StageZero Technologies

Based in Helsinki, Finland, and founded in 2016, StageZero Technologies operates as an artificial intelligence automation company. The company was founded by its CEO Thomas Forss and CTO Nicklas Forss. In January 2022, StageZero Technologies raised USD 1. 8 million in seed funding led by new investor Konvoy Ventures, with participation from other new investors Hyperamp and Ludus.

StageZero delivers algorithms and machine learning training data services such as detection, data labeling, data gathering, and algorithm building for other companies' automation projects. The company operates by incorporating in-app chores into games, such as item labeling or audio word translation, and rewards players with extra lives or game currencies for completing them. The information gathered from the gamers is used to develop artificial intelligence for its clients, such as labeled images for creating automation technologies such as driverless cars, retail inventory management, medical diagnostics, agriculture, and worker safety, and audible translation/natural language processing (NLP) data for training virtual assistants to speak different languages. StageZero Technologies plans to use the January funding to expand its team, refine its product efficiencies, and continue building tools to allow companies to ethically develop AI systems.