Company:Roboflow

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Roboflow is a software development company founded in 2019 by Brad Dwyer (CTO) and Joseph Nelson (CEO).[1][2][3] The company provides an open-source repository of datasets and models for computer vision, and offers data understanding, data labeling, model training, deployment, and hosting services.[4][1][2][5][6][7] The company is based in Des Moines, Iowa.[2]

History

Roboflow’s first platform was launched in January 2020.[3] It was initially used to manage large image data sets, but grew over time to provide a step-by-step process for developers and businesses to build computer vision capabilities into their products.[4]

As of September 2021, the company had raised $22.2 million.[2][3] In November 2024, the company closed a $40 million series B funding round.[4][8] In addition to its funding rounds, Roboflow received funding from the Y Combinator tech business accelerator and the Pioneer accelerator.[9]

In 2024, Roboflow was selected to participate in Google Cloud’s ISV Startup Springboard program.[10][11][12]

Platform

Roboflow is an off-the-shelf computer-vision system.[13] Its platform allows developers to build computer vision into their products, enabling them to upload images and videos to train custom or prebuilt computer vision models.[2][4][14]

Universe initiative

As of November 2024, Roboflow Universe contained over 500,000 datasets, with more than 500 million images and 150,000 pretrained computer vision models.[1][4][15]

Universe supports the export of datasets into 36 data labeling annotation formats, including COCO, JSON, VOC SML, and YOLO Darknet TXT format.[1] The datasets are accessible via open APIs, as Docker containers, and via a software development kit for Apple iOS devices.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Kerner, Sean Michael (2022-06-28). "Roboflow expands open-source datasets for better computer vision AI models" (in en-US). https://venturebeat.com/ai/roboflow-expands-open-source-datasets-for-better-computer-vision-ai-models/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Wiggers, Kyle (2021-09-16). "Computer vision dev platform Roboflow raises $20M" (in en-US). https://venturebeat.com/business/computer-vision-dev-platform-roboflow-raises-20m/. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lardinois, Frederic (2021-01-12). "Roboflow raises $2.1M for its end-to-end computer vision platform" (in en-US). https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/12/roboflow-raises-2-1m-for-its-end-to-end-computer-vision-platform/. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Vision AI training and deployment startup Roboflow raises $40M" (in en-US). 2024-11-19. https://siliconangle.com/2024/11/19/vision-ai-training-deployment-startup-roboflow-raises-40m/. 
  5. ↑ Pellegrino, Rosemarie V; Lacuesta, Jethro Hoyt T.; Dela Cuesta, Carl Ferione L. (2024-10-12). "Nail Abnormality Identification Using Roboflow and Yolov8". 2024 14th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Technology. ICBET '24. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. pp. 121–127. doi:10.1145/3678935.3678956. ISBN 979-8-4007-1762-8. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3678935.3678956. 
  6. ↑ S, Roselinmary.; Y, Devadharshini (August 2024). "Image Segmentation for MRI Brain Tumor Detection Using Advance AI algorithm". 2024 2nd International Conference on Networking, Embedded and Wireless Systems (ICNEWS). pp. 1–6. doi:10.1109/ICNEWS60873.2024.10730873. ISBN 979-8-3503-6746-1. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10730873. 
  7. ↑ S, Roselinmary.; Y, Devadharshini (August 2024). "Image Segmentation for MRI Brain Tumor Detection Using Advance AI algorithm". 2024 2nd International Conference on Networking, Embedded and Wireless Systems (ICNEWS). pp. 1–6. doi:10.1109/ICNEWS60873.2024.10730873. ISBN 979-8-3503-6746-1. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10730873. 
  8. ↑ Garfinkle, Allie. "Exclusive: Roboflow, vision AI startup, raises $40 million Series B" (in en). https://fortune.com/2024/11/19/exclusive-roboflow-vision-ai-startup-raises-40-million-series-b/. 
  9. ↑ Jett, Tyler. "Des Moines startup Roboflow awarded $15,000 as a top Iowa new business" (in en-US). https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2020/10/06/computer-vision-tech-company-recognized-one-iowas-top-startups-des-moines/3629356001/. 
  10. ↑ thetechtribune (2024-07-01). "2024 Best Tech Startups in Iowa" (in en-US). https://thetechtribune.com/10-best-tech-startups-in-iowa/#google_vignette. 
  11. ↑ "See how AI startups are accelerating their growth with Google Cloud" (in en-US). https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/startups/isv-startup-springboard-accelerating-growth-ai-startups. 
  12. ↑ Bergman, Ben. "The 30 early-stage startups most likely to become tech's next unicorns, according to a proprietary AI model known as 'Moneyball for VC'" (in en-US). https://www.businessinsider.com/the-startups-most-likely-to-be-the-next-unicorns-2023-8. 
  13. ↑ Mims, Christopher (2022-07-23). "How to Build AI That Actually Works for Your Business" (in en-US). Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-build-ai-that-actually-works-for-your-business-11658548830?mod=tech_lead_pos8. 
  14. ↑ "Roboflow estimates a 74-year time savings across its community from using Meta's Segment Anything". October 24, 2024. https://ai.meta.com/blog/segment-anything-roboflow-image-segmentation/. 
  15. ↑ Kravitz, Noah (2025-03-05). "Roboflow Helps Unlock Computer Vision for Every Kind of AI Builder" (in en-US). https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/roboflow-computer-vision/. 



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