micro1
Series ARaised Since FeaturedThe AI platform for human intelligence
AI-powered platform that converts human expertise into structured datasets and connects companies with top-tier engineering talent worldwide.
About
micro1 is the talent and data infrastructure for AGI, partnering with leading AI labs and enterprises to build human-generated datasets for AI training and evaluation. Founded by UC Berkeley alumnus Ali Ansari while still a sophomore, the company started as a software development agency before pivoting to an AI screening tool that vets engineering talent within 48 hours. The platform has since expanded into three core products: Data Engine, which enables domain experts to create and deliver complex datasets for AI model training; Zara, an AI recruiter agent that sources and vets specialized talent globally; and Intelligence, which provides reinforcement learning environments and expert-built datasets including robotics data and model evaluation tools. With ARR surging from $7M to over $100M in under two years and a team of 326 employees, micro1 has established itself as a formidable competitor to Scale AI in the data labeling and AI talent space. The company is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and backed by investors including Microsoft, which is both an investor and customer.
DailyDropout Take
We featured micro1 in December 2023 when it was a seed-stage AI recruiting platform. Since then, the company has raised a $35M Series A at a $500M valuation, expanded from talent vetting into full AI data infrastructure, and crossed $100M in ARR — a textbook DailyDropout early-stage pick that delivered outsized growth.
Discovery signal: Newsletter coverage of AI-powered recruiting platforms disrupting traditional talent vetting.
What Makes Them Unique
Uniquely combines AI talent recruitment with human-generated dataset creation, creating a flywheel where vetted experts both fill engineering roles and produce high-quality training data for AI labs.
$100M+
ARR
$500M
Valuation
~326
Team Size
$41.6M
Total Raised
Target Markets
Founders
micro1 is hiring!
Team size: ~326
Funding History
Lead:
Valuation: $500M
Lead: 01 Advisors