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March 26, 2026
Mercor competitor Deccan AI raises $25M, sources experts from India
Deccan AI concentrates its workforce in India to manage quality in a fast-growing but fragmented AI training market.
TL;DR
- Deccan AI raised $25 million in its first Series A funding round, led by A91 Partners.
- The startup provides post-training data and evaluation services for AI models, including data generation, evaluation, and reinforcement learning.
- Deccan AI serves clients like Google DeepMind and Snowflake, working on tasks like improving coding and agent capabilities, and training systems to interact with APIs.
- The company employs about 125 people and utilizes a network of over 1 million contributors, with a significant portion based in India.
- By concentrating its workforce in India, Deccan AI aims to better manage quality and consistency in its services.
- The market for AI training services is rapidly expanding, with companies like Scale AI and Surge AI as competitors.
- Deccan AI's top contributors can earn up to $7,000 a month, with earnings ranging from $10 to $700 per hour.
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