Aya Data, the data services and AI solutions provider has raised a pre-seed funding round to advance its mission of delivering exceptional AI services and solutions from Africa. According to Pitchbook, the company raised $124,000 for the pre-seed round. Investors who participated in the round include Microtraction and Savanah Fund.
Aya Data delivers AI solutions and services across various industries. It covers the entire AI value chain, from data acquisition to data annotation to data science and AI. The company utilizes AI to enhance agricultural productivity, accelerate forest growth, optimize financial services for improved customer experiences, elevate healthcare quality, etc.
Founded in 2021 by Ama Larbi Siaw and Freddie Monk, Aya Data’s mission centers around bridging the divide in the AI value chain, which has traditionally been fragmented between data science teams in the global north and annotators in the global south. This fragmentation has led to costly, inflexible, and ethically opaque AI solutions. Aya Data aims to change this narrative by building AI solutions for the global market entirely from Africa, emphasizing flexibility, ethics, and affordability.
