micro1 is the talent and data infrastructure for AGI. We partner with leading AI labs and enterprises to vet human intelligence, curate world-class teams, and transform their expertise into the highest-quality AI training data.
Products:
1. Data engine: End-to-end human data platform turning human intelligence into high-quality datasets that drive frontier models.
2. Zara: AI recruiter agent that sources, vets, and qualifies world-class talent with unprecedented speed and precision.
3. Intelligence: Accelerate model capability with real-world RL environments and expert-built datasets ready to train on.
Products:
1. Data engine: End-to-end human data platform turning human intelligence into high-quality datasets that drive frontier models.
2. Zara: AI recruiter agent that sources, vets, and qualifies world-class talent with unprecedented speed and precision.
3. Intelligence: Accelerate model capability with real-world RL environments and expert-built datasets ready to train on.
Location: United States, California, Palo Alto
Employees: 11-50
Phone: +63 915 642 4958
Total raised: $36.89M
Valuation: $500M
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
| 30.05.2025 | David Haus... | davidhause... |
| - | Dream Vent... | dreamventu... |
| 23.08.2026 | The Ventur... | thevrfund.... |
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 22.09.2025 | Series A | $35M | 01a |
| 20.10.2023 | - | $1.3M | - |
| 06.08.2022 | Pre-Seed | $588.4K | - |
Mentions in press and media 18
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| 21.08.2026 | Стартап по разметке датасетов Micro1 нарастил выручку в 5 раз меньше чем за год из-за спроса на данные | Американский стартап Micro1, занимающийся разметкой и генерацией данных для обучения ИИ-моделей, за последние восемь месяцев увеличил валовую годовую выручку (ARR) со $100 млн до $500 млн. Об этом со ссылкой на источник, знакомый с финансов... |
| 20.08.2026 | AI startup Micro1 wants to challenge Google's winning bid for Spirit Airlines data with a higher offer | Another AI company wants to get its hands on Spirit Airlines' data. Ali Ansari, 25, the founder and CEO of Micro1, a startup that helps train AI models, told Business Insider that his firm is making a "materially higher" offer for... |
| 16.07.2026 | A Red Bull engineer got bored with Formula One. His robotics startup just raised $55 million. | A former Formula One engineer left the world's fastest race cars to tackle a much bigger engineering challenge: teaching robots to work in factories. Now, his Munich-based startup, microagi, has raised $55 million in the largest seed round ... |
| 17.06.2026 | One of legal's hottest startups is helping lawyers finally answer: Is the AI's work any good? | Legal technology wants its vibe-coding moment. But first, it has to prove the tools can think like a lawyer. Taking up the task is Crosby, a startup-meets-law-firm that sells basic legal services to companies, including Cursor and Rogo. On ... |
| 04.06.2026 | Silicon Valley’s humanoid robots are learning how to do your job — in the kitchen | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Nilesh Christopher, Los Angeles Times Fernando Flores can spend eight hours a day pouring the same cup of coffee. He is not a barista. He’s a robot puppeteer, trying to train humanoids. He manip... |
| 19.12.2025 | 34-year-old entrepreneur earns $200 an hour from side gig training AI models: ‘Intellectual curiosity drew me in’ | Utkarsh Amitabh says he definitely wasn’t in the market for a new job in January 2025, when data labeling startup micro1 approached him about joining its network of human experts who help companies train artificial intelligence models. The ... |
| 24.09.2025 | Micro1 Secures $35M Series A. Human Intelligence Fuels AI Breakthroughs. | Micro1 secured $35M in Series A funding, pushing its valuation to $500M. The company empowers AI by linking frontier labs with human intelligence. Its AI recruiter, Zara, finds top experts: doctors, PhDs, professors. Their specialized knowl... |
| 22.09.2025 | micro1: $35 Million Series A Raised At $500 Million Valuation For Talent And Data Platform | micro1 is an innovative platform designed to connect artificial intelligence companies with some of the world’s leading experts. This collaboration aims to improve the intelligence of large language models, commonly referred to as LLMs. Rec... |
| 12.09.2025 | MICRO1 RAISES $35M SERIES A AS DEMAND GROWS FOR HUMAN INTELLIGENCE IN AI | Now Valued at $500M, micro1 Has Added Top AI Labs, Fortune 10 Clients, and Reached a $50M Annual Run Rate, With 40% Month-Over-Month Growth Human brilliance is needed more than ever. The way models now learn is through net new human data. m... |
| 29.07.2025 | Scale AI competitor Micro1 raising funds at $500 million valuation | Synopsis Micro1, a data labelling startup, is closing a funding round valuing it at $500 million. With strong revenue growth and new investors, itâs gaining ground as rival Scale AI loses clients like Google and OpenAI after its CEO joine... |
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