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Appen Launches AI Chat Feedback and Benchmarking Solutions for Enhanced LLM Evaluation
Appen Enables Enterprises to Build More Complex Conversational AI Solutions KIRKLAND, Wash., August 23, 2023 – Appen Limited (ASX:APX), a leading provider of high-quality data for the AI lifecycle, today announced the launch of two new products that will enable customers to launch high-performing large language models (LLMs) whose responses are helpful, harmless and honest to reduce bias and toxicity. ...
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Appen Partners with Knockri to Use AI for Ethical Hiring
[KIRKLAND, Wash.] — Appen, a global leader in human-verified data for artificial intelligence, is thrilled to announce its partnership with Knockri, a leading provider of AI for behavioural assessments. Knockri’s AI-powered hiring technology has proven to reduce bias, increase efficiencies and improve diversity in the workforce. Together, Appen and Knockri aim to ensure the employment opportunities afforded by AI are ...
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A Message from Appen’s CEO
Appen’s highest priority is delivering the best-quality data to our partners. That means bringing in the best people we can, and creating a workplace that treats them with respect. This is why we were disappointed to see Appen recently inaccurately portrayed in the press. There’s a massive amount of human effort involved in creating helpful AI experiences, and Appen’s contributor ...
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Appen Appoints Fab Dolan as Chief Marketing Officer
TORONTO, ON — June 12, 2023 — Appen Limited (ASX:APX), a global leader in providing data services for deep learning and generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems, today announced the appointment of Fab Dolan as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), effective 12 June 2023. Fab joins Appen with over 15 years of experience building iconic global brands such as Android, Google, ...
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ASX Release: Andrew Ettinger appointed Chief Revenue Officer
Appen Limited (Appen) (ASX: APX) today announced the appointment of Andrew Ettinger as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), effective 22 May 2023. Andrew brings a wealth of experience with more than 25 years in leadership roles with companies at various stages of growth. Through his deep understanding of the sales process, key metrics to drive the business and deep technical acumen, ...
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Appen Partners with Reka AI to Build Customized Multi-Modal LLM Applications
The long-standing leader in data for the AI Lifecycle and the innovative new AI company join forces to empower enterprises with customized foundation models KIRKLAND, WA — May 3, 2023 — Appen Limited (ASX:APX), the global leader in data for the AI Lifecycle, today announces its partnership with Reka AI, a new AI company coming out of stealth mode, for ...
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Appen Teams with NVIDIA to Enable Customized AI Solutions
The collaboration creates an end-to-end solution that incorporates Appen’s expertise in data for AI and the NVIDIA AI Enterprise platform. KIRKLAND — May 2, 2023 — Appen Limited (ASX: APX), a global leader in data for the AI Lifecycle, today announces it is collaborating with NVIDIA to combine Appen’s top-tier data services with the NVIDIA AI Enterprise platform. Through this ...
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Appen Reinforces AI Platform Commitment with the Appointment of Renowned AI Engineering Leader Saty Bahadur as CTO
Kirkland, WA – March 20, 2023 – Appen Limited (ASX:APX), the global leader in providing high-quality training data for artificial intelligence (AI) systems, is excited to announce the appointment of Saty Bahadur as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). With more than 25 years of experience developing groundbreaking technology, products, and platforms, Saty is a highly respected leader in the ...
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Appen Launches Three New Products to Build Trustworthy Generative AI Applications
Appen’s New Products to Enable Clients to Build Engaging Generative AI Applications Appen Limited (ASX:APX), a leading provider of high-quality data for the AI lifecycle, today announced the launch of three new products designed to enable clients to unlock generative AI and power exceptional customer experiences with our industry-leading products, depth of expertise and unmatched global team of AI Training ...
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Appen Releases State of AI Automotive Report
Research from the global leader in data for AI offers key insight into how the Automotive industry is working to create safer, more customized driving experiences. KIRKLAND, Wash. – Jan. 25, 2023 – Today, Appen, the world leader in data for the AI lifecycle, announced the release of its State of AI Automotive Report. The report offers specific insights into ...
