VENOM
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Protection for AI‑era scraping

Striking Back

VENOM detects, enforces, and rate‑limits against AI crawlers that ignore stated preferences — while keeping real users fast and unblocked.

  • Zero‑code edge
    Drop‑in at CDN / proxy
  • Bot precision
    Multi‑signal fingerprinting + policies
  • Human‑first
    Latency budget preserved
  • Opt‑out enforcement
    Respects stated preferences

Why VENOM

AI crawlers are harvesting your content and models without consent or compensation. VENOM gives you control. Define who can crawl, how fast, and what they see — including opt‑out enforcement that respects stated preferences.

How it works

Fingerprint, decide, and enforce at the edge — fast, precise, and configurable.

1

Fingerprint

Combine headers, TLS, behavior, and IP intel to identify AI crawlers and stealth clients.

2

Decide

Policy engine selects allow, rate‑limit, block, or protective response per agent and path.

3

Enforce

Apply at CDN/proxy so bots are stopped before they touch your app or APIs.

Join the movement

Publish your preferences (robots.txt / ai.txt). Together, sites using Venom can help detect and challenge model training that ignores stated opt‑outs.

Features

Controls that meet crawlers where they are — and keep humans first.

Blocklists & heuristics

Known AI crawlers, rotating UAs, and stealth patterns updated continuously.

Rate limiting

Adaptive token buckets by agent, path, or account to protect resources.

Protective responses

Opt‑out enforcement and watermarking to discourage unauthorized reuse.

Edge‑native

Runs at CDN or reverse proxy to stop bots before they touch your app.

Ready to protect your content?

Start with VENOM at the edge. Keep humans first — and unwanted AI crawlers out.

Contact

Open an issue in the repository with your use case or reach out via the organization profile.