https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/09/clearview_founder_exceo_ousted/
Clearview AI has booted founder and former CEO Hoan Ton-That from its board, just weeks after he stepped down as president. Hoan Ton-That confirmed his removal, which Forbes reported was the result of a Tuesday shareholder vote, to The Register on Wednesday. … After stepping down as CEO last December, apparently amid a struggle to bag major government contracts, Ton-That transitioned into the role of president, only to resign from that post in February. He resurfaced shortly after as CTO of Architect Capital, an investor known for backing high-risk ventures. With his board seat now gone, Ton-That has no official ties left to the surveillance outfit he co-founded in 2017. Ton-That’s severance from Clearview comes after years of public-relations disasters for the biz, which has been under scrutiny since its existence became public knowledge in 2020. Clearview built a massive AI-powered facial-recognition database by scraping billions of publicly available images from across the internet, often without explicit consent. It was, and still is used, by law enforcement in some parts of the US, at least. …
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