OpenTrain AI

Building the open platform for AI training

OpenTrain is a transparent talent marketplace connecting AI companies with vetted trainers and data labelers — with published pricing, live-proctored vetting, and one platform across 20+ annotation tools.

Mission

The AI training industry runs on opacity — hidden pricing, black-box vetting, and fragmented tooling. We started OpenTrain because we believed the people building the world's most important AI models deserved a marketplace that was transparent, fair, and actually worked for them.

We're building one platform where AI companies can find and hire vetted trainers at published prices — and where freelancers can manage their entire career across 20+ annotation platforms from a single profile.

We're hiring!

Team

A small team building the infrastructure for AI training talent.

Weston Dotson

Weston Dotson

Founder & CEO

Started OpenTrain to bring transparency to the AI training industry. Previously built marketplaces and scaled distributed teams.
Sam Sargado

Sam Sargado

Human Data Lead

Leads human data operations at OpenTrain, ensuring quality and consistency across training data pipelines.
KC Nermal-Iringan

KC Nermal-Iringan

Human Data Lead

Leads human data operations at OpenTrain, ensuring quality and consistency across training data pipelines.
Jonas Lim

Jonas Lim

Lead Developer

Leads development at OpenTrain, building the platform infrastructure and product experience.
Shaznay Luna

Shaznay Luna

Lead Designer

Leads design at OpenTrain, shaping the visual identity and user experience across the platform.

AI Trainer Earnings

Examples of what AI trainers and data labelers on OpenTrain can earn across different domains and workflows.

Maria Gonzalez

Maria Gonzalez

Mathematics & Reasoning

$52,000+

Wei Zhang

Wei Zhang

Code Generation & Review

$48,000+

Priya Patel

Priya Patel

Multilingual NLP

$18,000+

Daniel Adeyemi

Daniel Adeyemi

RLHF & Preference Tuning

$35,000+

Anna Lindqvist

Anna Lindqvist

Medical & Life Sciences

$27,000+

Carlos Mendoza

Carlos Mendoza

Legal & Policy Analysis

$14,000+

Yuki Sato

Yuki Sato

Computer Vision & Image Labeling

$22,000+

Ryan Mitchell

Ryan Mitchell

Red Teaming & Safety

$41,000+

Fatima Hassan

Fatima Hassan

Arabic & MENA Localization

$16,000+

Sergei Volkov

Sergei Volkov

Physics & Engineering

$31,000+

Jasmine Brown

Jasmine Brown

Creative Writing & Content

$12,000+

Kenji Nakamura

Kenji Nakamura

Data Annotation QA

$19,000+