The founders come from diverse disciplines—quantitative finance, physics, and computer science—showing an interdisciplinary foundation and diverse perspectives driving the culture.
Encord
Backed byNext47About Encord
Encord is a multimodal data labeling, curation and evaluation platform for AI. It was started by former quants, physicists and computer scientists who believed there was a better way to make AI development practical amid a lack of purpose-built tooling and infrastructure. The team includes engineers, operators and creatives from major technology companies such as Meta, DRW, Goldman Sachs, Tessian, Twilio, Microsoft and J.P. Morgan, and the company is backed by CRV and YC along with top industry executives and other leading Bay Area investors. Encord is SOC 2, AICPA SOC, HIPAA and GDPR compliant, and its customers include Synthesia, Captions AI, Tractable, Stanford Medicine, Flock Safety, Protex AI, Zoopla and Philips. Encord states that confidentially building production AI with rich multimodal data is possible.
Company at a glance
IndustryAI/ML
Team Size51-200
StageSeries C
Founded2020
Investors
Crane Venture Partners ·CRV ·Harpoon Ventures ·Next47 ·YC Continuity ·Y Combinator
Websiteencord.com
LinkedInLinkedIn
About the Team
Team Distribution
- Engineering38%
- Sales29%
- Operations14%
- Product & Design9%
- Other Specialized9%
Culture & values
There is a clear commitment to building a better, more practical way to develop AI, reflecting a growth‑minded, problem‑solving culture focused on real-world tooling.
The team is cross‑functional, including engineers, operators, and creatives with backgrounds from major tech companies and PhD credentials, indicating a collaborative, high‑caliber environment.
The company employs human‑in‑the‑loop workflows, suggesting a collaborative culture that pairs human judgment with AI in its processes.
Funding History
Cumulative Funding
