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Training data

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Record	What it is	Place	Links	Confidence
EncordCompanies	Makes software that AI teams use to organise, label and check the images, video, sensor and text data used to train models, with a focus on robots and vehicles. Profile Founders Ulrik Stig Hansen — co-founder and co-CEO (earlier at J.P. Morgan, Emerging Markets; MS Computer Science, Imperial College London); Eric Landau — co-founder and co-CEO Chief executive Ulrik Stig Hansen and Eric Landau — co-CEOs — from null Hq London (England: London) and San Francisco — company says it is hiring "in both locations" Other offices San Francisco (Outside the UK) — opened in 2024 What it does A data platform for teams building AI models. It helps them store, sort, label and check images, video, sensor and other data, with growing work in training data for robots ("physical AI"). Products Encord Index (data curation) — by 2024; Encord Data Agents — 2024; SAM 2 support (within 48 hours of Meta's release) — 2024-07; EMG-1 open dataset (300+ hours of muscle-signal recordings with first-person video, with Wearable Devices) — 2026 (exact date not printed); Encord Data Labs (physical AI research division) — 2026 Customers named Woven by Toyota, Skydio, Synthesia — https://encord.com/blog/encord-announces-60-million-series-c/; AXA, Voxel, Stanford Medicine, Tractable, Dyna, UiPath, Zipline, Path Robotics, Forterra, Hudl, Weave Robotics (logo strip) — https://encord.com/about-us/; Philips, Flawless AI — https://encord.com/blog/recap-2024/ Partnerships Wearable Devices — EMG-1 dataset — 2026 (from press-page listing only) Usage or revenue as published "300+ of the best AI teams in the world use Encord"; platform data grew from 1 petabyte to over 5 petabytes in twelve months; revenue from physical AI customers up 10x — 2026-02-26 — https://encord.com/blog/encord-announces-60-million-series-c/ Funding total as published 110m USD — as of 2026-02-26 — https://encord.com/blog/encord-announces-60-million-series-c/; https://encord.com/about-us/ (two primary pages) Rounds found 2024 — Series B — 32m USD — null — null; 2026-02-26 — Series C — 60m USD — Wellington Management — Y Combinator, CRV, N47, Crane Venture Partners, Bright Pixel, Isomer Capital (already DEAL-SW-006). Investors also listed on site: Harpoon, WndrCo Open source EMG-1 open dataset (no download figures published) Status now Active; London and San Francisco AI data platform that raised a 60m USD Series C in February 2026 and is moving into robotics training data. Confidence verified (funding total, two primary pages); Series B single_source Round 6 deep profile (30 Oct 2026), as the researchers wrote it; sources are listed in the record panel.	London (EC2A 4NE)	Companies House · bolsamania.com/nota-de-prensa/mercados/encord-se · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · tech.eu/2026/10/15/ai-europes-10-most-funded-com	verified
Human NativeCompanies	A marketplace where owners of text, images and video license their content as training data to AI developers. acquired	London (SE1 7PB)	Companies House · businesscloud.co.uk/news/65bn-cloudflare-makes-s · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.	verified
Human Native AICompanies	Marketplace where AI developers license content from rights holders to train their models. acquired	London (SE1 7PB )	Companies House · uktech.news/ai/human-native-ai-funding-20240604 · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.	verified
Poindexter LabsCompanies	Produces expert-level training data for advanced AI models, using subject-matter experts on its own platform.	Sunningdale (registered office, SL5 0LD )	Companies House · tech.eu/2026/06/02/poindexter-labs-raises-ps2m-t · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.	verified