Deasy Labs
AcquiredYC S23New York City, US · Founded 2023 · 8 employees · 5 known investors
Deasy Labs automates the transformation of unstructured data into AI-ready structured data through a context engine that handles discovery, tagging, filtering, and enrichment. The platform serves engineers and data scientists building AI projects that require clean, continuously maintained data to prevent model drift in production.
Also known as Deasie
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareArtificial IntelligenceData LabelingBig DataAI AssistantDatabasesUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S23)
Deasy Labs was founded in 2023 by Reece Griffiths, Mikko Peiponen, and Leonard Platzer.
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Reece Griffithsin𝕏Co-Founder, CEO2023–2025Reece Griffiths co-founded Deasy Labs, a data governance platform for language models, which was acquired by Collibra within two years. He previously worked as a product manager for AI and data governance at QuantumBlack, as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, and holds a master's degree in information engineering from the University of Cambridge.
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Mikko PeiponeninCo-Founder, Chief Architect2023–2025Mikko Peiponen is a co-founder of Deasy Labs with over 5 years of experience in data and machine learning, including roles as lead data scientist at QuantumBlack building AI data quality tools and consultant at McKinsey implementing machine learning models for enterprises. He holds a graduate degree from MIT.
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Leonard PlatzerinCo-founder | CTO2023–2025He has held software engineering roles at QuantumBlack in machine learning and data quality, Amazon, and Mercedes-Benz, and previously worked at a chatbot startup; he holds a bachelor's degree from the National University of Singapore and a graduate degree from UWC Mostar.
Investors · 5
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$2.9M disclosed across 1 round · 2023
- $2.9Mseed fundingOct 2023 · 3 sources
General Catalyst, J12 Ventures, Rebel Fund, RTP Global, Y Combinator
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Deasy Labs do?
- Deasy Labs automates the transformation of unstructured data into AI-ready structured data through a context engine that handles discovery, tagging, filtering, and enrichment. The platform serves engineers and data scientists building AI projects that require clean, continuously maintained data to prevent model drift in production.
- Who founded Deasy Labs?
- Deasy Labs was founded by Reece Griffiths, Mikko Peiponen, Leonard Platzer in 2023.
- Who are Deasy Labs's investors?
- Deasy Labs's investors include J12 Ventures, Y Combinator, General Catalyst, Rebel Fund, RTP Global.
- How much funding has Deasy Labs raised?
- Deasy Labs has disclosed $2.9M raised across 1 round.
- Where is Deasy Labs headquartered?
- Deasy Labs is headquartered in New York City, US.