Perle

Contribute to AI training and research tasks

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San Francisco, CA, USA HQ
11-50 company size
2024 founded

What is Perle?

Perle Labs runs a contributor platform where people complete structured onboarding and domain‑specific training before working on tasks that involve reviewing, labeling and evaluating multimodal data (text, images, video, audio, code). Consistent accuracy unlocks specialized, higher‑value tasks, and contributions are logged on‑chain with transparent rewards.

Mission & values

Bring human wisdom to AI models for companies of all sizes — Web3-powered AI training-data platform connecting 15,000+ vetted domain experts (doctors, lawyers, linguists, engineers, scientists) across 70+ countries with foundation-model labs.

Qualifications

Participants must complete the onboarding modules. Accuracy, reliability and domain knowledge (where applicable) are valued.

Leadership

A

Ahmed Rashad

Founder & CEO

Built Perle (originally KIVA AI, rebranded Feb 2025) with a team of AI veterans from Scale, Amazon, Meta, MIT, Harvard, UC Berkeley, and Columbia.

Hiring process

  1. 1

    Apply at perle.ai

    Submit your domain expertise and credentials.

    About 1 day

  2. 2

    Expert vetting

    Pass domain-specific verification for the track you target (medical, legal, STEM, linguistic, etc.).

    About 5 days

  3. 3

    Onboarding

    Profile activation in the global expert network.

    About 3 days

  4. 4

    Receive project work

    Modular work spans data annotation, enrichment, cleaning, and adversarial robustness assessment for foundation-model labs.

    About 5 days

  5. 5

    Get paid

    Per-project payments via fiat or Web3 token rails.

    About 7 days

Funding

StageSeed
Total raised$17,500,000
Investors
Framework Ventures CoinFund Protagonist HashKey Peer VC

Awards & recognition

  • Rebrand from KIVA AI to Perle (February 2025) · 2025

    BusinessWire

  • $9M seed round led by Framework Ventures · 2025

    PRNewswire

Company information

Frequently asked questions

What was Perle before?
Perle was previously known as KIVA AI; the company rebranded to Perle in February 2025.
Who founded Perle?
Founder & CEO Ahmed Rashad, with a team of AI veterans from Scale, Amazon, Meta, MIT, Harvard, UC Berkeley, and Columbia.
How big is the expert network?
15,000+ doctors, lawyers, linguists, engineers, and scientists across 70+ countries.
What kinds of work are available?
Modular: data annotation, data enrichment, data cleaning, and adversarial robustness assessment for foundation-model AI development.
How is Perle funded?
$17.5M total raised: $8.5M seed (October 2024, led by CoinFund) + $9M seed (August 2025, led by Framework Ventures). Investors also include Protagonist, HashKey, and Peer VC.

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