Crowdworks

What Crowdworks does

Crowdworks (크라우드웍스) is a Seoul-headquartered, KOSDAQ-listed (355390) AI data and solutions company founded in 2017 that operates across four verticals: Enterprise AI, Industrial AI, Consumer AI, and Physical AI. Its core offering combines AI training data processing and labeling with a proprietary technology stack centered on the Alpy platform (including Alpy Knowledge Compiler for converting enterprise documents into AI knowledge systems, Agent Builder for Agentic AI deployment, RAG, and Performance Evaluation) and WorksOne, its proprietary Small Language Model for enterprise AI services. The company also trades AI training data, including synthetic data for robotics and autonomous driving, and operates a distributed data labeling workforce via works.crowdworks.kr.

Crowdworks monetizes through professional services for data processing and refinement, recurring subscription/enterprise contracts for Alpy-based solutions, licensing of the WorksOne SLM, and data purchase/sale activities. Its primary customer segment is large enterprises seeking to deploy AI on proprietary internal data, with secondary segments in manufacturing (production optimization, quality control, anomaly detection), robotics/autonomous vehicles (training data), and consumer AI applications. Pricing is quote-based with multi-year contracts, distributed through direct B2B enterprise field sales supported by a multilingual website inquiry form and content marketing via the company blog.

The company is a designated partner in Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT-led national AI foundation model project via the Motif Technologies consortium, alongside partners such as LG AI Research, SK Telecom, and Upstage. It has signed a strategic MOU with Xyze for robot behavioral data, and acquired SINPLAT in September 2025. Funding history includes seven disclosed rounds totaling approximately $23.7M, culminating in a $13.4M Series C in November 2021.

Name

Crowdworks

Legal name

(주)크라우드웍스

Website

https://crowdworks.kr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Crowdworks is a Seoul-based, KOSDAQ-listed AI data and solutions company that provides AI training data processing, the Alpy enterprise AI platform, and the WorksOne small language model, serving enterprise, industrial, physical AI, and consumer segments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Data Services and Enterprise AI Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (51321), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Training (611420)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHDAAACAF

Agents & Autonomous Workflows (Tool Use, Planning, Multi-Agent)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning/Foundation Models & Generative AI (LLMs, multimodal)

Keywords

• AI data labeling
• AI training data
• Enterprise AI solutions
• Physical AI data
• Small language models

Headquarters

HQ city

Seoul

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. AI Data Processing and Refinement Services: Core revenue stream from processing and refining AI training data, including data labeling, data collection, and data加工 services for enterprise AI model development
2. Enterprise AI Solutions (Alpy): Providing end-to-end enterprise AI solutions including Agentic AI introduction, AI consulting, implementation, and evaluation services
3. AI Model Licensing (WorksOne): Revenue from Crowdworks' proprietary Small Language Model (SLM) WorksOne for enterprise deployment
4. Data Purchase/Sale: Trading AI training data including synthetic data for robotics and autonomous driving applications

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Crowdworks provides AI training data processing and refinement services alongside proprietary enterprise AI software. Its core offerings include the WorksOne small language model (SLM), the Alpy enterprise Agentic AI platform (with Knowledge Compiler, Agent Builder, RAG, and Performance Evaluation modules), and specialized data solutions for Enterprise, Industrial, Consumer, and Physical AI verticals. The company delivers end-to-end services from data collection and labeling to AI model deployment and evaluation.

Product overview

Crowdworks operates as an AI data and solutions company offering a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on Trustworthy AI. The core offering includes the proprietary Small Language Model WorksOne and the Alpy platform with its sub-modules (Alpy Knowledge Compiler, Agent Builder, RAG, Performance Evaluation). The company provides AI services across four verticals: Enterprise AI (custom LLM solutions), Industrial AI (manufacturing optimization and quality control), Consumer AI (camera apps and content distribution), and Physical AI (robotics and autonomous vehicle data). Supporting services include AI data labeling, AI consulting, AI evaluation, AI training, and Physical AI data provision.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Alpy: Enterprise AI solution platform providing Agentic AI introduction support across all stages including Agent Builder, RAG, and Performance Evaluation.
• Alpy Knowledge Compiler
• WorksOne

