Lightly

Lightly is a computer vision data curation and model training platform that helps ML teams build better vision systems from data collection through deployment. The product suite includes LightlyTrain, a self-supervised pretraining framework for transforming unlabeled data into vision foundation models through pretraining, knowledge distillation, and fine-tuning; LightlyStudio, an integrated platform for data curation, labeling, QA, and dataset management; LightlyServices, providing AI training data for LLMs and computer vision; and LightlyEdge, a smart data selection SDK for edge devices that collects high-value data in real time. The platform serves industries including retail, agriculture, automotive, defense, government, manufacturing, healthcare, and security. Lightly maintains open-source projects including LightlySSL with 3,900-plus GitHub stars and is ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, the company has raised $3.1M in seed funding from investors including Y Combinator, Founderful, First Momentum Ventures, and Soma Capital.