Founded by Leila Janah and driven by the belief that “Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not.”
Developed our first relationships with partner delivery centers and focused on data entry, sentiment analysis and data transcription.
Built version one of SamaHub, our technology platform.
First deep learning image annotation projects. Images used by Microsoft to build out Xbox Kinect technology.
Launched enhanced data annotation platform features on SamaHub.
First large scale product classification project with WalmartLabs.
Partnered with Oxfam to assist youth in Northern Uganda affected by civil war. by opening a delivery center in Gulu.
Helped nearly 5,000 people lift themselves out of poverty.
First video annotation and 3D annotation projects for Microsoft.
Opened our first owned and operated center in Nairobi, Kenya.
Launched European operations with first office in The Hague.
Opened an office in Costa Rica.
Achieved ISO 9001 certification for Nairobi Delivery Center.
Celebrated 10 years, having helped lift 10K+ people out of poverty.
Adopted a hybrid business structure enabling the company to attract investment capital to fuel growth.
Helped over 50,000 people have meaningful income and move out of poverty.
Opened office in Kampala, Uganda and Montreal.
Announced Series A funding.
Annotated over 1.5B points
Won AI Breakthrough Awards for Best Image Processing Solution
Made Inc. Magazine’s Annual List of America’s Fastest-Growing 5,000 Private Companies
Became the first AI company to receive B Corp Certification
Published a Randomized Control Trial
Samasource becomes Sama, representing our vision to take on the most ambitious AI projects and deliver high-quality, accurate training data
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