AI data & research | Propel
← Solutions Solution

AI data & research

Recruit contributors for language, data and research tasks. Propel finds people with the relevant skills and context through trusted communities, then coordinates participation against your instructions and agreed outputs.

Scope a research brief

Participant selection

A language task, a software task and a user study need different people. We use relevant community relationships to recruit against the assignment, then apply the checks agreed for that work.

We work with your team to define the participant profile, instructions, outputs and review process before the work begins.

Participant fit
LanguageWolofLocal-language fluency
SkillsSoftware tasksData contribution
Local contextMarket knowledgeLived experience
OutcomeAn agreed research task, with instructions, outputs and review

Where Propel can help

  • Precision specialist sourcing

    Credentialed evaluators and specialists, matched to the exact domain, language or geography a requirement needs.

  • Managed data generation and acquisition

    Annotation, transcription, translation and labelling at volume, across audio, video, image and text, run as one managed pipeline.

  • Expert evaluation and research

    Domain-grounded model grading, evaluation and research participation from practising professionals.

Applications across data, evaluation and research

  1. Language and speech data
  2. Domain-specific responses
  3. Expert reasoning and judgement
  4. Coding and technical evaluation
  5. Structured task completion
  6. Cultural and contextual inputs
  7. Model comparison and evaluation
  8. Product and workflow testing
  9. Validation and research participation

Scope and requirements

Your research team defines the methodology and acceptance criteria. Together, we agree selection, task instructions, participant consent, data handling and output review. Propel coordinates recruitment, participant support and the agreed delivery records.

For a new evaluation task, agree a pilot before expanding the programme.

Illustrative

Contributor brief

Requirements
Language, skills and context the task needs
Instructions
Task steps agreed with your research team
Acceptance criteria
Your methodology and review standards
Consent and data
Participant consent and data handling, as agreed
Delivery records
Agreed records of contributions delivered

Programme examples

Orange

qualified participants
1,800+
annotated records
200K+
hours saved
730+

A difficult three-language requirement: Wolof, French and English. Propel found the people, ran the annotation workflows and fed the NLP layer over four months.

Read the Orange engagement →

US on-demand delivery platform

audio hours
200
acceptance
93%
delivery
10 days

A cohort of 100+ specialists across five languages, with the client’s quality requirements built into production.

Read the story →

Defined.ai

data sets
100,000+

Propel activated its ecosystem to support data acquisition across emerging markets, delivering 100,000+ data sets.

Read the Defined.ai engagement →

Need people building with your platform?

AI data & research is for contributors who supply data, expertise and evaluation work. For developers building applications and integrations on your technology, see developer activation.

Developer activation & adoption

Discuss your research

Tell us the task, the participant requirements and the output you need.

Scope a research briefSee our work