Benchmark Scores Are the New SOC2

Delve faked compliance certificates for 494 companies. Now agents are faking benchmark scores. Same pattern, new layer. The only thing that catches both is behavioral telemetry. In early 2026, Y Combinator removed Delve — a compliance startup that had fabricated SOC2 reports for 494 companies. Not "rushed the process." Not "cut corners." Fabricated them. 493 of the 494 reports contained identical boilerplate text. Every one of those companies passed declarative compliance checks. The checks...