Swiss tech newcomer SmartStamp sets an impressive new standard in authentication and brand protection for the art world. With technology that is as easy as taking a picture with a mobile, it delivers contactless authentication and ID for artworks — providing security for all stakeholders in the art and collectibles market. It is available as an App and API for both retail and enterprise users. With their state-of-the-art technology, protecting artworks for eternity is as simple as taking a picture.

SmartStamp uses computer vision and AI, secured with eco-friendly blockchain timestamping technology, to create immutable, digital fingerprints of objects of art in order to verify their authenticity. Founded by the prominent art collector and serial entrepreneur Friedrich Kisters and the former New York museum curator and collections specialist Juli Cho Bailer, SmartStamp’s highly experienced team combines over 75 years of experience in fine art management and a team of world-class developers.

SmartStamp was developed specifically for the international art market using blockchain and patented identification and traceability technologies that were developed over 10 years with the cooperation of two German universities for use in the multi-trillion industrial supply chain and the $2 trillion art and collectibles asset class.