AI-training platforms
Facts only, each linked to its source.
Outlier is a real contributor platform operated by Scale AI. Contributors work as independent contractors and are paid weekly.
Mercor publishes its contract listings publicly, with an hourly rate on each one. The listings say experts are engaged as independent contractors and paid weekly via Stripe or Wise.
DataAnnotation publishes its starting rates per track and pays via PayPal. It says it has paid over $20 million to contractors since 2020.
Alignerr is the expert contributor network of Labelbox, a data-labelling company. Its homepage advertises roles such as Prompt Writer and Generalist at $40–120/hr.
micro1 describes itself as talent and data infrastructure for AI labs. It vets candidates with its own AI recruiter, Zara.
Appen posts its project-based contractor roles (voice recording, language and data work) on a public Lever job board, and we pull them daily.