AI Insights: AI News, Eyewitness Accounts Datumo’s Bold Bid to Rival Scale AI
Aug 17, 2025
Datumo is shaking up the AI landscape with its ambitious challenge to Scale AI. The startup recently secured $15.5 million to revolutionize data labeling through a crowdsourced app. Their bold strategies are not just about competition; they also aim to address concerns around responsible AI usage. With global attention from investors and tech enthusiasts, Datumo could potentially decentralize power in the AI market. The implications of their success could change how we think about AI support systems.
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From Labeling To Model Evaluation
- Dedumo started as a data-labeling company and is expanding into model evaluation and safety benchmarking for enterprises.
- This shift reflects rising enterprise demand for trustworthy AI and evaluation tools beyond raw annotation.
Founder's Crowdsourced Labeling App
- CEO David Kim built a reward-based app that pays people to label data in their spare time.
- He designed the crowdsourced approach because manual labeling took too long and needed scalable human labor.
Early Traction Validated Demand
- Dedumo validated demand with pre-contract sales before the app was finished and hit $1M ARR in year one.
- The company now serves 300+ clients and reached about $6M revenue last year, showing strong product-market fit.