How much does a model training labels company charge for services?
Pricing depends entirely on the complexity of the domain and the modality of the data. However, we believe in complete transparency. For example, highly specialized LLM Math and Coding annotation is priced at $18/hr, while STEM Generalist tasks run at $12/hr. Visual tasks like Image Editing are $8/hr, Dense Captioning is $6/hr, and complex autonomous driving road lane annotation is just $3/km. We also offer straightforward credit-based platform usage at $0.20 per credit. This transparent, per-hour or per-unit model ensures you only pay for the exact human intelligence you consume, allowing for precise budget forecasting.
How long does it take to get labeled data for AI training?
Speed to delivery is a major advantage of outsourcing to a dedicated partner. For standard projects, our timeline is incredibly rapid. Days 0 to 3 are spent calibrating pipelines and running a customized pilot to ensure perfect alignment with your edge cases. By Week 1 to 2, we allocate specialized workforce resources and scale up operations on the Abaka Forge platform. By the third week, your project enters full-velocity production. Our annotators can process up to 500 files per day, ensuring you receive continuously verified, production-ready data batches on a weekly basis without any pipeline stalls.
What data formats do you support for machine learning annotation?
As a comprehensive data partner, we support a massive spectrum of modalities and file formats to integrate seamlessly with any machine learning pipeline. For text and RLHF, we output in JSON, CSV, JSONL, and Parquet. Computer vision tasks, including images and video, are delivered in COCO, YOLO, Pascal VOC, and MP4 formats. For complex spatial modalities like 3D/4D Point Clouds and LiDAR + Camera fusion, we support PCD, NuScenes, Kitti, and custom ROS Bags. If your specific model architecture requires a bespoke data structure, our engineering team will build custom exporters to match your exact specifications.
How do you guarantee accuracy for highly complex AI datasets?
We guarantee a 99% accuracy baseline by discarding generic crowd-sourcing in favor of a specialized scholar-network. We match your specific data requirements—such as Lean4 mathematics or complex video spatial reasoning—exclusively with proven subject matter experts. Beyond specialized talent, we enforce a rigorous multi-layer quality assurance protocol. This includes automated objective benchmarks, advanced model-as-judge scoring, and meticulous human evaluation by senior reviewers. This continuous, multi-tiered feedback loop catches anomalies immediately, virtually eliminating the quality decay that typically plagues large-scale annotation projects, ensuring your foundation models receive pristine data.
Is my proprietary training data kept secure and confidential?
Absolute data security is the cornerstone of our operations. We strictly adhere to SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and CCPA compliance frameworks. All annotation workflows are executed within completely segregated, highly secure pipelines to prevent any cross-contamination or unauthorized access. Every annotator operates under strict Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs). We guarantee full IP provenance, meaning there is a 0% copyright risk associated with your collected data. Because we never build internal models that compete with our clients, your proprietary datasets remain entirely confidential, heavily protected, and exclusively utilized for your AI development.
Do you offer multilingual data labeling for global AI models?
Yes, building globally capable artificial intelligence requires deeply nuanced, localized data. We maintain a vast workforce of over 1,000,000 vertically specialized annotators distributed across more than 50 countries. This global footprint allows us to provide highly accurate, culturally aware multilingual annotations for text, speech transcription, and RLHF evaluations. Our native-speaking experts understand localized slang, complex phonetic nuances, and regional context, ensuring your language models and voice assistants perform flawlessly and accurately across diverse international markets without suffering from linguistic bias or translation artifacts.
Why choose Abaka AI over other generic data annotation platforms?
Unlike generic outsourcing platforms that rely on unvetted crowd-workers, Abaka AI functions as a dedicated, highly specialized partner for frontier AI. We provide exclusive access to a scholar-network of domain experts capable of handling advanced tasks like defensive coding, complex reasoning, and LiDAR sensor fusion. Furthermore, we are self-funded, profitable, and free from VC pressure, which means our sole focus is on long-term client success rather than rapid acquisition. We never build foundational models to compete with you, guaranteeing that our human intelligence is leveraged entirely to give your organization a distinct competitive advantage.
How do you handle changes to annotation guidelines mid-project?
Iterative model development often requires sudden pivots. We embrace an agile methodology to accommodate mid-project guideline changes seamlessly. Your dedicated project manager conducts weekly syncs with your machine learning engineers to review recent data batches and discuss emerging edge cases. If your model parameters shift or require new types of reasoning, we rapidly update the centralized guidelines within the Abaka Forge platform. Our system immediately flags the new rules for our annotators, allowing our workforce to adapt to your evolving requirements in real-time without disrupting overall project velocity.
Can we run a pilot project before committing to large volumes?
Absolutely. We strongly recommend initiating every new partnership with a rigorous pilot project. During Days 0 to 3 of our engagement, we execute a contained, customized pilot using a representative sample of your complex data. This critical phase allows us to perfectly calibrate our annotation pipelines, test specific edge cases, and align our scholar-grade experts with your distinct quality standards. It gives your engineering team the opportunity to review our 99% accuracy firsthand and ensure our Abaka Forge platform integrates smoothly with your systems before scaling up to full production volumes.
Who owns the intellectual property of the labeled datasets?
You retain 100% ownership of all intellectual property, including both the raw data provided and the final, annotated datasets we deliver. We function purely as a secure processing layer. We guarantee full IP provenance and zero copyright risk on all collected and annotated data. Unlike some vendors that might secretly repurpose client data to train their own internal systems, our self-funded, trustworthy positioning dictates that we never reuse, resell, or share your proprietary information. Your data remains exclusively yours, acting solely as the critical differentiator for your own frontier AI models.
Do we need to provide our own data annotation software?
No, you are not required to provide any internal software or pay expensive third-party licensing fees. We utilize our proprietary Abaka Forge platform, an enterprise-grade, all-in-one solution for data collection, cleaning, annotation, and training. Abaka Forge incorporates large-model automation that accelerates manual processes by up to 50x while supporting complex modalities like 3D Point Clouds and Video Spatial Reasoning natively. However, if you possess a highly customized internal tool that you prefer we use, our flexible workforce is fully capable of securely integrating directly into your existing proprietary infrastructure.
Is there a minimum project size or volume commitment required?
We offer highly flexible, elastic scalability designed to accommodate the bursty nature of artificial intelligence R&D. Because we operate on transparent, per-hour or per-unit pricing, there are no rigid, massive upfront volume commitments required to begin. Whether you need a small batch of high-complexity IMO-grade mathematical reasoning data to test a new hypothesis, or require thousands of hours of video spatial tracking per week for a tier-1 autonomous driving program, we seamlessly scale our workforce up or down to precisely match your immediate engineering requirements and budget.