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Surge AI (DataAnnotation.tech)
Premium RLHF and expert data. Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Microsoft
Research as of Oct 7, 2026.
- Revenue / run rate
- 2024: $1.2B [reported]; 2025: $1.4B [unverified, aggregator]
- Valuation
- Bootstrapped, profitable. Talks at >$15B (Reuters) and ≥$25B (Bloomberg) in Jul 2025; Forbes est. ~$24B; no closed round reported
- Worker pay range
- Generalist $25–50/hr; experts $40–125+; coding/ML $40–150+; languages $25–40
Pay range above is from company pages, listings, and reporting — not from worker submissions on this site.
Sources
- 1Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/scale-ais-bigger-rival-surge-ai-seeks-up-1-billion-capital-raise-sources-say-2025-07-01/
- 2Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-30/scale-rival-surge-ai-in-talks-for-funding-at-25-billion-value
- 3Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/companies/surge-ai/
- 4Sacra
https://sacra.com/c/surge-ai/
- 5GetLatka
https://getlatka.com/companies/surgehq.ai
- 6DataAnnotation
https://dataannotation.tech/
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