What Abaka AI is
Abaka AI is a data company that sells data annotation, data collection and model evaluation to AI labs and large businesses. It has several hundred employees, with about 447 reported by Revelio Labs. It is a real, operating company, not a scam.
Can you apply to annotate for Abaka AI?
This is where most people get stuck. Abaka hires its office and engineering staff through a public careers page, but its network of annotators and expert contributors is recruited privately. There is no public sign up form for annotators. Work usually comes through invitations, recruiters or partner agencies working on specific projects. If someone offers you Abaka work, check that the email comes from an Abaka domain and that you never pay anything to start.
How Abaka AI pays
Reviews from contributors in 2026 describe good pay for the hours worked, monthly payment, and payout through PayPal or direct deposit. The common complaints are poor communication, slow replies, strict reviewers and work that is not always available. That is typical of AI training projects.
Better ways to find similar work
Because Abaka has no open application, it is usually faster to apply to platforms that post their roles publicly. Alignerr, Mercor, micro1, Handshake AI and Meridial all list open AI training roles with stated pay, and every one of them links to the official listing. Browse every open AI training job or compare platforms side by side.
Sources and further reading
- Abaka AI platform profile (AI Trainer Work)
- Abaka AI employee review (Glassdoor)
- Abaka AI employee numbers (Revelio Labs)
Platform requirements change. Always confirm them on the official listing.