New wave · Worldwide
New AI training data startups, founded 2020 on
The new wave: 13 AI training data startups founded in 2020 or later that have raised money in rounds we track, $46M between them, placed in 3 segments.
Funding by segment
- Expert and human feedback$24M5
- Synthetic data$7.5M4
- Labeling platforms$15M4
Where they are based
- United States6$29M
- United Kingdom2$4.2M
- Switzerland1$8.5M
- Uzbekistan1$3.0M
- Netherlands1$378K
- Spain1$109K
- Poland1$1.5M
United States
United Kingdom
Switzerland
Uzbekistan
Netherlands
Spain
PolandFounded
Total raised
- Under $1M3
- $1M to $10M10
- $10M to $50M0
- $50M to $250M0
- $250M to $1B0
- $1B and over0
Each dot is a startup: the year it was founded across, the total it has raised up (each line is ten times the one below). Pick a segment to pick it out.
13 of 13 startups shown; the rest have no founding year or amount on record.
- 1 to 2
- 3 to 7
- 8 to 24
- 25 to 99
- 100 and more
- United States6
- United Kingdom2
- Switzerland1
- Uzbekistan1
- Netherlands1
- Spain1
- Poland1
Startups by country, 7 countries in all.
Segment by segment
Expert and human feedback
5 startups · $24M raised
RapidataRapidata is a Zurich-based AI infrastructure company that offers a scalable, on-demand data labeling platform.Switzerland$8.5M
Origin LabOrigin Lab is a technology company based in California that specializes in providing premium, rights-cleared multimodal training dUnited States$8.0M
Pareto AIPareto.AI is a data research partner that specializes in human-centered data collection and expert annotation services for AI companies.United States$4.5M
Poindexter LabsPoindexter Labs is a London-based AI data company that specializes in generating expert-created STEM training data for frontier AI models.United Kingdom$2.7M
FixpointFixpoint helps AI training data companies hire the expert humans that create AI training data.United States$500K
Synthetic data
4 startups · $7.5M raised
SecludyPrivacy-guaranteed synthetic data for training AI modelsUnited States$4.0M
zypl.aiTrusted by financial institutions and credit bureaus in over 13 countries, zypl.ai delivers next-gen precision to credit underwritUzbekistan$3.0M
BlueGen.aiBlueGen.ai is a Dutch technology company founded in 2022, specializing in an AI-based synthetic data generation platform.Netherlands$378K
Dedomena AIDedomena.AI is a technology company based in Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Madrid, Spain, specializing in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Science.Spain$109K
Labeling platforms
4 startups · $15M raised
SapienSapien, also known as Sapien AI Corp., is a decentralized data foundry and Web3 data labeling platform founded in 2023 in San Francisco.United States$8.7M
besimple AIBesimple AI is a software company founded in 2025 and backed by Y Combinator.United States$3.0M
EpinoteEpinote is Warsaw-based annotation boutique that provides high quality data annotation and collection services.Poland$1.5M
Aya DataAya Data is a UK-Ghana-based artificial intelligence and data services company founded in 2021 by Freddie Monk and Ama Larbi-Siaw.United Kingdom$1.5M
How this map is made. Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track, and was founded in 2020 or later. It joins the map when its sectors, read from its rounds, or the opening of its own description say it works in AI training data, and goes to the first segment whose words it carries. Each segment shows its best-funded first. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
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