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Stanford is a place of discovery, creativity and innovation located in the San Francisco Bay Area on the ancestral land of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe. Dedicated to our founding mission—benefitting society through research and education—we are working toward a sustainable future, accelerating the impact of research with external partners, catalyzing discoveries about ourselves and our world, and educating students as global citizens. Our main campus, which welcomed its first class in 1891, is now home to 650+ student organizations, 36 varsity athletic teams, 20 libraries, 21 living Nobel laureates, 18 interdisciplinary research institutes, seven schools, and a vibrant arts scene. More than 9,000 graduate students and 7,000 undergraduates pursue studies at Stanford each year. Our financial aid program, one of the most generous in the nation, makes it possible for any admitted undergraduate to attend without taking on student debt.

Scale’s mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world’s most important decisions. We provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world’s leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact. The Scale Generative AI Platform allows customers to build, evaluate, and control advanced AI agents and applications that continuously improve. The Scale Data Engine provides the technology to collect, curate, and annotate high-quality datasets. Through our Scale Labs, we test models with rigorous benchmarks and novel research to ensure breakthroughs translate into systems people can trust. Scale powers the most advanced LLMs and generative models in the world through RLHF, data generation and model evaluation. We work with industry leaders like Meta, Cisco, DLA Piper, Mayo Clinic, Time Inc., the Government of Qatar, and U.S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force.

Bridge the gap between your AI’s promise and its real-world performance. Our technology and talent help you develop, deploy, and operate reliable, trustworthy AI from idea to production faster. We ensure your data is ready for reliable AI models, improve performance with continuous feedback loops, and close the confidence gap by making your AI systems accurate and safe at scale. We achieve this by combining machine and human intelligence. Our modular and flexible AI platform uses a human-in-the-loop approach to correct errors and edge cases that automation alone can’t handle, continuously improving model performance. With an inference-centric methodology, unique datasets, and our skilled professionals, we enable ML teams to build better AI solutions for real-world problems, ensuring seamless development and monitoring that speeds up production and drives real financial impact. Founded in 2010, CloudFactory is on a mission to empower talented people around the world to become the skilled humans in the loop vital for unlocking AI's full potential. We’re on four continents, with offices in the UK, the US, Germany, Kenya, and Nepal. To learn more, visit www.cloudfactory.com.