DataRoot Labs

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO & Co-Founder of Ekkobar. 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We utilize AI to tell the story behind the numbers in the social media conversation, revealing the 'who, what, and why'.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire DataRoot Labs to accomplish?

• Identify ways to connect user profile and social media data for AI
• Develop LLM based on theories of users and their social media posts

SOLUTION

How did you find DataRoot Labs?

direct contact

Why did you select DataRoot Labs over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from DataRoot Labs were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

We had a series of theories about how to treat social media data by connecting additional information about the poster and conversation to create a new LLM that could provide text-classification information.  The deliverables included documentation, a finished LLM and the steps needed to udpate it.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Each week we received a project summary for the week, overall progress, any outstanding issues and the next week's deliverables.  With this, we were able to stay on project and budget throughout the whole process.  At the end of the project, they delivered all the code, documentation and processes needed.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Project management was exceptional.  Each week we received a status report for the overall project as well as for the week, outstanding issues, and next week's goals.  We communicated over Slack for questions and their response time was amazing.

What was your primary form of communication with DataRoot Labs?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Both their technical abilities as well as their project management.  In addition, they were highly receptive to ideas and creative discussions to improve our original ideas.

Are there any areas for improvement or something DataRoot Labs could have done differently?

None that I can think of, they delivered above and beyond what I expected.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

 I am the Head of Data Analytics of a food & beverage company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Ecommerce

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire DataRoot Labs to accomplish?

• Develop an AI customer assistant

SOLUTION

How did you find DataRoot Labs?

Other

Why did you select DataRoot Labs over others?

Other

How many teammates from DataRoot Labs were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Develop an AI assistant being able to understand different types of user questions: some based on purchased products details and some others more general based on books knowledge

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We emasured results measuring service answers success to a list of possible questions we created

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Yes they deliver on time even if we had to do some changes to the plan

What was your primary form of communication with DataRoot Labs?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The efficiency, the way to easily solve issues, collaboration, detailed subject knowledge

Are there any areas for improvement or something DataRoot Labs could have done differently?

The way of knowledge sharing of what they did could be more detailed and proactive

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of Art of Peace.ai

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Our startup is building an AI-driven communications coach in the cloud to support individual/organizational development and workforce efficiencies while mitigating legal exposure by reducing toxicity and offensive speech.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire DataRoot Labs to accomplish?

• Serve as our core AI service provider to architect, set up, and execute the AI part of our product offering.
• Build proof of concept to detect different types of offensive speech in written dialogue.
• Build prevention prompts with recommendations.

SOLUTION

How did you find DataRoot Labs?

Referral

Why did you select DataRoot Labs over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from DataRoot Labs were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

First, creation of the detection mechanism based on the NLP model. Secondly, creating a recommendation engine to offer alternative wording to a user. In addition, the team had to do the following - building contextual classifier, observability system, prompt engineering testing environment and reporting dashboard. The end result should be a working PoC that can be tested by real users.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Currently, we have a working prototype which we use for demo purposes. It works as expected. We plan to use the prototype to attract potential clients and investors.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Frictionless and transparent communications; prompt responses from their team.

What was your primary form of communication with DataRoot Labs?

Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

DataRoot Labs exceeded our expectations primarily because they managed to deliver the working prototype on time and at less cost than anticipated (!). We liked that transparency and look forward to the next development phase. We trust them with their expertise and highly recommend them for early stage founders looking for an exceptional AI partner.

Are there any areas for improvement or something DataRoot Labs could have done differently?

No, they are incredibly reliable and responsive to both time and budgets.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the founder of a startup company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Our startup bootstraps trust and legitimacy to the web in such a way that cybercriminals can no longer abuse the agnostic nature of the web.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire DataRoot Labs to accomplish?

• We needed DataRoot Labs to build a system that would bring a market-driven allowlist (whitelist) capability to a Intelligence Sharing Platform. We wanted to use computer vision recognition of crawled pages of domains for block/takedown, to associate with the relevant trademark owners and inform them. This mix of allowlist and blocklist capabilities improves the overall robustness of our Intelligence Sharing Platform while reducing the business-related losses for our users/clients.

