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    BeSimple

    To build the data layer for AI, starting with audio, and provide the infrastructure for teams to spin up a Scale AI in 60 seconds.

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    At a Glance

    1Tool Listed
    2Products
    5Capabilities
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    Redwood City, CAHeadquarters
    2025Est.
    6Employees
    $3.5MRaised
    Focus Areas
    AI Coding Assistants
    Autonomous Systems
    Code Review
    Connect
    Latest News
    Announcing our $3M seed round - Besimple AIFeb 11, 2026
    Ex-Meta engineers raise $3M for Besimple AI, an audio data labelling platform for AI trainingFeb 11, 2026
    Markets
    • AI Labs
    • Enterprise Tech Companies
    • Audio/Voice AI Startups
    • Multimodal AI Researchers

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    Latest News

    02/11/2026

    Announcing our $3M seed round - Besimple AI

    besimple.ai
    02/11/2026

    Ex-Meta engineers raise $3M for Besimple AI, an audio data labelling platform for AI training

    app.dealroom.co
    07/11/2025

    Besimple AI raises $500K pre-seed funding round

    linkedin.com
    06/01/2025

    Besimple AI joins Y Combinator Summer 2025 Batch

    ycombinator.com

    Products & Services

    2
    Besimple AI Platform
    2025

    A specialized audio data annotation infrastructure designed to help teams spin up their own data labeling platform in 60 seconds.

    Licensed Audio Data
    2025

    Provision of high-quality, vetted audio data and expert annotation services for training voice AI models.

    Market Position

    Positions itself as a faster, more specialized alternative to Scale AI, specifically optimized for audio and multimodal data with a setup time of just 60 seconds.

    Leadership

    Founders

    YZ

    Yi Zhong

    MIT graduate; former Product Manager at Meta where she helped build the annotation platform for Meta's Llama models; Co-founder of Charlemagne Labs (AI-native defense).

    BW

    Bill Wang

    Brown University graduate (Computer Science and Applied Math); former Software Engineer at Meta who built the core annotation platform behind Meta's Llama models.

    Executive Team

    YZ

    Yi Zhong

    Co-founder & CEO

    Expert in AI product management and human-in-the-loop data operations; former PM at Meta.

    BW

    Bill Wang

    Co-founder & CTO

    Experienced software engineer specializing in AI infrastructure and data labeling platforms; former Meta engineer.

    Board of Directors

    YZ
    Yi Zhong
    CEO & Co-founder
    BW
    Bill Wang
    CTO & Co-founder

    Founding Story

    Founded by Bill Wang and Yi Zhong, who previously built the annotation platform for Meta's Llama models. They realized the difficulty of scaling data operations and sought to make it simple for other AI labs.

    Business Model

    Revenue
    $440,000 ARR reported as of late 2025.

    Revenue Model

    Subscription-based model with potential usage-based components for API/data services.

    Pricing Tiers

    Free Tier
    Free

    Allows users to try out the platform with limited features.

    Subscription Plans
    Varies

    Paid tiers for enterprise use with a 30% launch discount mentioned.

    Private

    Target Markets

    Industries & Segments
    • AI Labs
    • Enterprise Tech Companies
    • Audio/Voice AI Startups
    • Multimodal AI Researchers
    Use Cases
    • Voice AI model training
    • Multimodal LLM evaluation
    • AI agent data labeling
    • Speech-to-text accuracy improvement
    Notable Customers
    • Meta
    • Various AI Labs

    Quick Facts

    Headquarters
    Redwood City, CA
    Founded
    2025
    Entity Type
    Inc.
    Employees
    6
    Total Funding
    $3.5 million
    Investors
    Y Combinator, Surgepoint Capital
    Office Locations
    Redwood City

    Funding History

    Pre-seed$500,000
    July 11, 2025
    Y Combinator
    Seed$3,000,000
    February 11, 2026
    Y Combinator

    History & Milestones

    February 11, 2026

    Announced $3,000,000 Seed Round to build the data layer for AI, starting with audio.

    May 2025

    Company founded by Yi Zhong and Bill Wang in Redwood City, CA.

    June 2025

    Joined Y Combinator as part of the Summer 2025 (S25) batch.

    July 11, 2025

    Closed $500,000 pre-seed funding round.

    Late 2025

    Reached $440,000 in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR).

    Key Capabilities

    5
    60-second platform setup
    Specialized audio data annotation
    Expert human-in-the-loop verification
    Vetted voice actor network
    Multi-modal model support

    Integrations & Partnerships

    Platform Integrations

    • Cloud-based API
    • Web Platform

    Key Partnerships

    Y Combinator

    Connect

    Website
    besimple.ai/
    GitHub
    besimple-oss

    AI Topics

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