Appen
AI data company using global contributors to collect, annotate, evaluate, and localize datasets.
What is Appen?
Appen provides training data for AI systems across text, image, audio, video, search, localization, and evaluation workflows. Its contributor-facing work is now centered around CrowdGen by Appen, where remote contributors and domain experts complete projects that help improve AI models. Appen is publicly listed in Australia and has long operated multilingual data collection and annotation programs.
Mission & values
Power reliable AI by supplying diverse, high-quality human data across languages, regions, and modalities.
Diversity of data
Uses a global contributor base to capture language, culture, and context.
Quality
Combines project guidelines, qualification tests, and review workflows.
Flexible access
Offers task and project work that can fit around contributors schedules.
Qualifications
Contributor requirements vary by project and may include language fluency, country residency, device access, subject-matter expertise, attention to detail, and passing qualification exams. Corporate roles require relevant experience in AI data operations, engineering, sales, customer delivery, or business functions.
Leadership
Ryan Kolln
CEO
Hiring process
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1
Create a CrowdGen profile
Sign up and provide location, language, skills, and device details.
About 1 day
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2
Find matching projects
Browse or receive projects based on your profile.
About 7 days
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3
Qualify
Complete guidelines, exams, or sample tasks.
About 5 days
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4
Start tasks
Work on available assignments and follow project quality rules.
About 1 day
Funding
Company information
- Industry: AI Training Data
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Founded: 1996
- Company size: 1000+
- Website: www.appen.com ↗
- LinkedIn: Company page ↗