We're the ML engineers that enjoyed the collection process more than model building. In 2023 we found that we had a niche, and ran with it.
Now we collect the data companies cannot, or simply don't have time to.
Early on we were hired to help build a sentiment analysis model for a group that needed feedback on how their products were interacting with people in the real world. The challenge required us to take our understanding of social situations, find clever ways, and go get what no public facing company could.
A thousand middle fingers later, we were hooked.