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    micro1 turns human brilliance into the force that drives the world’s most ambitious AI by providing a platform for expert training data.

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    5Products
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    West Hills, CaliforniaHeadquarters
    2022Est.
    80Employees
    $40190000Raised
    Focus Areas
    AI Interview Help
    AI Recruiting
    Conversational Agents
    Connect
    Latest News
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    Markets
    • AI Labs
    • Enterprise AI teams
    • Robotics companies

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    Latest News

    02/07/2026

    How L.A. garage sales launched AI's latest 20-something billionaire

    latimes.com
    12/04/2025

    This 24 Year Old Built A Multibillion-Dollar AI Training Empire In Eight Months

    forbes.com
    12/04/2025

    Micro1, a Scale AI competitor, touts crossing $100M ARR

    techcrunch.com
    09/12/2025

    Micro1, a competitor to Scale AI, raises funds at $500M valuation

    techcrunch.com

    Products & Services

    5
    Data Engine
    2024

    End-to-end human data platform for turning human intelligence into high-quality datasets for frontier models.

    Zara
    2023

    AI recruiter agent that sources, vets, and qualifies world-class talent and domain experts.

    Realm
    2024

    RL (Reinforcement Learning) environments where experts recreate real-world scenarios to improve model reasoning.

    Cortex
    2024

    Platform to evaluate, diagnose, and improve AI agents using expert human judgment.

    Market Position

    Direct competitor to Scale AI, positioning itself as a leaner, faster alternative leveraging an AI-vetted human expert community.

    Leadership

    Founders

    AA

    Ali Ansari

    Founder & CEO. Immigrated to the US at 10. Attended UC Berkeley (enrolled 2019) where he started a software agency. Built internal tools for recruiting engineers which evolved into micro1.

    Executive Team

    AA

    Ali Ansari

    Founder & CEO

    Serial entrepreneur, UC Berkeley alum, and architect of micro1's pivot to human data engine.

    DW

    Daniel Warner

    CMO

    Chief Marketing Officer, focuses on talent experience and the 'Expert Happiness Index' for the contributor network.

    Board of Directors

    AB
    Adam Bain
    Board Member (01 Advisors)
    JB
    Joshua Browder
    Board Member (Founder of DoNotPay)

    Founding Story

    Started as a software agency by Ali Ansari while at UC Berkeley. To build the agency, he created an AI screening tool to vet engineers, which became the product micro1. The company later pivoted from recruitment to providing high-quality training data for AI labs.

    Business Model

    Revenue
    $100M+ ARR (as of Dec 2025), reportedly reaching $250M (early 2026).

    Revenue Model

    Managed services and platform fees for AI training data creation, RLHF, and expert talent vetting.

    Pricing Tiers

    Enterprise
    Custom

    Managed data operations and full access to the Human Data Engine.

    Private; valuation reaching $2.5B in early 2026 conversations.

    Target Markets

    Industries & Segments
    • AI Labs
    • Enterprise AI teams
    • Robotics companies
    Use Cases
    • Training frontier Large Language Models (LLMs)
    • Human-in-the-loop Reinforcement Learning (RLHF)
    • Training humanoid robotics models
    • Technical talent vetting and recruitment
    Notable Customers
    • Leading AI Labs
    • Frontier model developers

    Quick Facts

    Headquarters
    West Hills, California
    Founded
    2022
    Entity Type
    Inc.
    Employees
    80
    Total Funding
    ~$40,190,000+
    Investors
    01 Advisors, Pareto Holdings
    Office Locations
    West Hills
    San Francisco

    Funding History

    Series A$35,000,000
    September 2025
    $500,000,000 valuation
    01 Advisors
    Venture Round$3,300,000
    August 2024
    $80,000,000 valuation
    Companyon Ventures
    Motley Fool Ventures
    Seed$1,300,000
    October 2023
    Dream Ventures
    Jason Calacanis
    Joshua Browder
    Sean Rad

    History & Milestones

    February 2026

    Valuation reportedly reached $2.5 billion in ongoing funding discussions.

    September 2025

    Raised $35M Series A funding led by 01 Advisors at a $500M valuation.

    December 2025

    Reached $100M in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR).

    2024

    Pivoted to focus on the AI data-training market ('Human Data Engine') following demand from AI labs.

    2023

    Launched Zara, an AI recruiter agent to source and vet engineering talent.

    Key Capabilities

    5
    Human Data Engine for frontier model training
    AI Recruiter Agent (Zara)
    Reinforcement Learning (RL) environments (Realm)
    AI agent diagnostics and evaluation (Cortex)
    High-fidelity robotics data curation

    Integrations & Partnerships

    Platform Integrations

    • ATS integrations
    • API availability for data pipelines

    Key Partnerships

    AI Labs
    Academic Research institutions

    Connect

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