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July 12, 2023

The startup creating AI jobs for humans: Prolific raises £25m

Prolific is raising money to meet growing demand for humans giving feedback to AI systems

Tim Smith

4 min read

London-based scaleup Prolific has today raised £25m to scale its platform, which provides vetted research participants to AI companies that need human feedback to hone their models. The round was co-led by Paris-based VC firm Partech and Oxford Science Enterprises, the independent investor partnered with Oxford University.

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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