Sepal AI
YC S24 · Acquired · Data Development for Advanced AI
Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 CoArenaShared: data labeling, reinforcement learning, aiopsActiveAI, Data, Devtools | AI, Data, Devtools | Active | YCS26 |
 Ooak DataShared: training data, reinforcement learning, turnActiveAI | AI | Active | YCS26 |
 CartpoleShared: data labeling, reinforcement learning, trainingActiveAI, Data | AI, Data | Active | YCX25 |
 MarkovShared: data labeling, reinforcement learning, datasetActiveAI, Data, Devtools | AI, Data, Devtools | Active | YCS26 |
 hillclimbShared: training data, reinforcement learning, labsActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCF25 |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 DatoricShared: training data, data labeling, datasetActiveAI, Data | AI, Data | Active | YCS26 |
 SureformShared: data labeling, advance, datasetActiveAI, Data | AI, Data | Active | YCX25 |
 idlerShared: data research, reinforcement learning, labsActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active | YCS25 |
 Perit.AIShared: data labeling, labsActiveAI, Data | AI, Data | Active | YCF26 |
 Besimple AIShared: data labeling, aiops, humanActiveAI, Data | AI, Data | Active | YCX25 |
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|---|---|---|
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 HyrexThe COLD Task FrameworkActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active |
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 PipeshiftUltra-low latency inference cloud for real-time workloadsActiveAI, Devtools | AI, Devtools | Active |
Founders
- Robi LinFounder
- Kat HuFounder
About Sepal AI
Sepal is a data research company on a mission to advance human knowledge and capabilities through safe AI. We partner with the world’s leading AI labs and enterprises to help their models get better at the tasks people actually want them to do. We’ve built a Cloud-Native Agent Dataset Factory which turns the process of generating evaluation and training data from manual, inconsistent, and labor-intensive into something automated, standardized, and scalable. Sepal AI was founded in 2024 by engineers and operators from Vercel and Turing. We went through Y Combinator, raised several million dollars from leading investors, and already count multiple Fortune 500s and top AI research labs as paying customers.
- YC batch
- S24 · Summer 2024
- Status, per YC
- Acquired
- Category
- AI, Data
- Team size
- 15
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Founded
- 2024
- Checked
- 34m ago
YC tags: AIOps, Reinforcement Learning, Data Labeling, AI
Sepal AI: questions
Which YC batch was Sepal AI in?
Sepal AI was in Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch (S24).
Is Sepal AI still active?
Y Combinator lists Sepal AI as acquired.
Who founded Sepal AI?
Sepal AI's founders, as listed on its YC page: Robi Lin (Founder), Kat Hu (Founder).
Where is Sepal AI based?
Sepal AI lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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