SOLUTION

How did you find DataRoot Labs?

Online Search

Why did you select DataRoot Labs over others?

• High ratings
• small and agile team + experience with a similar case

How many teammates from DataRoot Labs were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

The scope included the following: creating a Software Requirements Specification document with Architecture description, System Capabilities, Detailed Data Processing Flow, and Production Compute Requirements. That was followed by Computer Vision engine development with testing it on a logo template matching task with a predefined diverse dataset. 

After that the team proceeded with System Development which included the development and testing of a CI/CD pipeline. Before handing off the project, the team fully tested and deployed the solution.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The system worked as described upon delivery. It became one of the core engines behind our offering to fintech clients.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Although the project took a bit longer than expected, the team has delivered it on budget and quite quickly. I was able to connect with the CTO and their engineering team in a matter of minutes. We still stay in touch and I hope to work with them again on a new scope.

What was your primary form of communication with DataRoot Labs?

Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Reliable, great technical expertise - I can always PM their CTO for a quick advice on any AI/ML-related topic. Good quality of delivery. Highly recommend!

Are there any areas for improvement or something DataRoot Labs could have done differently?

No. I would work and plan to work with them again. Highly recommend.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am an executive at an information technology company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Our startup is a social audio marketplace that allows you to meet and connect with like-minded people.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire DataRoot Labs to accomplish?

• Initially, DataRoot Labs was hired to build out AI-powered audio content recommendation algorithms based on user data and behavior.
• Eventually, they covered some data engineering and all AI tasks related to the core product of the company.

SOLUTION

How did you find DataRoot Labs?

• Online Search
• Other

Why did you select DataRoot Labs over others?

• Great culture fit
• good reviews from a trusted source.

How many teammates from DataRoot Labs were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

The team at DataRoot Labs was tasked with creating a sophisticated audio content recommendation engine that takes into account many parameters and involves substances expertise in Artificial Intelligence. They successfully delivered a working complex recommendation engine that provided valid recommendations on the content tabs within the application. 

Over time, they meticulously worked on improving the existing recommendation algorithms and adding new features. In addition, they helped us handle such tasks as developing charts and dashboards as well as ML admin tools.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The project went live with DataRoot Lab’s recommendation engine at the core of the product. Since launch, the team helped us iterate on the product including actively participating in the release of several upgraded versions of the app which took into consideration user feedback. Currently, the app is live and enjoyed by tens of thousands of users with algorithms that are working as needed and constantly improving.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

DataRoot Labs is a relatively small team, easy to get in touch and communicate with. Yet they have solid processes in place when it comes to abiding by deadlines and delivering on the scope. We could always reach their C-level with a single email and were always able to get flexible terms and special requests when needed. They helped us save time by avoiding unnecessary bureaucracy.

What was your primary form of communication with DataRoot Labs?

• Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The team has been our development partner for over 2 years. They have proven to be a reliable ally that not only demonstrates on-point AI expertise but also delivers on time and on budget. They are easy to work and communicate with. I would highly recommend them to any founder of any AI startup looking for a reliable tech partner.

Are there any areas for improvement or something DataRoot Labs could have done differently?

Not really. They are great.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Partner of AVITAR

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

A spin-off from the legal firm, we are an AI-powered document automation platform that can help legal professionals draft legal documents quickly and accurately.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire DataRoot Labs to accomplish?

To develop a PoC - building out the initial Generative AI model to automatically populate legal documents from templates. After the PoC was released, DataRoot Labs was tasked with improving model performance and adding new features.

SOLUTION

How did you find DataRoot Labs?

They have been our client for legal work..

Why did you select DataRoot Labs over others?

Since we knew the management and great experience with them as a client, we didn’t evaluate any other options.

How many teammates from DataRoot Labs were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Platform’s PoC scope included the following functions:

• Provide a library of templates for common legal documents, such as contracts, agreements, and forms.
• Allow users to customize the templates by adding, removing, or modifying clauses as needed.
• Automatically populate the templates with relevant information, such as client names, dates, and legal terms, using natural language processing and machine learning algorithms.
• Allow users to review and edit the documents before finalizing them.
• Provide a search function to easily locate specific documents in the library.
• Allow users to create new templates and save them to the library for future use.

