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Luel
Marketplace for rights-cleared, multimodal AI training data
About Luel
Luel operates as a specialized two-sided marketplace for high-quality, rights-cleared training data for artificial intelligence models. The platform connects AI companies and developers with a network of vetted contributors who create and upload multimodal content, including videos, voice recordings, and audio files.
For enterprise clients, Luel offers a catalog of ready-to-license datasets and the ability to request custom data collections tailored to specific needs, such as training speech-to-text, computer vision, or multimodal assistant models. The company ensures all data is quality-audited, compliant with consent and privacy regulations, and delivered with structured metadata. Enterprise services include dedicated account management and flexible licensing models.
For individual contributors, the platform provides an opportunity to earn income by uploading content that meets specific requirements from AI companies. The process involves finding a suitable task, creating and uploading the content, and receiving payment after the submission is approved. Luel's business model is centered on the sale and licensing of this curated data, facilitating the development of more accurate and robust AI systems by providing the necessary fuel for machine learning.
Source: Dealroom company dataAt a glance
- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Employees
- 3
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 54.8/100
- Industry
- Enterprise Software
- Sector
- AI, Core AI, MLops, AI Data Preparation and Generation, YC W26
- Technology
- Artificial Intelligence
- Business model
- SaaS
- Client focus
- b2b
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEED✓Equity / VC | May 2026 | $32M | $126M | Orange Collective · Lightspeed Venture Partners · General Catalyst · Paul Graham | ↗ |
| SEED✓Equity / VC | Jan 2026 | $125K | $500K | Y Combinator | — |
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Luel is 980K monthly website visits, down 53.3% over the last three months. Luel's team grew 0% over the past year.
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Investments and acquisitions
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Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Seed6 investors entered at this stage
Y Combinator
Lightspeed Venture Partners
General Catalyst
Orange Collective
Paul Graham
Human Capital
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
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