Appen
Appen Limited is a data solutions company that specializes in providing services for machine learning and artificial intelligence applications. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Chatswood, Australia, the company serves a diverse clientele, including technology firms, auto manufacturers, and government agencies across Australia, the United States, and internationally. Appen operates through two primary divisions: Relevance and Speech and Image. The Relevance division focuses on delivering annotated data for search technologies used in web, e-commerce, and social media applications, enhancing the accuracy and relevance of search engines. Meanwhile, the Speech and Image division offers annotated data for speech recognition, natural language processing, and image recognition technologies. Additionally, Appen provides a moderation platform for social media content. With a strong emphasis on tailored solutions, Appen addresses complex language resource needs and supports clients in launching language technologies across various specialized fields. The company's revenue primarily comes from its global services segment, which utilizes clients' data annotation platforms for large-scale deep learning projects.
Mindtech Global
Venture Round in 2022
Mindtech operates a Data Ops Platform that significantly streamlines the process of collecting and curating training data for artificial intelligence applications in computer vision. The platform utilizes advanced automation and Mindtech's proprietary Configurable DNA technology to serve a variety of industries, including smart cities, retail, healthcare, manufacturing, and robotics. By analyzing existing training data, the platform can automatically generate new synthetic training data, complete with pixel-accurate annotations tailored to the customer's deployment environment. This approach not only enhances the quality and fidelity of the training images but also ensures that clients can efficiently develop high-performance, production-ready AI models. Mindtech's solution is designed to be fast, flexible, and repeatable, addressing the growing demand for effective AI systems that can understand and predict human interactions across diverse applications.
Quadrant
Acquisition in 2021
Quadrant provides an online platform that helps users to find charts and share economic data in a faster and more convenient way. Its platform helps financial professionals to find desired data within a short span of time from a huge database of indicators. It also makes it simple to visualize, compare, export and share this data according to their need.
Figure Eight
Acquisition in 2019
Figure Eight Inc. is a developer of a human-in-the-loop machine learning platform that specializes in creating customized, high-quality training data for various applications. Founded in 2007 and based in San Francisco, the platform transforms text, image, audio, and video data to support a wide range of use cases, including autonomous vehicles, natural language processing, intelligent chatbots, and computer vision. It employs machine learning-assisted annotation solutions to produce training data at enterprise scale, having generated over 10 billion training data labels to power real-world AI applications. Figure Eight serves diverse industries such as automotive, healthcare, finance, and technology, facilitating tasks like video object tracking, sentiment analysis, and document transcription. The platform's capabilities enable data science teams to enhance the performance of their models in practical scenarios.
Leapforce
Acquisition in 2017
Leapforce, Inc. is a managed information evaluation service provider founded in 2008 and headquartered in Pleasanton, California. The company specializes in search relevance, offering comprehensive program management and human-based evaluations for search engine testing and information retrieval. Leapforce's services include the development and annotation of datasets across various media types, such as text, images, video, and mapping, catering to clients in over 35 countries and supporting more than 28 languages and locales. By leveraging a team of experienced evaluators and engineers, Leapforce enables its clients to enhance their products and services through improved machine learning capabilities. In December 2017, Leapforce became a subsidiary of Appen Limited.
Mendip Media Group
Acquisition in 2016
Mendip Media Group Limited, based in Exeter, United Kingdom, specializes in transcription and digital dictation services for public and private sectors both domestically and internationally. Founded in 1992, the company offers a range of services including transcription and summarization for audio, video, and digital recordings. Its clientele includes police forces, government agencies, solicitors, councils, and prisons, as well as support for court transcripts, on-site recordings, and litigation services. Mendip Media Group has expanded its operations through contracts with notable organizations such as the United Nations and the Ministry of Justice. Additionally, the company provides services at various security levels, encompassing audio editing, equipment hiring, and video search engine optimization.
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