operate in the real world,” said
André Ferraz, CEO and co-founder of Incognia. “Our partnership with Upwork shows how
leading marketplaces are adopting next-generation device and location intelligence to protect
their ecosystems at scale, while providing seamless experiences for users.”
This partnership comes on the heels of record growth for Incognia as enterprises move toward
sophisticated, location-aware solutions for risk mitigation. To learn more about how Incognia’s
technology is helping global companies maintain platform integrity with unmatched accuracy,
visit Incognia.com.
About Incognia
Incognia provides AI-powered cross-device risk intelligence for companies that rely on trusted
digital interactions. Its technology blends location behavior, device integrity, and behavioral
analysis to create a risk signal that cannot be faked at scale and shows whether a user is
trusted or risky. With real-time assessments and actionable data, Incognia helps organizations
stop repeat and large-scale fraud while reducing friction for legitimate
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