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Newly Appointed Appen CEO and President To Accelerate Next Wave of Enterprise AI Adoption
https://vimeo.com/787474996/d74ebb5420 KIRKLAND, WA — January 9, 2023 — Appen Limited (ASX:APX), the trusted global leader in high-quality data for the AI Lifecycle, today announced the official starting of Armughan Ahmad as CEO and President. With over 25 years of experience scaling multi-billion-dollar technology businesses and building strong global teams, Armughan plans to accelerate adoption within the fast-growing enterprise AI market. ...
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Appen Partners with CLEAR Global for First-of-Its-Kind Translation Project
Leader in data for the AI Lifecycle and nonprofit join forces to create an on-demand healthcare FAQ bot for Sheng speakers SAN FRANCISCO — Nov 21, 2022 — Appen Limited (ASX:APX), the global leader in data for the AI Lifecycle, today announces its partnership with CLEAR Global, a nonprofit helping people get vital information and be heard, whatever language they speak, to ...
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Appen Forms New Relationship With Human-Centered Software Studio, Novatics
San Francisco – October 12, 2022 – Appen Limited, the global leader of the data for the AI Lifecycle, announced today their latest consultancy with Novatics, a human-centered software studio. The relationship will provide joint synergies in the Latin America region to expand solutions for clients. Novatics designs and develops digital products for fast-moving companies. They connect strategy with agile ...
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Appen’s Annual State of AI and Machine Learning Report Identifies a Gap in Ideal Versus Reality of Data Quality
Appen Partners with The Harris Poll to Uncover Bottlenecks, Challenges and Opportunities for Practitioners in the AI Industry SAN FRANCISCO — Aug 9, 2022 — Appen Limited (ASX:APX), the global leader in data for the AI Lifecycle providing data sourcing, data preparation, and model evaluation by humans at scale, today released its eighth annual State of AI and Machine Learning ...
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Appen Invests in Synthetic Data Business Mindtech
As the leader in data for the AI lifecycle, Appen is investing in emerging training data sources. Sydney – 8 March 2022 – Appen Limited (ASX:APX), the global leader in data for the AI Lifecycle, announced the minority investment in Mindtech, a synthetic data company specializing in the creation of high-quality training data for AI computer vision models. Appen is ...
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Appen, a Leader in AI Development with World Class Training Data, Launches Japan-based Team Aimed to Accelerate Growth in the Japanese Market
Tokyo, Japan – Thursday, 4th November – Appen Limited, the leading provider of high-quality training data for organizations that build effective AI systems at scale, today announced the expansion of a growing team in Japan aimed at helping organization deploy responsible artificial intelligence and machine learning models. Shuichiro Kamitake, who has been appointed President and CEO, has rich experience in ...
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Appen to Acquire Quadrant to Expand Mobile-Location Based Data Collection Offering
Sydney – 26 August, 2021 – Appen Limited, the leading provider of high-quality training data for organizations that build effective AI systems at scale, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Quadrant, a global leader in mobile location data, Point-of-Interest data, and corresponding compliance services. Quadrant and Appen’s unified business will be strongly positioned to deliver high-quality ...
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Appen’s Annual State of AI Report Finds a Shift to Internal Efficiencies
AI budgets up significantly and decisions moving from C-suite to technologists, away from “silver bullet” solutions to improvements to internal operations SAN FRANCISCO — June 15, 2021 — Appen Limited (ASX:APX), the leading provider of high-quality training data for organizations that build effective AI systems at scale, today released its seventh annual State of AI report. This year’s report reveals ...
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Appen Leads Industry in Creating AI That Works for Everyone
Appen’s range of AI projects and diverse global contractor network ensure unbiased AI data for fair and equitable AI projects SAN FRANCISCO — April 29, 2021 — Appen Limited (ASX:APX), the leading provider of high-quality training data for organizations that build effective AI systems at scale, is enabling organizations to launch, update and operate unbiased AI models through a range ...
