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Snapshot 2026-10-22- Startup SignalsRankedof 2,297↓68
- DataRankedof 85↓1
- Data Labeling#10of 11–
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Micro1, founded in 2022 in Palo Alto, California, helps AI companies source and manage human contractors for data labeling and model training.
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Company· 12
Investor· 7
Founders / team· 1
Funding history
- 2025-09New funding round$35M
Investors · Dream Ventures, 01 Advisors, Browder Capital, Launch Capital, Pareto Holdings, Afore CapitalSource · SVTR Weekly #122
- 2023-10New funding round$1M
Investors · Z Fellows, Dream VenturesSource · SVTR Weekly #024
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Undisclosed · $71M · 2025-09
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Seed · $15M · 2026-09 · Valuation $300M
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Real-world teleoperation training data for general-purpose robot foundation models, plus collection tools and cleaning/annotation infrastructure
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Series B · $60M · 2026-10
$60M
China
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDateEurope
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