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Rapidata, an AI infrastructure startup, raised $8.5M in Seed funding led by Canaan Partners and IA Ventures to scale its human data network.

PRIVATEFeb 19, 2026

Amount Raised

$8.5 Million

Round Type

Seed

ZurichSoftwareArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningNatural Language Processing

Investors

BlueyardAcequia CapitalCanaan PartnersIA Ventures

Description

Rapidata, a Zurich, Switzerland-based AI infrastructure startup which specializes in providing human feedback for AI model development, raised $8.5M in Seed funding. The round was led by Canaan Partners and IA Ventures with participation from Acequia Capital and BlueYard. The company intends to use the funds to scale its global human data network and support growing demand from AI companies. Led by CEO and Founder Jason Corkill, Rapidata enables AI teams to collect large volumes of human feedback.

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Companies in the same sectors as Rapidata that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.

  • Whirl AI raised $8.9M (Seed) on April 1, 2026.
  • Pickmybrain raised $2.1M (Pre-Seed) on April 1, 2026.
  • Acclaim raised $40M (Series A) on April 1, 2026.
  • Gnani AI raised $10M (Funding Round) on March 31, 2026.
  • Deccan AI raised $25M (Series A) on March 26, 2026.
  • Littlebird raised $11M (Seed) on March 25, 2026.

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Company Information

Company

Rapidata

Location

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

About

Rapidata is an AI infrastructure startup based in Zurich, Switzerland, specializing in providing human feedback for AI model development. The company enables AI teams to efficiently collect large volumes of human feedback using crowd intelligence and a global network of participants. This approach significantly reduces the time and cost required for labeling, validating, and refining datasets for AI models.

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