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Velvet

Product and research company that builds video datasets and models for interactive, conversational AI, sourcing unique video data, verifying quality and compliance, and delivering curated datasets to AI labs and consumer companies.

StageUndisclosed

Founded2025

HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA

StatusPrivate

Product

Selected offerings — the AI products recorded here, not the vendor's full catalogue.

• Velvet datasets Data service

  Video dataset sourcing for AI labs and consumer companies training audiovisual conversation models: Velvet identifies people who hold high-value video data, evaluates each dataset for quality, uniqueness and compliance, and delivers curated, structured datasets; engagements are arranged by contact with no published price.

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SSciloopUndisclosedVelvet datasets and Sciloop datasets both list 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 typeCompareAAppenPublicVelvet datasets and Off-the-Shelf Datasets both list 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 typeComparePPetrichorUndisclosedVelvet datasets and Petrichor both list 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 typeCompareHHumanSignalEarly-stageVelvet datasets and HumanSignal Services both list 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 typeCompareTTolokaUndisclosedVelvet datasets and Off-the-shelf Datasets both list 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 typeCompareEEncordUndisclosedVelvet datasets and Encord Data Annotation both list 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 typeCompareSASurge AIBootstrappedVelvet datasets and Surge AI data platform both list 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 AIUndisclosedVelvet datasets and Data Solutions both list 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 typeCompareTTuringLate-stageVelvet datasets and Off-the-shelf datasets both list data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareSAScale AILate-stageVelvet datasets and Scale Data Engine both list data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareLLabelboxLate-stageVelvet datasets and Terra both list 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 typeCompareMMercorLate-stageVelvet datasets and Mercor Data both list data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareMMicro1UndisclosedVelvet datasets and Realm both list 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 typeCompareHHandshakeUndisclosedVelvet datasets and Handshake AI both list 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 AILate-stageVelvet datasets and Snorkel Custom Data Development both list data labelling; Velvet's scale not recorded.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeComparePProlificUndisclosedVelvet datasets and Prolific both list 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 typeCompareITInvisible TechnologiesLate-stageVelvet datasets and Invisible AI Training both list 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 typeCompareSSamaUndisclosedVelvet datasets and Sama Annotate both list data labelling; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareHHiveLate-stageVelvet datasets and Hive Enterprise Data Annotation both list data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareAAmazonPublicVelvet datasets and Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth both list data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareTATogether AILate-stageVelvet datasets and Together Fine-Tuning both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded; ships API service, developer tool and 2 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareW&Weights & BiasesAcquiredVelvet datasets and W&B Models both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded; Weights & Biases is acquired, with no independent scale; ships API service, developer tool and 1 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareDDatabricksLate-stageVelvet datasets and Databricks Feature Store both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded.Shared product typeCompareFAFireworks AILate-stageVelvet datasets and Fireworks Training both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded; ships API service, infrastructure service and 1 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareHFHugging FaceLate-stageVelvet datasets and ML Intern both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, API service and 3 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareMModalLate-stageVelvet datasets and Modal Notebooks both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded; ships developer tool and infrastructure service rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareCCoreWeavePublicVelvet datasets and CoreWeave SUNK both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, API service and 4 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareCMComet MLEarly-stageVelvet datasets and Comet Artifacts both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either; ships AI agent, application and 2 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareNGNebius GroupPublicVelvet datasets and Managed Service for MLflow both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded; ships developer tool, infrastructure service and 1 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareCCrusoeLate-stageVelvet datasets and Serverless Fine-Tuning both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded; ships API service, developer tool and 2 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareCCCactus ComputeUndisclosedVelvet datasets and Cactus Platform both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either; ships infrastructure service and platform rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareNCNodus ComputeUndisclosedVelvet datasets and Nodus both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either; ships infrastructure service rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareHCHuawei CloudUndisclosedVelvet datasets and DataArts Fabric both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either; ships API service, agent platform and 5 more rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareBBasetenLate-stageVelvet datasets and Baseten Training both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded; ships API service, infrastructure service and 2 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareLLambdaLate-stageVelvet datasets and Lambda 1-Click Clusters both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either; ships infrastructure service and model API rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareVVast.aiUndisclosedVelvet datasets and Vast.ai Clusters both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either; ships infrastructure service rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareKEKakao EnterpriseUndisclosedVelvet datasets and Kubeflow both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either; ships developer tool and platform rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareNCNAVER CloudUndisclosedVelvet datasets and NCLUE both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either; ships API service, application and 1 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareUUnslothUndisclosedVelvet datasets and Unsloth both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either; ships developer tool rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareEPExpected ParrotUndisclosedVelvet datasets and Expected Parrot both list data labelling; scale not recorded for either; ships platform rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareVEVolcano EngineUndisclosedVelvet datasets and Machine Learning Platform (机器学习平台) both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either; ships AI agent, agent platform and 4 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareRRunPodLate-stageVelvet datasets and Pods both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded; ships developer tool, infrastructure service and 2 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareIIBMPublicVelvet datasets and IBM Inspection Workbench both list data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareOAORO AIUndisclosedVelvet datasets and ORO both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either.Shared product typeCompareEEleutherAINonprofitVelvet datasets and GPT-NeoX both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded; EleutherAI is a nonprofit, with no independent scale; ships developer tool rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareALAI21 LabsLate-stageVelvet datasets and AI21 Post-Training both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded.Shared product typeCompareAAudioShakeEarly-stageVelvet datasets and AudioShake Refinery both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; scale not recorded for either.Shared product typeCompareNNVIDIAPublicVelvet datasets and NVIDIA AI Aerial both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, agent platform and 6 more rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareLLlamaIndexUndisclosedVelvet datasets and LlamaClassify both list data labelling; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareTMThinking Machines LabLate-stageVelvet datasets and Tinker both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded; ships API service rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareAAlibabaPublicVelvet datasets and Alibaba Cloud Platform for AI (PAI) both list data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, API service and 5 more rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareIIntelPublicVelvet datasets and Intel Geti both list data labelling; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, agent platform and 5 more rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareIMInsilico MedicinePublicVelvet datasets and MMAI Gym both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded; ships application, hardware and 1 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareMAMistral AILate-stageVelvet datasets and Mistral Forge both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, API service and 3 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareOOraclePublicVelvet datasets and Oracle Machine Learning both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded.Shared product typeCompare44ParadigmPublicVelvet datasets and 4Paradigm Sage HyperCycle both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded; ships application, hardware and 1 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareCSCerebras SystemsPublicVelvet datasets and Cerebras Training Cloud both serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Velvet's scale not recorded; ships hardware, model API and 1 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompare

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Total funding

Not found · 18 Oct 2026

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Valuation

Not found · 18 Oct 2026

Pages read for this record state no valuation. Tried the home and terms pages and the company's YC profile.

Founded

Company disclosure · 18 Oct 2026

Own YC profile lists Founded: 2025; velvetlab.ai states no founding year.

Public listing

Not found · 18 Oct 2026

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Description

Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026

Home page: "Velvet is a product and research company focused on interactive models."

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