
Sepal AI empowers ambitious AI teams to build faster and safer foundational AI models by providing expert-grounded data at every stage of development. They focus on accelerating model iteration and ensuring quality through rigorous vetting and a vast pool of specialized PhD-level experts. Their services include providing novel training datasets, custom benchmarks, pre-launch testing, and agentic applications, all supported by a human-centric approach to AI development. Sepal AI is SOC 2 Certified and is relied upon by top AI labs that prioritize responsible and high-impact AI.

Sepal AI empowers ambitious AI teams to build faster and safer foundational AI models by providing expert-grounded data at every stage of development. They focus on accelerating model iteration and ensuring quality through rigorous vetting and a vast pool of specialized PhD-level experts. Their services include providing novel training datasets, custom benchmarks, pre-launch testing, and agentic applications, all supported by a human-centric approach to AI development. Sepal AI is SOC 2 Certified and is relied upon by top AI labs that prioritize responsible and high-impact AI.
What they do: Expert-grounded training data, RL environments, evaluation tooling, and model fine-tuning for frontier AI labs and enterprises
Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States
Founders: Fedor Paretsky; Kat Hu
Stage / funding: Pre-Seed; raised a round announced Sep 25, 2024
Security / compliance: SOC 2 Certified
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Training data quality, model evaluation, and safety for large and frontier AI models
2024
Data and Analytics
500000 USD
“Y Combinator (lead/backing investor)”
Join Our AI Benchmarking Study for Educational and Career Counselors
Sepal is conducting a national research initiative to assess AI systems’ accuracy, safety, and effectiveness in guidance and career counseling. We are seeking experienced educational, guidance, and career counselors/advisors to help define professional standards in advising, student engagement, and career development. Your expertise will shape how AI systems are evaluated for real-world guidance and counseling scenarios.
Sample of Reported Job Titles
School Counselor -- Career Advisor -- Academic Advisor -- Guidance Counselor -- College and Career Counselor
MUST-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS
-- 4+ years full-time experience in educational, guidance, or career counseling
-- Fluent in English
-- U.S. residency
-- Access to a laptop or desktop computer with reliable internet
-- Experience with academic advising, career planning, and student support
-- Ability to follow detailed written instructions and complete online tasks independently
COMPENSATION AND LOGISTICS
-- Hourly pay: $33–$50 depending on experience and fit
-- Paid bi-weekly
-- Fully remote participation; flexible schedule
-- Current employment in counseling not required
WHAT YOU WILL DO
-- Complete a short questionnaire about your professional background
-- Review AI-generated advising scenarios, career planning tools, and guidance strategies for realism and safety
-- Help design realistic and edge-case scenarios involving academic planning, career decisions, and student challenges
-- Provide professional insight on effective, safe, and high-quality counseling practices
WHY PARTICIPATE?
Your professional experience ensures AI systems are benchmarked against authentic guidance and counseling standards. Participation directly impacts AI evaluation for student support and career advising.
LIMITED AVAILABILITY
A limited number of counselors and advisors will be selected. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.