Updated 8 Nov 2026
Sapien competitors in 2026, ranked by revenue.
The largest companies that sell what Sapien sells, by the money on record: Handshake AI ($1B, run rate, Aug 2026), Scale AI ($870M, FY2024), Prolific ($500M, run rate, May 2026), Snorkel AI ($375M, run rate, Sep 2026) and Innodata ($350M, 12 months to Sep 2026). Sapien itself is #25 of 32, on $15.5M raised.
59 companies on our register sell at least two of what Sapien sells (evaluations and benchmarks and annotation), read on their own pages. 31 have revenue, a valuation or funding on record and are ranked below with Sapien, every figure linked to the filing or article it comes from.
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Sapien and its 31 ranked competitors
24 of them rank above Sapien. Each company is ranked on the first of these it has on record: its revenue over twelve months (a run rate or a year as published, or its last four quarters added up; an AI segment where the rest of its business is not AI data), then its newest valuation, then the money it disclosed raising. No company pays for a place.
| # | Company | Ranked on | Measure | Valuation | Sells | Pays companies for data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Handshake AI | $1B | Revenue, run rate, Aug 2026 | $3.5B | RL environments, Evaluations and benchmarks, Expert and human data, Annotation | Through our introductions |
| 2 | Scale AI | $870M | Revenue, FY2024 | $29B | Labeling software, RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation, Simulation | Through our introductions |
| 3 | Prolific | $500M | Revenue, run rate, May 2026 | Evaluations and benchmarks, Expert and human data, Datasets, Annotation | ||
| 4 | Snorkel AI | $375M | Revenue, run rate, Sep 2026 | $3.5B | Datasets, RL environments, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | |
| 5 | Innodata | $350M | Revenue, 12 months to Sep 2026 | Labeling software, RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | ||
| 6 | Appen | $249M | Revenue, 12 months to Jun 2026 | Labeling software, Datasets, Expert and human data, RL environments, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | Its own programme | |
| 7 | Invisible Technologies | $134M | Revenue, FY2024 | $2B | RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | |
| 8 | Toloka | $26.4M | Revenue, FY2024 | RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | ||
| 9 | Applied Intuition | $15B | Valuation, 2025 | Simulation, RL environments, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | ||
| 10 | Kled | $100M | Valuation, 2025 | Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | Its own programme | |
| 11 | Lightwheel | $145M | Money raised, disclosed | Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation, Simulation | ||
| 12 | Encord | $90M | Money raised, disclosed | Labeling software, Annotation, Expert and human data, Datasets, Evaluations and benchmarks | ||
| 13 | Sama | $70M | Money raised, disclosed | Expert and human data, Annotation, Evaluations and benchmarks | ||
| 14 | XDOF | $70M | Money raised, disclosed | Evaluations and benchmarks, Datasets, Annotation | ||
| 15 | CloudFactory | $65M | Money raised, disclosed | Datasets, Annotation, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks | ||
| 16 | Defined.ai | $62.3M | Money raised, disclosed | Datasets, Expert and human data, Annotation, Evaluations and benchmarks | Its own programme | |
| 17 | Centific | $60M | Money raised, disclosed | RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | Its own programme | |
| 18 | SuperAnnotate | $49.5M | Money raised, disclosed | Labeling software, Expert and human data, RL environments, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation, Datasets | Its own programme | |
| 19 | Kili Technology | $32M | Money raised, disclosed | Labeling software, Annotation, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks | ||
| 20 | Luel | $31.2M | Money raised, disclosed | Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | ||
| 21 | Maxinsights | $30M | Money raised, disclosed | Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation, Simulation | ||
| 22 | Deccan AI | $25M | Money raised, disclosed | RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | ||
| 23 | HumanSignal | $25M | Money raised, disclosed | Labeling software, Annotation, Evaluations and benchmarks | ||
| 24 | iMerit | $23.5M | Money raised, disclosed | Labeling software, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation, Datasets | ||
| 25 | Sapien | $15.5M | Money raised, disclosed | Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | ||
| 26 | Datacurve | $15M | Money raised, disclosed | RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | Its own programme | |
| 27 | Midcentury | $15M | Money raised, disclosed | Datasets, Expert and human data, Simulation, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | ||
| 28 | Perle AI | $9M | Money raised, disclosed | Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | ||
| 29 | Latch | $5M | Money raised, disclosed | Evaluations and benchmarks, Datasets, Annotation | ||
| 30 | Macrodata Labs | $4M | Money raised, disclosed | Annotation, Evaluations and benchmarks | ||
| 31 | Good Start Labs | $3.6M | Money raised, disclosed | RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | ||
| 32 | Poindexter Labs | $2.7M | Money raised, disclosed | Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation |
Competitors with no money on record (28)
- Who is a competitor.
- A company whose own pages, read word for word, say it sells at least two of the things Sapien sells. Not our opinion of who competes, and nobody pays to be here.
- The place.
- Each company's place among these, renumbered from its place on the whole register's ranking (/best), by the same rule.
- Pays companies for data.
- "Through our introductions": it takes companies' data through AIData.Broker's introductions and pays us a referral fee when one goes ahead. That never moves its place: the order is the money on record. "Its own programme": a published programme for buying data. "Says it buys data": its own words, linked.
The latest money moves
The newest rounds, valuations and revenue figures among Sapien and its competitors, each linked to its record.
- 5 Nov 2026Innodata reported $350M revenue (12 months to Sep 2026)
- 22 Oct 2026Maxinsights raised $30M
- 23 Sep 2026Midcentury raised $15M
- 22 Sep 2026Snorkel AI raised $350M at a $3.5B valuation
- 22 Sep 2026Snorkel AI reported $375M revenue (run rate, Sep 2026)
- 27 Aug 2026Handshake AI reported $1B revenue (run rate, Aug 2026)
- 27 Aug 2026Appen reported $249M revenue (12 months to Jun 2026)
- 29 Jun 2026Macrodata Labs raised $4M
The questions people ask
- Who are Sapien's competitors?
- 59 companies on our register sell at least two of what Sapien sells (evaluations and benchmarks and annotation). The largest by the money on record: Handshake AI at $1B (run rate, Aug 2026), Scale AI at $870M (FY2024), Prolific at $500M (run rate, May 2026). Sapien is #25 of the 32 with money on record, on $15.5M raised.
- Who is Sapien's biggest competitor?
- Handshake AI, by the money on record: $1B (run rate, Aug 2026), against Sapien's $15.5M raised. Handshake AI sells evaluations and benchmarks and annotation, as Sapien does.
- Which of Sapien's competitors buy data from companies?
- 11 of them take data from the companies that hold it, through a published programme or in their own words: Handshake AI, Scale AI, Appen, Kled, Defined.ai, Centific, SuperAnnotate, Datacurve and others.
Where Sapien ranks
Its place on each list of the market it belongs to, by the same rule.