Computer vision development platform CrowdAI raises $6.25M
Summary
Borensztein previously founded and sold ad platform Ember to Adaptive Media, while Garcia worked at Google on the AdWords API team building out data pipelines. The first iteration of the platform focused on cutting down time-to-value for developers and data scientists familiar with AI integrations and workflows, but CrowdAI’s newest release — which is available in free and enterprise versions — requires no coding. We’re focused on providing a platform for subject matter experts who aren’t data scientists to build their own models that solve their specific problem,” Devaki Raj told VentureBeat via email. Using computer vision, a machine learning model could review terabytes of imagery each day looking for methane leaks so humans don’t have to.” Controversially, CrowdAI has had contracts with the U.S. military, including one with the U.S. Air Force to turn public satellite data into combat insights as part of a prototype. In pitches in front of academics, contractors, investors, and Air Force acquisition officers, CrowdAI has demonstrated its technology identifying flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, the extent of damage after wildfires, and buildings after bombings in Aleppo.