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Daniela Braga, PhD

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Founder at Defined

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Daniela Braga, PhD, is the founder and CEO of Defined.ai, a marketplace for AI training data, which she has led for over seven years. She has more than 20 years of experience in AI, with a background spanning linguistics and engineering, and areas of work including generative AI, natural language processing, speech recognition, and machine learning. Braga was appointed to the US National AI Research Resource Task Force and has lived in Portugal, Spain, China, and the United States.

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Defined's investors · 6

Balderton CapitalLondon · $5M – $50M checksEvolution Equity PartnersNew York · $20M – $150M checksKibo VenturesMadrid · $2.2M – $5.4M checksSemapa NextLisbonSony Ventures CorporationTokyoSwan Venture FundSeattle · $200K – $1.2M checks

Experience

  1. Defined.aiFounder and CEOcurrent2016 — presentGreater Seattle Area
  2. Defined.aiFounder, President and Chief Scientist2015 — 2016Greater Seattle Area
  3. Universidade do PortoCurator of the University of Porto Foundationcurrent2026 — present
  4. FLAD - Fundação Luso-Americana para o DesenvolvimentoNon-Executive Board Membercurrent2024 — present
  5. Portuguese Diaspora CouncilCounselor in Portuguese Diaspora Councilcurrent2022 — present
  6. YPOMember2021 — 2025Seattle, Washington, United States
  7. ChiefMember2022 — 2023
  8. VoiceBox TechnologiesDirector of Data Science and Crowdsourcing2015Bellevue, WA
  9. VoiceBox TechnologiesData and Engineering Manager and Sr. Speech Scientist2014 — 2015Bellevue
  10. VoiceBox TechnologiesSr. Speech Scientist2013 — 2014Bellevue
  11. University of WashingtonGuest Lecturer2014Seattle
  12. MicrosoftSenior Program Manager, Online Advertising2013Bellevue, WA, USA
  13. MicrosoftProgram Manager II2011 — 2013Bellevue, WA, USA
  14. MicrosoftProgram Manager II2010 — 2011
  15. MicrosoftLead Program Manager2006 — 2010Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
  16. University of A CoruñaLecturer2004 — 2006Greater La Coruña Area
  17. Faculty of Engineering, University of PortoResearcher2001 — 2006Porto, Porto, Portugal

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Analysis2Management24Strategy12Generative AISpeech20Phonetics8Machine Learning38Speech Recognition67Speech Technology32Natural Language Processing59TTS16Program Management42
+12 moreProject ManagementText-to-SpeechPhonologyResearchSoftware EngineeringSoftware DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesSoftware Project ManagementAgile Project ManagementAlgorithmsArtificial IntelligenceCloud Computing

Languages English · French · Portuguese · Spanish

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Who is Daniela Braga, PhD?
Daniela Braga, PhD, is the founder and CEO of Defined.ai, a marketplace for AI training data, which she has led for over seven years. She has more than 20 years of experience in AI, with a background spanning linguistics and engineering, and areas of work including generative AI, natural language processing, speech recognition, and machine learning. Braga was appointed to the US National AI Research Resource Task Force and has lived in Portugal, Spain, China, and the United States.
Where does Daniela Braga, PhD work?
Daniela Braga, PhD is Founder of Defined.
What companies did Daniela Braga, PhD found?
Daniela Braga, PhD founded Defined.
Where did Daniela Braga, PhD go to school?
Daniela Braga, PhD studied at Universidade da Coruña (PhD, Speech Technology); Universidade do Minho (Master of Arts (MA), Applied Linguistics); Universidade do Porto (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Portuguese Language and Literature).

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