Surge AI
Data labeling service for AI training data.
Total funding$0
Valuation—
Employees150
Founded2020
HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA
San Francisco, USAStatusPrivate
Total funding (est.) — forbes.com · 17 Sep 2025Employees (est.) — forbes.com · Apr 2026Founded — en.wikipedia.org · 27 Aug 2026
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Products
Selected offerings — the AI products recorded here, not the vendor's full catalogue.
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Surge AI data platform Data service
Human data service producing labelled datasets, evaluations and reinforcement-learning environments for model developers.
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Surge AI Off-the-Shelf Datasets Data service
Pre-built, licensable AI training data and reinforcement-learning environments, sold separately from Surge AI's custom human-data-labeling services.
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MercorPrivate · $20BBoth are expert-workforce training-data services for AI labs, named together on Prolific's own Mercor-alternatives page.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeSourced competitorTrain or fine-tune a modelCompareT
TolokaPrivateSame Sacra report names Toloka as undercutting Surge on commodity labeling tasks. Both surge-ai-data and toloka-train carry train-a-model.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeSourced competitorTrain or fine-tune a modelCompareSA
Scale AIPrivate · $29BSacra's analyst report on Surge AI names Scale AI as its primary competitive threat in data-labeling infrastructure for model training. Both surge-ai-data and scale-data-engine carry train-a-model.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeSourced competitorTrain or fine-tune a modelCompare
MercorPrivate · $20BBoth are expert-workforce training-data services for AI labs, named together on Prolific's own Mercor-alternatives page.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeSourced competitorTrain or fine-tune a modelCompareTTolokaPrivateSame Sacra report names Toloka as undercutting Surge on commodity labeling tasks. Both surge-ai-data and toloka-train carry train-a-model.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeSourced competitorTrain or fine-tune a modelCompareSAScale AIPrivate · $29BSacra's analyst report on Surge AI names Scale AI as its primary competitive threat in data-labeling infrastructure for model training. Both surge-ai-data and scale-data-engine carry train-a-model.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeSourced competitorTrain or fine-tune a modelCompareSimilar products 17
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HandshakePrivateSurge AI data platform and Handshake AI do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareM
Micro1PrivateSurge AI data platform and micro1 Data Engine do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareP
ProlificPrivateSurge AI data platform and Prolific do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareSA
Snorkel AIPrivate · $1.3BSurge AI Off-the-Shelf Datasets and Snorkel Custom Data Development do comparable work on data labelling; Surge AI's scale not recorded.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareH
HumanSignalPrivateSurge AI data platform and Label Studio Enterprise do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either; ships platform rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareIT
Invisible TechnologiesPrivate · $144M raisedSurge AI data platform and Invisible AI Training do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Surge AI's scale not recorded.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareA
AppenPublicSurge AI data platform and Off-the-Shelf Datasets do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareE
EncordPrivateSurge AI data platform and Encord Data Annotation do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareHA
Hume AIPrivateSurge AI data platform and Data Solutions do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareS
SamaPrivateSurge AI Off-the-Shelf Datasets and Sama Annotate do comparable work on data labelling; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareT
TuringPrivate · $2.2BSurge AI data platform and Off-the-shelf datasets do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Surge AI's scale not recorded.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareL
LabelboxPrivate · $189M raisedSurge AI data platform and Alignerr do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Surge AI's scale not recorded.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareI
IntelPublic · $463.7BSurge AI data platform and Intel Geti do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Surge AI's scale not recorded; ships application, developer tool and 3 more rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareA
AlibabaPublic · $273.4BSurge AI data platform and Alibaba Cloud Platform for AI (PAI) do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Surge AI's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, API service and 4 more rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareN
NVIDIAPublic · $5.1TSurge AI data platform and NVIDIA AI Workbench both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Surge AI's scale not recorded; ships hardware, infrastructure service and 2 more rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareO
OraclePublic · $454.4BSurge AI data platform and OCI Vision both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Surge AI's scale not recorded.Shared product typeCompare4
4ParadigmPublic · $2BSurge AI data platform and 4Paradigm Sage HyperCycle both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Surge AI's scale not recorded; ships application, hardware and 1 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompare
HandshakePrivateSurge AI data platform and Handshake AI do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareMMicro1PrivateSurge AI data platform and micro1 Data Engine do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeComparePProlificPrivateSurge AI data platform and Prolific do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareSASnorkel AIPrivate · $1.3BSurge AI Off-the-Shelf Datasets and Snorkel Custom Data Development do comparable work on data labelling; Surge AI's scale not recorded.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareHHumanSignalPrivateSurge AI data platform and Label Studio Enterprise do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either; ships platform rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareITInvisible TechnologiesPrivate · $144M raisedSurge AI data platform and Invisible AI Training do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Surge AI's scale not recorded.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareAAppenPublicSurge AI data platform and Off-the-Shelf Datasets do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareEEncordPrivateSurge AI data platform and Encord Data Annotation do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareHAHume AIPrivateSurge AI data platform and Data Solutions do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareSSamaPrivateSurge AI Off-the-Shelf Datasets and Sama Annotate do comparable work on data labelling; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareTTuringPrivate · $2.2BSurge AI data platform and Off-the-shelf datasets do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Surge AI's scale not recorded.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareLLabelboxPrivate · $189M raisedSurge AI data platform and Alignerr do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Surge AI's scale not recorded.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareIIntelPublic · $463.7BSurge AI data platform and Intel Geti do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Surge AI's scale not recorded; ships application, developer tool and 3 more rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareAAlibabaPublic · $273.4BSurge AI data platform and Alibaba Cloud Platform for AI (PAI) do comparable work on data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Surge AI's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, API service and 4 more rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareNNVIDIAPublic · $5.1TSurge AI data platform and NVIDIA AI Workbench both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Surge AI's scale not recorded; ships hardware, infrastructure service and 2 more rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareOOraclePublic · $454.4BSurge AI data platform and OCI Vision both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Surge AI's scale not recorded.Shared product typeCompare44ParadigmPublic · $2BSurge AI data platform and 4Paradigm Sage HyperCycle both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Surge AI's scale not recorded; ships application, hardware and 1 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareClosest alternatives are pairs a vendor page itself compares. Similar products are matched from what each product does; nothing in that group is asserted as a rivalry.
Sources
- Total funding
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"Surge claims it has not yet raised any outside funding" — Forbes, 2025-09-17. $0 is a recorded fact — a bootstrapped company — not a missing figure.
- Employees
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Forbes company profile for Surge AI, "Employees" stated as of April 2026. Read 2026-08-27.
- Founded
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Wikipedia infobox "founded" field, read 2026-08-27.
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