Labelbox
Labelbox provides data labeling tools for AI development, used by major AI labs and enterprises. The company has raised $189M, most recently in a Series D round in January 2022, and employs 481 people.
The growth story
Labelbox grew from 134 to 481 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $189M along the way, most recently a Series D in January 2022.
About
Labelbox sells software that helps companies prepare training data for AI models. Its tools are used by AI developers to label and organize datasets, which are essential for training machine learning systems.
The company has scaled rapidly since its 2018 founding, reaching nearly 500 employees. Its $189M in funding includes backing from prominent investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Databricks Ventures, suggesting strong investor confidence in its position in the AI infrastructure market.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Labelbox's largest function, accounting for 72 employees. The company's leadership team includes veterans from the AI and software development industries, though specific names are not provided.
The Labelbox org chart
Manu Sharma (CEO & Co-founder) leads 46 mapped leaders with 3 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 122 (-2% YoY), Operations 60 (+25% YoY), Education 58 (-6% YoY), Information Technology 58 (-3% YoY), Human Resources 18 (+13% YoY), Arts and Design 17 (+143% YoY).
Talent flow
Labelbox recruits heavily from other AI data labeling firms, with 16 hires each from Outlier and Scale AI. Alumni frequently move to prominent tech companies, with 5 joining both Invisible Technologies and Rippling, and 4 each going to Meta and OpenAI.
Most common previous employers of Labelbox staff: Outlier (16), Scale AI (16), Remotasks (7), IBM (6), Course Hero (5), Alignerr (4). Former Labelbox employees most often moved to Invisible Technologies (5), Rippling (5), Meta (4), OpenAI (4), Glean (3), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (3).
Alumni worth knowing
The Labelbox mafia
Labelbox alumni have founded 20 companies, including Jane App (784 staff) and Ceramic.ai (84 staff). These startups span various industries, from healthcare to AI infrastructure, showing the breadth of entrepreneurial talent emerging from the company.
21Anna Patterson, was Board Member until 2023Jocelyn D'Arcy, was Technical Project Manager until 2025Daniel Shteremberg, was Engineering Manager until 2020Bentz Edwards, was Software Engineer until 2022Craig Hosang, was Head of Product Marketing (Acting Head of Marketing) until 2020
Dan Rasmuson, was Co-Founder & CTO until 2020
Jeremy Steinbring, was Salesforce Administrator until 2021
Manas Talukdar, was Director of Engineering until 2025
Rohan Agrawal, was Senior Engineering Manager until 2021
Pranoy Chaudhuri, was Senior Product Manager 2 (Product Lead) until 2024
Aaraddhya Bhatalkar, was Engineering Manager until 2024
Arshita Dewan, was AI Programmer (ML Training and Evaluation) until 2026
Deependra Pal, was Data Specialist until 2025
Estevän ., was Former First-Appointed Coordinator until 2025
Anirudh Madarapu, was AI Tutor until 2024
Malachy Donovan, was Product Manager until 2023
Ibrahim Muhammad, was Staff Software Engineer until 2025
Tom Tran, MS, MBA, was Manager, Frontier Data Technical Program (L6) until 2026Web traffic
Traffic mix: 52% direct, 31% search, 1% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Labelbox: Python (Programming Language) (146), Artificial Intelligence (AI) (136), Communication (130), Analytical Skills (109), Microsoft Office (104), English (98), Data Analysis (98), Problem Solving (92).
Where the team actually sits
Labelbox people are concentrated in California, United States (37), United States (12), San Francisco Bay Area (12), Delhi, India (10).
Search footprint
Labelbox attracts about 1,664 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $22K a month if bought through ads. It gained 544 ranking keywords and lost 737 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.20 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 2.40 / 5
- Senior management
- 1.70 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 2.20 / 5
Frequently asked
Labelbox has 481 employees as of September 2026.
Labelbox has raised $189M in total, most recently a Series D round in January 2022.
Labelbox was founded in 2018 by Manu Sharma, Brian Rieger.
Manu Sharma (CEO & Co-founder) sits at the top of Labelbox's reporting structure, with 3 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Labelbox staff are Outlier (16 people), Scale AI (16 people), Remotasks (7 people).
Former Labelbox employees most often move to Invisible Technologies (5), Rippling (5), Meta (4).
At least 20 companies have a founder who previously worked at Labelbox, including Jane App, Ceramic.ai, Poindexter Labs.
Labelbox attracts about 1,664 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $22K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Labelbox staff are Python (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Communication, Analytical Skills, Microsoft Office.
Labelbox staff are concentrated in California, United States (37), United States (12), San Francisco Bay Area (12).
Labelbox has about 122 people in Engineering, down 2% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Labelbox has about 60 people in Operations, up 25% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 250 current and 365 former Labelbox profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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