Rise Data Labs

Rise Data Labs connects domain experts across finance, science, healthcare, government, media, sales, and other fields with AI research labs, to create high-quality training data, evaluate AI-generated outputs, and build the scoring rubrics used to train and evaluate AI models, work that includes RLHF-style (reinforcement learning from human feedback) tasks. The company reports a network of more than 500,000 vetted, US-based domain experts, positioning itself around expert-level quality rather than low-skill microtasks. It works with what it describes as top AI labs and research institutions, though specific client names are not publicly disclosed. Rise Data Labs was founded in 2020 by Vivian Chen, who is Founder and CEO. Chen holds a degree from the Wharton School and took an unconventional path into the industry, starting as a marketer at L'Oreal before becoming a self-taught coder and founding the company. Rise Data Labs is headquartered in New York, NY. It has raised a seed round with BAM Ventures among its investors; the exact amount raised is not publicly confirmed.

Rise Data Labs has two different kinds of work, and it matters which one you're applying for. Its small core team runs the platform itself: likely roles include software engineering, machine learning and data infrastructure, operations, and business development to manage relationships with AI labs and research institutions; core team size is not publicly disclosed. The much larger group is its network of 500,000+ vetted domain experts, people with backgrounds in finance, science, healthcare, government, media, sales operations, and other fields, who create training tasks, evaluate AI outputs, and develop scoring rubrics as independent contractors, not salaried employees. This is remote, task or project-based work, paid via PayPal or direct deposit, reportedly ranging from a general base rate around $20/hour up to roughly $150/hour for specialized expert work such as finance. Application flow for the expert network lives at experts.risedatalabs.com. Check each posting or application track for whether it is a core-team role or expert-network contractor work, and its pay, project length, and eligibility.