Scale is an API for human tasks
Scale delivers proven data, evaluations, and outcomes to AI labs, governments, and the Fortune 500.
Scale is an API for human tasks launched on June 28, 2016 with 57 votes, #1,268 of 4,334 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.
In plain words
Scale is an API platform that provides data, evaluations, and outcomes for AI systems. It serves AI labs, governments, and Fortune 500 companies by supplying training data and evaluation services across the AI stack. The platform sources vetted human contributors, including many with advanced degrees, to ensure quality outputs that meet frontier AI standards. Scale handles end-to-end deployment support, from identifying use cases to building and maintaining systems in production environments.
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From the sources
Scale works across the AI stack, from the data that trains the models you rely on, to the systems that put them to work. Humans stay in the loop. Most AI deployments in enterprise and government fail. We find the right use case, build the system, and own the outcome. The models at the frontier run on Scale data. We source contributors with precision (25% have advanced degrees) and deliver at the bar frontier AI demands. 90% of the world's leading generative AI model builders are powered by Scale. Reducing physician cognitive load by turning complex patient records into clinical intelligence. Powering an interactive AI experience that brings a century of journalism to life. Accelerating real…from scaleapi.com
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