crowdflower

Appen acquires Figure Eight for up to $300M, bringing two data annotation companies together

Appen just announced that it’s acquiring Figure Eight in an all-cash deal that sees Appen paying $175 million upfront, with an additional payment of up to $125 million based on Figure Eight&#82

CrowdFlower announces a scientific advisory board as it works to combine AI and crowdsourcing

When crowdsourced labor company CrowdFlower recently raised funding from Microsoft, co-founder Lukas Biewald told me his team was focused on technology that allows businesses to supplement algorithm

CrowdFlower raises $10M to combine artificial intelligence with crowdsourced labor

CrowdFlower is announcing that it has raised $10 million in Series D funding. The round was led by Microsoft, with participation from Canvas Ventures and Trinity Ventures. The San Francisco-based comp

CrowdFlower Launches Open Data Project Covering Everything From Climate Change To #ThatDress

Crowdsourcing company <a target="_blank" href="http://www.crowdflower.com">CrowdFlower</a> allows businesses to tap into a distributed workforce of 5 million contributors for basic tasks like sentimen

Crowdsourcing Startup CrowdFlower Says Its Contributors Have Completed 1 Billion ‘Judgments’

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.crowdflower.com">CrowdFlower</a>, which helps businesses manage crowdsourced tasks, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/crowdflower-com

CrowdFlower Adds Skill Tests To Find The Right Crowdsourced Labor

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.crowdflower.com">CrowdFlower</a>, a startup that helps businesses manage crowdsourced labor <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/06/21/crowdflower-rtfm-2-0/">for ta

Parse Adds Crowdflower’s Photo Moderation To Its Mobile Backend Services

The aim of Y Combinator-backed startup <a target="_blank" href="http://www.parse.com">Parse</a> is to provide backend services for tackling the "monotonous, tedious," parts of mobile app development,

A Tale Of Two Countries: The Growing Divide Between Silicon Valley And Unemployed America

<em><strong>Editor’s note</strong>: Guest contributor <a href="http://jonbischke.com/" target="_blank">Jon Bischke</a> is a founder of <a href="http://www.rglabsinc.com/" target="_blank">RG Labs

CrowdFlower Raises $7M, Launches E-Commerce Tool For Data Categorization

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/crowdflower.jpg" class="shot2" /><a href="http://crowdflower.com/">CrowdFlower,</a> a startup that helps businesses outsource mundane or rep

Crowdsourcing Disaster Relief

<img src='http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/haitirelief.jpg' class="snap_nopreview shot2" alt="" />On Thursday July 8, 2010, residents of Oakland took to the streets after a jury convict

Inside CloudCrowd: Betting On Credibility [Video]

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/picture-245.png" />As one of the founders of the original Napster and <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/cloudmark">CloudMark</a> (an

CloudCrowd Takes On CrowdFlower To Outsource Labor To The Cloud

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/cloud.png" class="shot2">TechCrunch50 startup <a href="http://crowdflower.com/">CrowdFlower</a> has been attracting a lot of attention, even r

CrowdFlower Raises $5 Million For Cloud Sourced Labor

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/crowdflower.jpg" width="206" height="64" /> <a href="http://crowdflower.com/">CrowdFlower,</a> a startup that helps businesses outsource mu

Gambit Teams With CrowdFlower For An Alternative To 'Offers': Crowdsourced Labor

<a href="http://www.getgambit.com"><img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/44314v1-max-250x250-215x73.png" width="215" height="73" /></a>Anyone who has played though some of the more