Veritas protects luxury brands with custom microchips that verify authenticity and enable connected post-purchase experiences. Watch the founders show how a chip can prove an item is the real thing and give brands a new way to connect with customers after the sale, in their six-minute pitch from the Startup Battlefield Top 20.
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