# Razvan Costache

Canonical website: https://www.razvancostache.com/

AI strategy, product innovation and digital safety. Based in Bucharest, working globally.

## About

I started in a newsroom at twenty and moved into technology with the same instinct: understand what is changing, find the human story, and make the complex clear.

Today I lead consumer innovation at Bitdefender, after more than thirteen years with the company and eighteen years bringing digital products to market. I also serve on the advisory board of the Global Anti-Scam Alliance.

I believe Romania can do more than deliver world-class technical talent. It can build and export world-class products—and keep more of that ambition close to home.

## Working philosophy

Technology matters when it changes something for people.

## Articles

- [Where to start AI transformation in a company with 20 years of legacy systems](https://www.razvancostache.com/articles/where-to-start-ai-transformation-in-a-company-with-20-years-of-legacy-systems/) — Start with the people, the unwritten rules and one real workflow. Lessons from digital transformation, rapid prototyping and the security of AI agents.

## Cybersecurity work

### Scamio

Turning signals into protection.

Scamio detects and explains suspicious calls, messages, links, images and QR codes—helping people make safer choices online.

### Deepfake detection

Making manipulation easier to see.

Practical detection experiences that help people question synthetic media without asking them to become forensic experts.

### Consumer protection

Protection built around real life.

New ways to protect identity, privacy and attention as online threats move beyond devices and into everyday conversations.

### Scam intelligence & collaboration

Connecting insight to action.

Bringing research, products and international partners together to understand and disrupt scam ecosystems at greater scale.

### More work

The next useful thing.

Ongoing experiments at the intersection of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, product design and human behaviour.

## Independent builds

- [Klio AI](https://klio.chat) — knowledge work
- [digitalparents.xyz](https://digitalparents.xyz) — safer digital childhoods

## Selected conversations

- [How modern cyber scams are evolving](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhyVtuYxRU8&t=52s)

- [Leveraging AI in Cybersecurity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqBcZ55-iOM&list=PLF0Iv0jqIIow)

- [Agentic AI & cybersecurity](https://underline.vc/agentic-ai-cybersecurity) — Underline Ventures

- [Trusted Channels, Hidden Threats](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qd0ko5O3Ws) — Global Anti-Scam Summit

## Official profiles

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rcostache)

- [X](https://x.com/razvancostache)

- [GitHub](https://github.com/rcostache230)

## Contact

For speaking, advisory, media and collaboration: [razvancostache@gmail.com](mailto:razvancostache@gmail.com).