This startup is betting India's gig economy can train the world's robots
The startup says combining video with tactile and sensor data will create more valuable robot-training datasets.
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This startup is betting India's gig economy can train the world's robots
Human Archive, a startup founded by Berkeley and Stanford researchers, is paying gig workers in India to wear camera-equipped caps and sensor devices to collect the real-world physical training data that AI and robotics labs are racing to acquire.
The startup Human Archive has raised $8.2 million for technology to collect videos from employees through cameras on their heads and hands to train artificial intelligence. The company was backed by investors from OpenAI, Nvidia, Google and Meta.
In order to train tomorrow's robots, we must first film the gestures of today's workers. It's the bold bet of Human Archive, a Californian startup founded by four students from Berkeley and Stanford universities. His idea: equip delivery agents, maintenance agents and restaurant employees with cap-cameras to capture videos in view of the ... Read more The article Human Archive raises $8.2 million to collect robotic training data via on-demand wo…
Human Archive lands $8.2M for robot training data amid India privacy probe
India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is examining the consent and data collection practices of startups that record home-service workers and sell the footage to robotics labs. The probe comes weeks after Human Archive, a startup founded by four UC Berkeley and Stanford researchers, announced $8.2 million in seed funding to scale exactly that kind of operation across India. The leading organizations in the funding round incl…
AI training data provider Human Archive raises $8.2M
Artificial intelligence training data provider Human Archive Inc. today announced that it has raised $8.2 million in funding. Wing Venture Capital, NVP Capital, Y Combinator headlined the consortium that provided the capital. The funds were joined by employees at Nvidia Corp., OpenAI Group PBC, Google LLC and other major players in the AI market. AI […] The post AI training data provider Human Archive raises $8.2M appeared first on SiliconANGLE.
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