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Lightly

Active · Help ML teams label the right data

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Why it ranks

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10signal of 100 · rising 2
  • team of 5Team size · YC's directory+4
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4
  • hiringHiring · Titles (titles.fru.dev), YC+2

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Competitors

AISpadeShared: data labeling, machine learning, modelYC W22New York CityStartup →AIShofoShared: data labeling, datasetYC W26San FranciscoStartup →AICollinear AIShared: improve modelPlug and PlayUnited StatesStartup →
Companies closest to Lightly
Company
SpadeShared: data labeling, machine learning, modelYC W22ActiveAI, Data
ShofoShared: data labeling, datasetYC W26ActiveAI, Data, Devtools
Collinear AIShared: improve modelPlug and Play Not statedAI

Adjacent

AISupaShared: label, dataset500 Global 2016MalaysiaStartup →AIDatoricShared: data labeling, machine learning, datasetYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AICoArenaShared: data labeling, machine learning, sameYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AIEpsilabShared: data labeling, machine learning, modelYC F26San FranciscoStartup →AISherpa LabsShared: data labelingYC W25San FranciscoStartup →
Companies next to Lightly
Company
SupaShared: label, dataset500 Global 2016Not statedAI
DatoricShared: data labeling, machine learning, datasetYC S26ActiveAI, Data
CoArenaShared: data labeling, machine learning, sameYC S26ActiveAI, Data, Devtools
EpsilabShared: data labeling, machine learning, modelYC F26ActiveAI, Data
Sherpa LabsShared: data labelingYC W25ActiveAI, Data

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About Lightly

When ML teams send their data to companies like Scale.ai for labeling, most can only afford to label 1% or less of their datasets. But today they don’t have a good way to pick which 1% to label. We help them pick the best 1% of their data to label. By labeling the most representative data, they significantly improve model accuracy at the same cost.

YC batch
S21 · Summer 2021
Status, per YC
Active
Category
AI, Data, Developer tools
Team size
5
Location
Zürich, ZH, Switzerland
Checked
6h ago

YC tags: Machine Learning, Data Labeling

Lightly in S21: 391 companies, 34% AI

Lightly: questions

Which YC batch was Lightly in?

Lightly was in Y Combinator's Summer 2021 batch (S21).

Is Lightly still active?

Y Combinator lists Lightly as active.

Where is Lightly based?

Lightly lists Zürich, ZH, Switzerland as its location on YC's directory.