Deccan AI

Deccan AI is a technology company specializing in providing high-quality, human-labeled datasets for training and evaluating artificial intelligence models. Headquartered in the Bay Area, the company was founded in 2023 by Rukesh Reddy to address the challenge of generating the vast and reliable datasets required for sophisticated AI systems. Deccan AI serves leading technology firms like Google and Snowflake, supporting their work on frontier AI models.

The company's business model centers on delivering pristine data through a combination of a specialized platform and a curated network of over 500,000 expert freelancers, including IIT graduates and PhDs. This human-in-the-loop approach is applied to complex AI workflows such as agentic evaluations, multi-modal data labeling, and coding tasks. Deccan AI offers several service models: end-to-end data annotation managed by their team (either with freelancers or in-office staff) and a service where they recruit, train, and deploy experts for clients to manage directly. Pricing is typically on a per-task or per-hour basis.

In May 2025, Deccan AI secured an undisclosed amount of seed funding from Prosus Ventures. This investment is intended to accelerate product development, expand the team, and increase its market presence, particularly in the Bay Area. The company operates through legal entities in both the United States (Deccan.AI, Inc.) and India (Deccan Ai Automation Private Limited).

Keywords: AI training data, human-in-the-loop, data labeling, model evaluation, RLHF, SFT data, generative AI, agentic evaluation, multi-modal data, AI datasets, data annotation, AI model training, data curation, human feedback, AI workflows, machine learning data, frontier models, data-as-a-service, AI development, code annotation