A verified reputation identity

Your reputation is real.
Now put it on the record.

One verified identity. Every vouch signed by a real, ID-verified person, in their real name. Built once. Carried for the rest of your career.

If you're applying for your next role, your references are now your weakest link. Make them your strongest.

Government-issued ID Biometric face match One identity for life ID never stored on our servers
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Free to start. Verification powered by Stripe Identity. Your ID is never stored on our servers.

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Dispatches from the field

"About six months ago we interviewed a dev who seemed great. Passed all the tech assessments and behavioural interview. Had a resume with Google and Figma work history. We did a reference check and he got glowing reviews. We were close to an offer… So we started to do some more digging and contacted Google and Figma HR for employment verification. They had no record of him. We did the same for the guy he connected us with for the reference check. Same thing."

Mike Silagadze · CEO, ether.fi · April 2026 View on 𝕏 →

1 in 4

job applicants have lied about their references.

StandOut CV · 2024

1 in 4

candidate profiles worldwide will be fake by 2028.

Gartner · 2025

What anyone can verify

A profile that holds up under scrutiny.

Every vouch on the page is from a real, identity-verified person. Their name, their title, the company where you worked together, the dates you overlapped, and the words they're willing to vouch for.

Each name on the page is a profile of its own. Click through. See the person. Verify for yourself.

Claim Your Kandor ID →

Free to start. ~2 minutes to verify. ID never stored on our servers.

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Tim Hartwell
ID
Brooklyn, New York
Vouches
Identity Verified
Received 5Favorable · 0Unfavorable
Sent 3Favorable · 0Unfavorable
Work history
Senior Software Engineer
Lumina
2024 — Present
Software Engineer
Lumina
2021 — 2024
Software Engineer
Northfield Digital
2019 — 2021
Junior Software Engineer
Northfield Digital
2017 — 2019
Vouches
Sarah Okonkwo
ID
Favorable
VP Engineering · Former Manager
Lumina · 2024–Present
"Tim led the platform team's hardest infrastructure migration of the year. Measured under pressure, generous with credit, and consistently the clearest thinker in design reviews."
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Daniel Mercer
ID
Favorable
Staff Engineer · Former Teammate
Lumina · 2021–Present
"Rare combination of rigor and taste. He'd push back on my worst architecture proposals with exactly the right amount of force, and credit the team when anything shipped. Would work with him again the day he asked."
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Rebecca Voss
ID
Favorable
Engineering Manager · Former Skip-Level
Northfield Digital · 2019–2021
"Delivered what he promised, flagged what he couldn't, and never needed to be chased. The kind of engineer who makes cross-team work feel like an actual partnership instead of a negotiation."
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Priya Nair
ID
Favorable
Senior Engineer · Former Teammate
Lumina · 2022–2024
"Priya owned the hardest infrastructure work on the team and made it look routine. Gave her autonomy on the migration, and she returned it with cleaner systems than we had any right to ask for."
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Marcus Chen
ID
Favorable
Software Engineer · Former Teammate
Lumina · 2022–Present
"Marcus has the taste to know when an implementation is done and the discipline to stop there. Rare combination. Pushed back on my worst proposals, which I needed."
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James Whitmore
ID
Favorable
Engineering Manager · Former Manager
Northfield Digital · 2017–2019
"Tim joined my team as a junior. By the time he left, he'd shipped two platform migrations the rest of the team had stalled on. Calm under deadline pressure, honest about what was still broken at ship."
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How it works

Three steps. One credential you carry for the rest of your career.

I

Verify yourself once

Government-issued ID + biometric face match through Stripe Identity. ~2 minutes. We never store your ID. Stripe does. You get a Kandor ID number assigned to you for life.

II

Invite your vouches

Add the people who'll vouch for you: managers, colleagues, clients. Each one verifies their own identity before their words become part of your record. Signed in their real name.

III

Share it anywhere

Send a private link with every application, intro, or pitch. A verified record of real people, vouching for your work, that holds up under scrutiny.

Plans

Few options. One identity for life.

Free covers verification and being found by name. The paid tiers turn on your public profile, share links, and discoverability. No per-vouch fees. No paywalls mid-product.

Free

$0 / forever
  • Verified Identity
  • Kandor ID #
  • Send Vouches

Member

$12 / year
  • Verified Identity
  • Kandor ID #
  • Send Vouches
  • Receive Vouches
  • Private Share Links

Founding Member

$30 / 3 years
  • Verified Identity
  • Kandor ID #
  • Send Vouches
  • Receive Vouches
  • Private Share Links
  • Founding Member indicator on profile

Who you're trusting

Behind Kandor ID.

Alvi HancerliFounder

I spent 25 years building businesses where reputation moved every deal: real estate development, importing, retail, early-stage investing. Then I tried to build a game called SHIFTER and ran into the wall that made Kandor unavoidable. I needed a studio I could trust with the build, and I had no way to verify trust in anyone, regardless of how well-known they were.

Fame isn't trust. A polished website isn't trust. A warm intro isn't trust. Trust is a real, verified human putting their own name on yours.

I'm building Kandor because I needed it first.

Alvi Hancerli, founder of Kandor ID

Common questions

Honest answers to the hard ones.

What stops two scammers from verifying themselves and writing fake vouches for each other?

We can't prevent two real humans from lying together. No system can. What Kandor does is permanently attach their names to the lie, give every victim a permanent right to post the truth back, and flag the bad actors across every future interaction they'll ever have on the platform. That's stricter than any reference system that exists today.

What if a vouch on my profile is wrong or unfair?

Most vouches are favorable. Real-name accountability keeps people from publishing what they can't stand behind. For the rare case where a vouch is inaccurate or unfair, you have a 30-day window after submission to dispute it directly with the writer or request its withdrawal. If a vouch publishes that you disagree with, you have a permanent public right of reply directly underneath it, signed in your verified name and visible for the rest of your career.

Can I delete my Kandor ID later?

Your Kandor ID is yours for the rest of your career. The vouches you've given carry your verified name forever, because that's what makes them count. Deactivation can hide your own profile from search and from view, but the verified footprint of vouches you've sent is permanent: that permanence is what differentiates a Kandor ID vouch from other platforms.

Who actually sees my profile?

Two ways. Any verified Kandor ID member can search the directory by name and click through to your profile, just as you can theirs. Non-members reach your profile only through a share link you generate for a specific person. On either path, the vouches you've received become visible only after you upgrade to a Member or Founding plan. On Free, your profile shows but the vouches stay private. There is no way for anyone to view your vouches without you sharing a link or upgrading.

Before the bar moves

The reference call is dying. We're building what replaces it.

Claim your Kandor ID before someone else claims your name.

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Free to start. Verification powered by Stripe Identity. Your ID is never stored on our servers.

By 2028, one in four candidate profiles worldwide will be fake. Gartner · 2025