The NLP and machine learning algorithms should use a combination of open-source and proprietary NLP and machine learning libraries, such as spaCy, NLTK, and TensorFlow.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The AI-powered document automation tool they developed for us has been a game-changer for our legal practice. It has helped us to streamline our document drafting process and has allowed us to produce legal documents more quickly and accurately than ever before.

We first tested it within our firm. In under 4 months, the tool is already generating a lot of interest from the market. The tool is user-friendly and intuitive, and the templates provided are comprehensive and customizable. The AI algorithms used to automatically populate relevant information have been accurate and efficient, which has saved our clients time and reduced the potential for errors.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

The team at DataRoot Labs is knowledgeable, professional, and responsive throughout the entire process. They took the time to understand our specific needs and requirements and were able to deliver a product that exceeded our expectations. All of our communication was crisp and to the point. It took a bit longer than initially anticipated but the delay was mostly on our part.

What was your primary form of communication with DataRoot Labs?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Not only do they possess impressive technological capabilities, but they are also fun to work with. If you are looking for an agile AI partner with great communication and get it done attitude, look no further.

Are there any areas for improvement or something DataRoot Labs could have done differently?

Great team!

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Chief Executive Officer of Django Stars

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Django Stars is a software solutions provider that drives our partners from product strategy and ideation to scaling.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire DataRoot Labs to accomplish?

• We have been working with DataRoot Labs on a continuous basis for the past 5 years. While Django Stars focuses on a full cycle software development, DataRoot Labs are pros at Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. When our clients need that expertise, we often refer DataRoot Labs as our AI partner or deliver projects jointly where each of us focuses on our own set of deliverables.

SOLUTION

How did you find DataRoot Labs?

Referral

Why did you select DataRoot Labs over others?

• High ratings
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from DataRoot Labs were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

When it comes to a specific project, recently we have jointly worked with the DataRoot Labs team on a project for the logistics industry. The project was massive in scale. Django Stars took care of all the back-end, DevOps, and front-end development. Since the project demanded an AI component that would optimize the routing of drivers, we included DataRoot Labs.

They have delivered a working AI model that allowed drivers to efficiently deliver loads based on numerous factors such as regulatory restrictions, distance, and load size among many other parameters.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

No matter the project, DRL demonstrated a deep understanding of AI technologies and their practical applications, and they were able to offer technical and business insights and recommendations that helped the client to optimize their solution. 

On the logistics project I mentioned, they delivered a working MVP that successfully optimized driver’s route based on at least 30 parameters. As result, the client had a working demo and was able to raise capital. Both of us are still working on this project on a continuous basis.

What was your primary form of communication with DataRoot Labs?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

DataRoot Labs team is always highly collaborative, working closely with our team to ensure that we were aligned on project goals, timelines, and deliverables. They are available to answer questions and provide guidance, and they are proactive in identifying and addressing potential issues before they became problems.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Their level of AI expertise is incredible. I don’t think we could find anyone so deeply emerged in AI space with experience across various AI technologies (ML, NLP, Computer Vision, etc.), frameworks and industries. 

Overall, I would highly recommend DRL team to anyone looking for a technical partner with expertise in AI technologies. Their dedication to quality and their ability to work seamlessly with our team made them an invaluable asset to many joint projects, and hopefully, more to follow.

Are there any areas for improvement or something DataRoot Labs could have done differently?

Great team with solid AI expertise.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the COO of Drone Space

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We are a hardware lab developing various types of drones for civil protection and surveillance.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire DataRoot Labs to accomplish?

• We were looking for an AI partner capable of adding Computer Vision capabilities to our hardware. DataRoot Labs was hired to build those capabilities including object detection, classification and tracking.

SOLUTION

How did you find DataRoot Labs?

• Online Search
• Clutch Site

Why did you select DataRoot Labs over others?

