The Scale AI Mafia
Scale AI was founded by Alexandr Wang in 2016 to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence by providing high-quality training data to AI teams. Alex, a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a background in mathematics and computer science, saw an opportunity to streamline the data-labeling process for machine learning models. Drawing on his experience at tech companies like Quora and Hudson River Trading, he envisioned a scalable platform that could empower organizations to unlock the full potential of AI.
Today, Scale AI is led by CEO Alexandr Wang, whose technical expertise and visionary leadership have positioned the company as a pivotal player in the AI ecosystem. Under his guidance, Scale AI has partnered with leading enterprises, governments, and research institutions, enabling groundbreaking advancements in autonomous vehicles, natural language processing, and computer vision. Alex’s commitment to innovation and his deep understanding of AI’s transformative potential continue to drive Scale AI’s success in shaping the future of artificial intelligence.
The Scale AI Mafia
The Scale AI Mafia has founded 20 companies and raised $613M.
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List of all the amazing companies covered:
- Cognition
- Collaborative Robotics
- Secureframe
- Nooks
- Unify
- Modal Labs
- Hivemapper
- Beacon AI
- Kiva AI
- Arcus
- Sieve
- KINO
- Enterpret
- Makelog
- Ducky
- Studdy
- Traini
- Monterey AI
- Athena Intelligence
- Ambrook
Cognition
Founder: Steven Hao
Scale AI Role: Software Engineer
Capital Raised: $196M
Investors: Founders Fund
Stage: Series A
Cognition is an applied artificial intelligence lab that focuses on reasoning and code.
Collaborative Robotics
Founder: Brad Porter
Scale AI Role: Chief Technology Officer
Capital Raised: $140M
Investors: Sequoia Capital
Stage: Series B
Collaborative Robotics is building robots that help in indoor and outdoor tasks alongside humans.
Secureframe
Founder: Shrav Mehta
Scale AI Role: Marketing & Engineering
Capital Raised: $78.5M
Investors: Kleiner Perkins
Stage: Series B
Secureframe is a provider of security and compliance software services.
Nooks
Founder: Daniel Lee
Scale AI Role: Machine Learning Engineer
Capital Raised: $70M
Investors: Kleiner Perkins
Stage: Series B
Nooks is the fastest-growing AI dialing and prospecting platform, trusted by thousands of SDRs & AEs to cut out the busywork.
Unify
Founder: Connor Heggie
Scale AI Role: Machine Learning Research Engineer
Capital Raised: $29.9M
Investors: Thrive Capital
Stage: Series A
The world’s first warm outbound platform - book 25% more pipeline with half the effort.
Modal Labs
Founder: Akshat Bubna
Scale AI Role: Staff Software Engineer
Capital Raised: $23M
Investors: Redpoint
Stage: Series A
Modal develops machine learning software to help run code in the cloud.
Hivemapper
Founder: Evan Moss
Scale AI Role: 3D Data & Product Engineering
Capital Raised: $21M
Investors: Multicoin Capital
Stage: Series A
Hivemapper is a community-owned mapping network that creates unprecedented coverage, freshness, and quality.
Beacon AI
Founder: Matt Cox
Scale AI Role: Fed Lead
Capital Raised: $20M
Investors: Costanoa Ventures
Stage: Series A
Beacon AI builds pilot assistant technology, effectively R2-D2 for pilots. Beacon AI is building the future of flight safety for commercial, charter, and defence fleets.
Kiva AI
Founder: Ahmed Rashad
Scale AI Role: Head of Supply and Growth
Capital Raised: $7M
Investors: CoinFund
Stage: Seed
Kiva AI provides data solutions at scale for developing specialized AI applications.
Arcus
Founder: Arda Sahiner
Scale AI Role: Machine Learning Research Engineer Intern
Capital Raised: $4.8M
Investors: —
Stage: Seed
The Arcus Machine Intelligence Platform lets the user build complex, data-intensive AI workflows over your data, allowing them to run their critical business processes using the LLM and agent-based compound AI systems.
Sieve
Founder: Mokshith Voodarla
Scale AI Role: ML Research & Product
Capital Raised: $4.5M
Investors: Y Combinator
Stage: Seed
Sieve is an ML infrastructure company that provides easy to use APIs, infrastructure, and interfaces for video AI.
KINO
Founder: Kyle Sykes
Scale AI Role: Community Manager
Capital Raised: $4.4M
Investors: Sequoia Capital
Stage: Pre-Seed
KINO is a web3 film finance company that democratizes film and protects artists' rights.
Enterpret
Founder: Varun Sharma
Scale AI Role: Head of Enterprise Customer Operations - NLP & Emerging Verticals
Capital Raised: $4.3M
Investors: Kleiner Perkins
Stage: Seed
Enterpret analyzes customer feedback using AI and NLP, offering tailored insights for product growth.
Makelog
Founder: JJ N.
Scale AI Role: Enterprise Account Executive
Capital Raised: $3M
Investors: Accel
Stage: Seed
Makelog is a modern release communication platform for fast-moving product teams.
Ducky
Founder: Hongbo Tian
Scale AI Role: Machine Learning Research Engineer
Capital Raised: $2.7M
Investors: Penny Jar Capital
Stage: Pre-Seed
Ducky helps customer support teams perform well with AI-driven automation.
Studdy
Founder: Michael Lam
Scale AI Role: Partner Engineer
Capital Raised: $2.3M
Investors: Y Combinator
Stage: Pre-Seed
Studdy is an AI-based tutoring platform that assists students in learning various subjects in the school curriculum.
Traini
Founder: Pengcheng(Jason) Hong
Scale AI Role: Data Annotator
Capital Raised: $2M
Investors: FutureX Capital
Stage: Seed
Empathic AI To Serve Pets Well-being based on Vertical Large Action Model.
Monterey AI
Founder: Chun Jiang
Scale AI Role: Product
Capital Raised: —
Investors: Y Combinator
Stage: Seed
Monterey AI is a product development copilot that helps clients collect feedback and drive insights.
Athena Intelligence
Founder: Brendon Geils
Scale AI Role: Federal Solutions Engineer
Capital Raised: —
Investors: Village Global
Stage: Seed
Athena is an AI-native analytics platform and artificial employee built to accelerate enterprise analytics.
Ambrook
Founder: Jeff (Hilnbrand) Anders
Scale AI Role: Design Manager
Capital Raised: —
Investors: ---
Stage: Series A
Ambrook offers financial software to help farmers be profitable and sustainable.
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