Summary

  • A data preparation startup called Structify has launched publicly with $4.1m in seed funding from investors including Bain Capital Ventures and 8VC.
  • The Brooklyn-based AI firm uses its in-house visual language model, called DoRa, to automate the capturing, cleaning and structuring of data, which usually takes up to 80% of a data scientist’s time.
  • Gartner research suggests inadequate data preparation is a primary obstacle to successful AI implementation, with four of five companies lacking the data foundations to capitalise on Generative AI.
  • Structify’s platform enables users to create bespoke datasets by specifying the data schema and deploying AI agents to source it.
  • The “quadruple verification” process offers a mixture of AI and human oversight to ensure accuracy.
  • Structify plans to use the funding to grow its team and establish itself as the go-to data tool across industries.

By Michael Nuñez

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