COLLECTORS
World-class strategic partnerships Dan asserts that Collectors is deliberate about its partnerships:“ Our philosophy is to partner for world-class capabilities that aren’ t unique to us – identity, cloud infrastructure, foundation models – so our engineers can focus 100 % on what only Collectors can do: grading, expertise, our data and the great collector experience.”
Highlighting just how critical partnerships are to the company, Dan contends that“ nobody wins alone anymore, especially in AI where the landscape shifts every quarter”. He notes that, with a partner, the company gets a world-class capability on day one – and can then build innovation on top.“ For us,” Dan goes on,“ trust is the entire brand”. The tech chief highlights that Collectors partner Descope powers identity across all its platforms.
“ Descope helps us on three fronts,” he says.“ First, friction. Collectors shouldn’ t need a password to engage with their passion. Descope powers modern password-less authentication across our brands. So, signing in is fast and seamless, and we’ re looking to leverage a lot of those features soon.
“ Secondly, defence. We’ re a high value target. Accounts are connected to valuable collections and transactions. Descope gives us risk signals and controls to detect and stop account takeover and impersonation attempts before they reach customers. Having that layer in place matters enormously.
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