How much does it cost to hire you as our model training labels provider?
Our transparent, outcome-based pricing is meticulously aligned with the specific complexity of your frontier domain. For specialized tasks, LLM Math/Coding is precisely priced at $18/hr, while highly accurate STEM Generalist tasks are available at $12/hr. For computer vision needs, Image Editing is securely handled at $8/hr, Dense Captioning at $6/hr, and sophisticated Road Lane annotation is highly optimized at just $3/km. Furthermore, platform credits for our advanced Abaka Forge infrastructure cost a mere $0.20 USD each. This absolutely guarantees that you receive elite, scalable human intelligence without suffering from the massive overhead typical of internal data processing.
What is the typical timeline for starting a labeling project?
We move exceptionally fast to permanently eliminate critical engineering bottlenecks. The initial scoping and strict onboarding phase typically requires a mere 0–3 days to fully establish secure pipelines. By Week 1–2, we actively launch a focused pilot to rigorously calibrate our workforce directly against your specific ground-truth metrics. By Week 2–3, we seamlessly and aggressively transition into full-scale, continuous production delivery, successfully processing hundreds of thousands of files daily. This accelerated, highly optimized lifecycle reliably reduces your overall dataset preprocessing turnaround time by up to 3 weeks, directly accelerating your time-to-market.
Which modalities and data formats do you support?
We comprehensively cover a massive spectrum of formats including text, nuanced LLM RLHF, high-resolution image, complex video, 3D/4D point cloud, intricate LiDAR + camera fusion, and multilingual audio. By actively utilizing the proprietary Abaka Forge platform, we can securely ingest massive unstructured datasets and effortlessly export them into strict industry-standard formats. These include structured JSON, comprehensive COCO, synchronized MP4 annotations, complex ROS Bags, and highly specialized OpenSCENARIO files. This completely end-to-end coverage natively maps our pristine labels directly into your sophisticated architectural requirements without requiring any additional, time-consuming manual transformation.
How do you guarantee 99% accuracy in your annotations?
We successfully guarantee an uncompromising 99% accuracy standard by actively combining strict multi-layer QA workflows with a highly vetted global network of specialized domain scholars. Unlike generic crowdsourcing platforms that rely heavily on untrained gig workers, we securely route your most complex tasks—such as intricate Lean4 mathematics, sophisticated biomedical texts, or dynamic temporal tracking—directly to verified professionals. This rigorous, expert-driven approach completely eliminates the critical quality decay that destroys model performance, effectively minimizing compounding structural errors and virtually eliminating catastrophic model hallucinations during your final, rigorous evaluation benchmarks.
How do you ensure the security and privacy of our training data?
Security is fundamentally foundational to our entire global operation. We actively enforce highly restrictive NDAs and exclusively utilize completely segregated secure pipelines for all model training labels. Abaka AI proudly maintains comprehensive, externally audited SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and CCPA compliance across every workflow. Furthermore, we consistently provide fully documented IP provenance for all collected and labeled datasets, absolutely ensuring there is a 0% copyright risk. This completely shields your enterprise from catastrophic legal liabilities and severe compliance breaches when commercializing frontier models.
Can you handle complex multilingual LLM training pipelines?
Yes, we handle incredibly complex multilingual pipelines with absolute precision. We successfully source our elite talent from a massive workforce of over 1 million vertically specialized annotators actively operating across 50+ countries globally. This extensive, highly curated global footprint allows us to seamlessly support incredibly nuanced, fully localized RLHF, creative writing, and strict instruction-following tasks across dozens of distinct languages. By expertly capturing critical cultural nuances and colloquialisms, we flawlessly empower elite model labs to build globally deployed frontier models that successfully comprehend and interact with truly diverse international populations.
How does Abaka AI differ from standard crowdsourcing providers?
Standard crowdsourcing platforms fundamentally struggle with severe quality decay when attempting highly complex, nuanced tasks, primarily because they heavily rely on anonymous, entirely untrained gig workers. Abaka AI distinctly operates as a trustworthy, specialized data partner exclusively focused on advancing frontier AI. We strictly utilize verified, highly educated domain scholars—including STEM experts, legal professionals, and medical researchers. Combined with the massive 50x efficiency gains of the automated Abaka Forge platform, we absolutely ensure that unparalleled, elite human intelligence actively drives your models without sacrificing essential speed or enterprise-grade scalability.
How do you handle changes to annotation guidelines mid-project?
We proactively hold detailed weekly quality and strategic sync sessions directly with your core ML engineering team to rigorously review difficult edge cases and meticulously update labeling guidelines. Because our specialized annotators are closely managed and dynamically allocated via the centralized Abaka Forge platform, we can seamlessly and instantly adapt to any sudden workflow changes. This highly agile, continuous feedback loop successfully allows us to rapidly pivot our entire workforce’s focus and instantly recalibrate multi-layer QA checks without ever causing significant downtime or disrupting your aggressive delivery schedules.
Do you offer a pilot program before committing to large volumes?
Absolutely. Our strict enterprise onboarding process actively includes a highly mandatory, focused pilot phase typically executed during Week 1–2. During this critical window, our meticulously selected domain scholars aggressively tackle a representative sample batch of your most complex data. This successfully ensures our strict multi-layer QA protocols perfectly align with your exact ground-truth metrics before we ever attempt scaling to massive production volumes. This totally risk-free calibration guarantees that when we flip the switch to maximum throughput, the data consistently meets our uncompromising 99% accuracy standard without fail.
Who retains ownership of the annotated training data?
You explicitly maintain 100% exclusive ownership of all collected and annotated training data at all times. Abaka AI is uniquely self-funded and completely profitable, meaning we strictly operate with zero external VC or acquisition pressure. Most importantly, we categorically never build commercial models that compete with our own customers. Your proprietary data is exclusively yours—it is fiercely protected and never repurposed, secretly resold, or inappropriately shared with industry competitors. We exist solely to actively act as a highly secure, entirely trustworthy data partner for your most ambitious frontier AI initiatives.
What tooling do you use for complex 3D or video labeling?
We exclusively utilize our sophisticated, deeply integrated proprietary platform known as Abaka Forge. This incredibly powerful, all-in-one environment is meticulously designed specifically to successfully handle large-scale, high-fidelity image processing, complex 3D/4D point clouds, nuanced RLHF text pipelines, and massive video tracking. Abaka Forge actively incorporates advanced large-model automation natively into the workflow, which directly speeds up dataset preprocessing and tedious annotation tasks by up to 50x. This flawlessly streamlined tooling ecosystem effectively guarantees massive operational scale while completely eliminating the traditional friction associated with patching together disconnected, substandard legacy software.
Is there a minimum project size or volume requirement?
We offer highly elastic, on-demand scalability specifically tailored to match your precise engineering needs. Whether you immediately require a highly specialized, small-scale pilot consisting of a few hundred complex Lean4 programming prompts, or you need to process multi-million data points across continuous, massive daily batches, we completely adapt to your reality. The Abaka Forge platform dynamically and instantly adjusts our specialized workforce allocation to perfectly match your specific production demands, successfully ensuring you only ever pay for the exact elite throughput your frontier AI actively requires to reach its next milestone.