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AI Experts Provide Comprehensive Insights in Real World AI: A Practical Guide for Responsible Machine Learning
New book offers full lifecycle, story-backed best practices for launching and scaling successful and responsible AI programs SYDNEY; SAN FRANCISCO — March 16, 2021 — Appen Limited (ASX:APX), the leading provider of high-quality training data for leading companies that develop machine learning, speech recognition, and computer vision algorithms, today announced a new book, Real World AI: A Practical Guide for ...
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New Pre-Labeled Datasets (PLD) from Appen Accelerate AI Deployment
High-quality datasets include scripted speech, images with text, body movement and human audio SYDNEY & SAN FRANCISCO–February 25, 2021–Appen Limited (ASX:APX), the leading provider of high-quality training data for organizations that build effective AI systems at scale, today announced new pre-labeled datasets (PLD). These datasets are designed to make it easier and faster for businesses to acquire the high-quality training data needed ...
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Appen Delivers High-Quality Training Data and Quality Assurance Services for Autonomous Vehicle Manufacturers
Ability to combine 2D and 3D datasets enables Appen to support industry’s most complex machine learning training data requirements SYDNEY & SAN FRANCISCO–February 11, 2021–Appen Limited (ASX:APX), the leading provider of high-quality training data for organizations that build effective AI systems at scale, today announced enhanced capabilities to ensure autonomous vehicle manufacturers have access to high-quality training data and can get ...
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Appen Partners with World Economic Forum to Create Responsible AI Standards
Associate Partner Appen to provide C-level decision makers with key strategies for building and scaling AI programs by sourcing training data responsibly SAN FRANCISCO– August 25, 2020 – Appen, a global leader in high-quality training data for machine learning systems, has partnered with the World Economic Forum to design and release standards and best practices for responsible training data when ...
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Appen’s Annual State of AI Report Finds Skyrocketing C-Suite Involvement, Surging Investment
70 Percent of Companies Report C-Suite Involvement into AI Projects, with COVID-19 Driving Acceleration of AI Strategies – But Businesses Still Name Data as Key Challenge SAN FRANCISCO — June 23, 2020 — Appen Limited, the leading provider of high-quality training data for organizations that build effective AI systems at scale, today announced its annual State of AI Report for ...
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Figure Eight Federal Welcomes New Senior Vice President to Grow Government Partnerships
The Figure Eight Federal platform offers high-quality machine learning training data at massive scale for government agencies WASHINGTON D.C – April 23, 2020 – Figure Eight Federal, part of Appen Limited, welcomes David J. Poirier as Senior Vice President. David will be leading the growth of the firm’s partnerships with U.S. government agencies, including the Department of Defense and the ...
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Appen Launches Secure Workspace Solution to Protect Sensitive Data for Annotation in Facilities or in At-Home Environments
Scales Artificial Intelligence (AI) Programs While Maintaining Security of Sensitive Data SYDNEY — Dec. 10, 2019 — Appen Limited, the leading provider of high-quality training data for organizations that build effective AI systems at scale, announced today the Appen Secure Workspace Solution, which provides the right combination of technology, people, and processes to ensure that projects containing sensitive data can ...
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Appen Announces Crowd Code of Ethics to Build Better AI
The initiative reflects the importance of the Crowd’s well-being in creating the data for AI systems and applications that people worldwide increasingly use and depend on every day.
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Appen Training Data Solution Unveils Feature Enhancements to Accelerate Customers’ AI Initiatives
Humans and Technology Working Together Enable Better AI Results SYDNEY — Aug. 20, 2019 — Appen Limited, the leading provider of datasets used by companies and governments to train AI systems quickly and at scale, today introduced feature updates for its AI training data solution designed to accelerate customers’ artificial intelligence initiatives. The Appen platform – already the most comprehensive ...