Products and services

• Alpy Comprehensive enterprise AI platform providing solutions for all stages of Agentic AI adoption in enterprises, including Agent Builder, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), and Performance Evaluation components.
• Alpy Knowledge Compiler Intelligent data solution that transforms enterprise documents and unstructured content into structured AI knowledge systems ready for retrieval and synthesis.
• WorksOne Crowdworks' proprietary Small Language Model (SLM) used for enterprise AI services and solutions, complemented by custom LLM services for specific enterprise problems.
• Enterprise AI Services B2B AI service line that builds custom LLM-based solutions beyond Crowdworks' proprietary WorksOne SLM to address enterprise-specific problems.
• Industrial AI Services AI solutions for the manufacturing industry covering production optimization, quality control, manufacturing process diagnostics, and anomaly detection.
• Consumer AI Services Service line delivering global AI camera applications and AI content distribution services using generative AI technology for consumer-facing applications.
• Physical AI Data Services Training data and data services for robotics and autonomous vehicle developers, providing behavioral and 3D data for Physical AI models that interact with the real world.
• AI Data Labeling Service AI training data labeling and processing service delivered through a contributor platform where trained data workers produce labeled datasets for machine learning model development.
• AI Evaluation Services AI model evaluation service for enterprises, assessing performance of models before and after deployment.
• AI Consulting and Enterprise Training AI strategy consulting and enterprise training services supporting organizations in planning and adopting AI capabilities.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• XyzecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 March 2026Xyze, a Physical AI technology company that recently secured 13 billion won in Series B funding, signed a strategic MOU with Crowdworks to strengthen robot learning data construction. The partnership combines Xyze's behavioral data from robot hardware development and real service operations (including data from their 'GloveX' device) with Crowdworks' AI data processing and refinement expertise. The goal is to standardize robot behavioral data and improve the accuracy of physical AI models.
• Motif Technologies ConsortiumflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 March 2026Crowdworks is a partner in the Motif Technologies-led consortium for Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT national AI foundation model project. The consortium brings together 17 participating institutions and 12 demand-side institutions to develop a multimodal foundation model covering text, images, video, and audio. Crowdworks contributes 3D data, training data, and robotics expertise as part of this government-led initiative targeting Korea's goal to become a global top-level AI player (AI G3).
• Korea Ministry of Science and ICT (National AI Project)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCrowdworks is partnered as a training data specialist in one of four consortia competing in Korea's national AI foundation model project. The project aims to build globally competitive sovereign AI capabilities with Crowdworks providing expertise in 3D data and robotics training data.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Defined.ai: Defined.ai (formerly definedcrowd) provides training data and model evaluation services for AI/ML teams. Direct competitor in AI data collection, labeling, and evaluation, with comparable multi-modality focus.
• Labelbox: Labelbox operates a data-centric AI platform combining annotation tooling, model evaluation, and training data workflows. Overlaps with Crowdworks' Alpy platform and data labeling offerings for enterprise AI buyers.
• Sama: Sama provides high-quality training data and annotation for AI models with focus on enterprise and autonomous systems. Comparable in physical AI / computer vision data services where Crowdworks is expanding through the Xyze partnership.
• CloudFactory: CloudFactory offers AI training data services using distributed human-in-the-loop teams, comparable to Crowdworks' crowdsourced data labeling model.
• Scale AI: Scale AI is the leading global AI training data platform serving generative AI and government/defense customers. Direct competitor to Crowdworks' data labeling and refinement services, with a much larger enterprise footprint.
• Appen: Appen provides AI training data services across text, image, audio, and video for global enterprise and foundation-model customers. Direct competitor in AI data labeling and a benchmark for Crowdworks' enterprise data services motion.

Regional players

• Upstage: Upstage is a Korean AI foundation model company (Solar LLM) participating in the same national AI consortia. Comparable as a Korea-based AI platform competitor with overlapping sovereign AI project exposure.

Broad incumbents

• LG AI Research: LG AI Research develops the EXAONE foundation models and is a major Korean sovereign AI player. Overlaps with Crowdworks at the data/model layer but operates as a much larger enterprise R&D arm.
• Telus International (Lionbridge AI): Telus International's AI data division (formerly Lionbridge AI) provides large-scale annotation and data services. Comparable as a scaled AI data services incumbent, though broader portfolio.

Emerging players

• Surge AI: Surge AI is an emerging data labeling provider specializing in high-quality RLHF and evaluation data for foundation models. Comparable to Crowdworks' enterprise-focused AI data and evaluation business.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Crowdworks_Inc
• Facebookfacebook.com/ai.crowdworks
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/crowdworks-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds7 records

Investors13 records

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M&A1 record

Investments2 records

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