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Reuters

Scale AI competitor Micro1 raising funds at $500 million valuation, sources say

Scale AI Competitor Micro1 is Finalizing a Series A Round Valuing the Startup at $500 Million

Micro1 provides data labeling services to artificial intelligence labs, a sector that has grown tremendously in recent years as high-quality, human-generated datasets have become more important in training advanced AI systems. Micro1 has capitalized on this trend by building an AI-powered recruitment engine enabling AI labs to target specialized experts instead of large pools of low-wage labor.

Artificial Intelligence, Start Ups

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