Datasaur
YC W20San Francisco, US · Founded 2019 · 60 employees · 5 known investors
Datasaur provides AI data infrastructure that enables organizations to deploy AI systems while protecting sensitive data and maintaining privacy. The company serves regulated enterprises in healthcare, finance, and public services.
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Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W20)
Datasaur was founded in 2019 by Ivan Lee.
Investors · 5
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountSeedAug 2023Source ↗
Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
The YC application· Winter 2020 batch
Alumni Q&A
- How did your company get started? (i.e., How did the founders meet? How did you come up with the idea? How did you decide to be a founder?)
- The founder spent about a decade building ML products, most recently at Apple, where they managed training-data collection for a team, a project costing hundreds of millions of dollars. Using a mix of spreadsheets, open-source resources, and internal tools, the founder found no labeling interface that met their needs and started Datasaur to build one for the broader NLP ecosystem across industries and languages.
Summarized from the founders' answers on their Y Combinator profile.
Competitors · 7
by search overlap
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Datasaur do?
- Datasaur provides AI data infrastructure that enables organizations to deploy AI systems while protecting sensitive data and maintaining privacy. The company serves regulated enterprises in healthcare, finance, and public services.
- Who founded Datasaur?
- Datasaur was founded by Ivan Lee in 2019.
- Who are Datasaur's investors?
- Datasaur's investors include Initialized Capital, J17 Capital, Y Combinator, Gold House Ventures, TenOneTen Ventures.
- Where is Datasaur headquartered?
- Datasaur is headquartered in San Francisco, US.