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Appen Strengthens Leadership Team with Key Executive Hires to Support Continued Growth
Sydney, NSW Australia – August 13, 2019 – Appen, a leader in the development of human-annotated training data used to build and continuously improve the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence systems, announces the hiring of two executives to its leadership team. Jon Kondo, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing; and Roc Tian, Senior Vice President of China, will support Appen’s ...
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Appen Completes Acquisition of Figure Eight and Achieves Critical Integration Milestone
Sydney — April 18, 2019 — Appen Limited, a global leader in the development of high-quality, human-annotated datasets for machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI), today announced it has completed the acquisition of Figure Eight, which occurred on April 2nd, 2019.
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Appen to Acquire Figure Eight to Create Industry-Leading Solution for High-Quality Machine Learning Training Data
Sydney – March 11, 2019 – Appen Limited, a global leader in the provision of high-quality, human-annotated datasets for machine learning and AI, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Figure Eight, a best-in-class machine learning software platform which uses automated tools to transform unlabeled text, image, audio and video data into high-quality AI training data. This ...
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Philippines Seat Facility Achives ISO27001 Accreditation for Secure Collection and Annotation of AI Datasets
ISO/IEC 27001:2013 accreditation underpins Appen’s ability to work on datasets for clients that contain personally identifiable information – data that could be related to new product development – as well as other sensitive material ...
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Appen Named #1 Company to Watch for Remote Jobs in 2019 by FlexJobs
Appen Named #1 Company to Watch for Remote Jobs in 2019 by FlexJobs Appen ranks top among companies hiring remote workers Sydney, NSW, Australia, January 18, 2019 — Appen is proud to announce that we have been ranked #1 on the FlexJobs’ annual list of the Top 100 Companies to Watch for Remote Jobs in 2019. This list is based ...
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Appen Named a Technology Fast 500™ Asia Pacific Winner
CHATSWOOD, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – December 17, 2008 – Appen today announced that we ranked on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ Asia Pacific 2018, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in Asia Pacific. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over three years. Appen’s CEO, Mark Brayan, credits the company’s 309% revenue growth over the past three ...
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Appen Announces Hiring of Wilson Pang as Chief Technology Officer
Sydney, NSW Australia – November 15, 2018 – Appen, a leader in the development of human-annotated training data for machine learning and artificial intelligence, is pleased to announce that Wilson Pang has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer. “We’re thrilled to have Wilson join our executive team as we move into our next stage of growth,” said Mark Brayan, ...
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Appen to Acquire Leapforce
Appen Limited (ASX:APX) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Leapforce Inc.
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Appen Wins 2017 Technology Growth Company Award
Appen is proud to announce that it is the winner of the Australian Technology Growth Company Award for 2017.
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Sarah Lowe as New Vice President | Appen UK
Appen has strengthened its UK business with the appointment of Sarah Lowe as the new Vice President of Language Resources UK.
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Worldwide Business with kathy ireland®: See Appen Discuss its Role in Enhancing the eCommerce Shopping Experience
Mark Brayan discusses how Appen can help online retailers improve their on-site search and chatbot capabilities through high quality data, leading to deeper customer relationships.
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Appen Signs Distributor Agreement with Nuance Communications
Appen Limited announces agreement to become a distributor for 40 speech and language databases developed by Nuance Communications.
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Appen Awarded #1 Ranking on FlexJobs’ 100 Top Companies to Watch for Remote Jobs 2017
Appen is proud to announce that it has been named as the number one provider of remote jobs on FlexJobs' annual list of the 100 Top Companies to Watch for Telecommuting and Remote Jobs.
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Appen Announces Strategic UK Acquisition
Appen announces UK acquisition. Mendip Media Group Limited joins Appen to enhance the provision of language services to government clients.
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Appen Named a Top 100 Company to Watch for Telecommuting Jobs in 2016
We're pleased to announce that Appen ranked #77 on FlexJobs' annual Top 100 Companies to Watch for Telecommuting and Remote Jobs in 2016.
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Appen Listed on Australian Stock Exchange: APX on ASX
We're excited to announce that Appen was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (APX on ASX) on January 7, 2015.
