Sama (company)
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Samasource Impact Sourcing, Inc., formerly known as Samasource and Sama, is a training-data company, focusing on annotating data for artificial intelligence algorithms.[2][3][4] The company offers image, video, and sensor data annotation and validation for machine learning algorithms in industries including automotive, navigation, augmented reality, virtual reality, biotechnology, agriculture, manufacturing, and e-commerce.[1][5] Sama's mission is to expand opportunity for low-income individuals through the digital economy. One of the first organizations to engage in impact sourcing,[6] Sama trains workers in basic computer skills and pays a local living wage for their labor.[7][contradictory]
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Founded | 2008; 16 years ago (2008) |
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Founder | Leila Janah |
Type | Private |
Location | |
Key people | Wendy Gonzalez (CEO)[1] |
Website | sama |
Formerly called | Sama, Samasource (2008–2021) |
Sama is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in New York City. The organization owns and operates delivery centers in Nairobi, Kenya, Kampala, Uganda and Gulu, Uganda, and partners with additional delivery centers in India. Sama previously employed workers in Haiti, Pakistan, Ghana, and South Africa.[8]