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micro1

Micro1 sources and manages human contractors for AI data labeling, training, and model evaluation.

micro1.ai · San Francisco Bay Area

CALL NO.CS·MICRO1·26
StageSeries ASeptember 2025 · led by 01 Advisors[1][2][3][5]
Raised$43Mdisclosed rounds[6]
Headcount3056as of Jun 2026[6]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2022[6][9]
Money

Raised $43M across disclosed rounds.[6]

Series A closed September 2025, led by 01 Advisors.[1][2][3][5]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include 01 Advisors, LG Technology Ventures, Dream Ventures, LAUNCH, Jason Calacanis, Joshua Browder, Cory Levy, Aryan Bhatnagar.[1][2][4][8]

People

Ali Ansari, Founder & CEO[1][9]

Andrew Maas, VP of AI Engineering[6][9][10]

Kathy Wang, Chief Information Security Officer[6][9][10]

Jerome Josz, CFO[6][9][10]

Brandon Rodrigues, Talent Operations Lead[6][9][10]

Arian Sadeghi, VP, Robotics Data[6][9][10]

Daniel Warner, Chief Marketing Officer[6][9][10]

Signals
Sep 12 2025fundingMicro1, a competitor to Scale AI, raises funds at $500M valuation[1][2][3][5]
Nov 12 2024launchmicro1 announces partnership with staffing agency to automate 10,000 interviews per month company claim, not independently confirmed[6]
Oct 19 2023fundingmicro1 hits a $30M valuation with a $3.3M investment[4][8]
Comps

Scale AI · scale.com · Same buyer (AI labs), same job to be done (human contractor data for model training), and named together as direct competitors in multiple sources.[1][2][3]

Mercor · mercor.com · Same buyer and workflow; TechCrunch reports Mercor at $450M+ ARR and names it as a direct competitor.[1][3]

Surge · surgehq.ai · Same buyer and workflow; TechCrunch and TFN name Surge as a larger competitor with $1.2B revenue.[1][3]

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[6]

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CALL NO.CS·MICRO1·26

Micro1 sources and manages human contractors for AI data labeling, training, and model evaluation.

micro1.ai · San Francisco Bay Area

StageSeries A
Raised$43M
Headcount3056
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2022
CompsScale AI +2

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