{"id":100420,"date":"2025-10-03T03:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T03:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/100420\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T03:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T03:57:09","slug":"uber-acquires-segments-ai-to-grow-data-labeling-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/100420\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber Acquires Segments.ai to Grow Data Labeling Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uber<\/a> has acquired Segments.ai<\/a>, a multi-sensor labeling platform for robotics and autonomous driving, the two companies said Thursday (Oct. 2) in separate posts on LinkedIn.<\/p>\n

In its post<\/a>, Uber AI Solutions<\/a>, Uber\u2019s AI data services business, said that the acquisition is part of its commitment to building its lidar and multi-sensor data annotation capabilities. The company said it has been working in this area for nearly a decade to use labels on real-world data to power autonomy, safety and artificial intelligence breakthroughs.<\/p>\n

\u201cSegments.ai brings solid experience in lidar annotation tools, deep expertise in the domain, and an incredible base of clients,\u201d the post said. \u201cWe are thrilled to be working with [Segments.ai CEO and Founder Otto Debals<\/a> and Founder Bert De Brabandere<\/a>] and the entire team as we build the future together for lidar data annotation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Debals said in a post<\/a> on LinkedIn that he, De Brabandere and the entire team will join Uber AI Solutions and continue building annotation tooling for robotics and autonomous vehicles.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve supported awesome use cases: from self-driving vehicles and trucks to autonomous drones and tractors,\u201d Debals said of Segments.ai, which was founded in 2020.<\/p>\n

De Brabandere said in a post<\/a> on LinkedIn that at Uber AI Solutions, they will \u201chelp supercharge the data labeling team.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Uber AI Solutions offers other businesses solutions that Uber developed over the past decade while using data<\/a> and AI in its own operations.<\/p>\n

The organization said in June that it added new solutions and began making them available to AI labs and enterprises in 30 countries.<\/p>\n

One solution is a platform that connects enterprises to global talent, including experts in coding, finance, law, science and linguistics, who can provide annotation, translation and editing for multilingual and multimodal content.<\/p>\n

Uber AI Solutions also offers datasets to train large AI models for generative AI, mapping, speech recognition and other uses cases; task flows, annotations, simulations and multilingual support to help train AI agents; and its own internal platforms for managing large-scale annotation projects and validating AI inputs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re bringing together Uber\u2019s platform, people and AI systems to help other organizations build smarter AI more quickly,\u201d Megha Yethadka<\/a>, general manager and head of Uber AI Solutions, said in a June press release.<\/p>\n

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