Questions, answered plainly.Experts, data, safety and technology.

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Experts and data

Saolabs sources and vets human experts, then puts their judgement into training and evaluation data for AI models and agents. The questions below cover who those experts are, how they are checked, and what the data looks like.

Safety and technology

Our safety work covers evaluation, red-teaming and alignment data. Our technology is the hiring and agent ecosystem we built to vet experts, now available to license.

Security, privacy and joining

How we approach security and privacy, and how experts can apply to join the network.

Questions, answered.

What does Saolabs do?

Saolabs is a deeptech lab for safer AI. It sources pre-vetted human experts and produces expert-labelled training and evaluation data that makes other companies' AI models and agents safer.

Which industries do Saolabs experts come from?

Saolabs experts work in medicine, law, finance, engineering, software, science, mathematics and languages. Projects are matched to the expertise they require.

How does Saolabs vet its experts?

Experts are sourced through Hiring OS, outreach agents, a recruiter network and a jobs marketplace. They are then vetted with AI voice interviews, real-world work tests and skills assessments before being matched to projects.

What data services does Saolabs provide?

Saolabs provides labelling, training data, evaluation, red-teaming and alignment data. All of it is produced by vetted human experts.

What types of data does Saolabs work with?

Saolabs works with language, code, vision, voice, video, agents, simulation, robotics and physical-world data.

Who are Saolabs' customers?

Saolabs mainly works with AI model companies and labs that need expert training and evaluation data. It also licenses its technology to companies and works with experts who join its network.

Why does expert-labelled data make AI safer?

A model learns from the people who label and grade its outputs. Experts can tell a correct answer from a plausible one in their field, so their judgement teaches the model the right lesson and catches failures non-experts miss.

Does Saolabs do AI red-teaming?

Yes. Saolabs experts red-team AI models and agents, probing for failures in their own domains, alongside evaluation and alignment data work.

Does Saolabs build its own AI model?

No. Saolabs produces expert data and licenses hiring and agent technology. Its work helps make other companies' models and agents safer.

Can AI be made completely safe?

No method makes AI completely safe. Expert-labelled data, careful evaluation and red-teaming reduce risk by finding and correcting failures, and Saolabs focuses on doing that work rigorously.

What technology does Saolabs license?

Saolabs licenses Hiring OS, a jobs marketplace, AI voice agents, outreach agents and Agent OS. Companies can use them for hiring or to run their own workflows on agents trained with expert human guidance.

Can Saolabs technology be used outside hiring?

Yes. Through Agent OS and licensing, companies can run their own processes and workflows on Saolabs' agentic systems, at scale.

How does an engagement with Saolabs start?

With a conversation, then scoping and usually a pilot on a defined piece of work. Write to partnership@saolabs.ai to begin.

Is Saolabs SOC 2, ISO 27001 or GDPR certified?

No. The Saolabs security programme is designed around GDPR, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 controls, but it is not certified or attested.

How do I report a security issue or make a privacy request?

Send security reports to security@saolabs.ai and privacy requests to privacy@saolabs.ai. Legal matters go to info@saolabs.ai.

How do I become a Saolabs expert?

Apply at https://www.workor.ai. Applicants go through an AI voice interview, real-world work tests and skills assessments, then are matched to projects that fit their expertise.

What kind of work do Saolabs experts do?

Experts label data, write training examples, evaluate model and agent outputs, red-team systems and produce alignment data in their field. The work depends on current projects and the expert's demonstrated skills.

Where is Saolabs located?

The registered office of SAO Labs Inc. is at 3012 Fauntleroy Ave SW, Seattle, WA, USA.

Every safe modelhas an expert behind it.