• High ratings
• Close to my geographic location
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from DataRoot Labs were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

The Computer Vision modules built by DataRoot Labs had to enable our drones to do a) object detection and tracking to track objects in real-time, allowing them to follow moving targets or avoid obstacles and b) Image and video analysis to capture high-resolution images and videos, which can be analyzed using computer vision algorithms to identify patterns and detect changes on the ground to assist our clients with various tasks for security, agriculture and natural protection industries.

 Additionally, their algorithms should be able to do object classification depending on a case: classify various types of cars, industrial objects, pedestrian trespassing etc.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• Their computer vision model performed object detection, tracking and classification working with high accuracy of 95+%.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Very easy to reach and talk to. Flexible terms and availability. All iterations were delivered on time.

What was your primary form of communication with DataRoot Labs?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

If you need top-level computer vision experts, DataRoot Labs are probably one of the best out there.

Are there any areas for improvement or something DataRoot Labs could have done differently?

We wish their services were a bit cheaper but hey .. there is no free lunch.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Co-founder & CEO of Trueflutter

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Trueflutter is the premier dating app for Africa's middle and upper-middle-class professionals, creatives, and entrepreneurs, offering a genuine platform for meaningful connections and committed relationships.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire DataRoot Labs to accomplish?

• Create a new matching algorithm driven by machine learning

SOLUTION

How did you find DataRoot Labs?

Clutch Site

Why did you select DataRoot Labs over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit

What was the size of DataRoot Labs’s team?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

We hired Data Root Labs to build a sophisticated machine learning-driven module for our algorithm, meticulously crafted to cater to the distinct requirements of the diverse African market.

Taking into account the wide spectrum of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, our goal was to develop an adaptable algorithm that generates highly compatible match recommendations. This solution was to be implemented as a microservice, ensuring a scalable and efficient architecture to support its advanced machine learning capabilities.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• We A/B tested the new algorithm against the previous one and it outperformed it clearly and has continued to improve every day. Our rate of matches as well as ratings on the appstore have improved significantly

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

We were blown away by the level of efficiency and transparency with which they managed the project, detailing all the tasks in Jira as well as sending a summary email ahead of each sprint, while taking the time to break down the details in our sync meetings. Our CTO said they are probably the most professional outsourced development team he has worked with

What was your primary form of communication with DataRoot Labs?

Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The level of knowledge they have about machine learning and artificial intelligence is incredible. The great thing is how they understand our goals and translate that into features and code that help us achieve those outcomes.

Are there any areas for improvement or something DataRoot Labs could have done differently?

None that I can think of; they were an amazing team to work with

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Founder of a small smart-up software company developing an ML-based plugin for consumer email.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire DataRoot Labs, and what were your goals?

We had collected a lot of data, but frankly I was not sure whether anybody would be able to make a machine learning model effectively out of it. I interviewed a few different ML-specialized development firms and provided a sample of the data. My goal was to receive an accurate classification model based on the proprietary data I had collected.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

The factors were

1. specialization in ML, as opposed to other firms that claimed to be able to develop a solution in ML but did not specialize in it
2. a further sub-specialization in NLP
3. a random personal connection to the COO (we had an acquaintance in common)
4. strong interactive demo that was presented to me as part of the proposal.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

1. Development of automated data cleaning scripts
2. Experimentation of various NLP models to find the most accurate ones using Python.
3. Once a model was selected, tweaking of parameters to make the model as accurate as possible.
4. Development of a classification API using the final model. (Node / JS / TS)
5. Transfer of the API, Training scripts, and documentation to our Github / cloud services environment (GCP / Kubernetes / CircleCI).

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

I think three. One was the 'lead' who developed the model. Another was the data engineer who developed the pipeline. A third helped out on devops to transfer the model over to our repo.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

DRL achieved beyond what they had promised, delivering a model that was above 95% accurate according to the data I provided. Their delivery of the API allowed us to implement the model they created within days, which made for a very clean handoff. They provided analysis of the categories which had been provided and included documentation for training the model in the future with different data. All in all, they understood the task very quickly with very little explanation, delivered exactly what was asked efficiently and professionally.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

We created a joint slack room to share updates and questions. They were quite responsive and were timely and always willing to get on a zoom call.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They understood the goal of my project quickly and we were on the same page from the beginning.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Not really.