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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…

📍 Zurich, Switzerland · AI Infrastructure,

Funding snapshot

Last roundSeed
Amount$3M
Date12 May 2022
Total raised$3M
Team size36

About

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.

Business model

AI Infrastructure > Enabling Technologies > Software > Data Preparation,

Y Combinator Batches > 2021 > Summer

Founders & team highlights

Serial Founder

Institutional investors

Y Combinator Founderful First Momentum Ventures Soma Capital

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