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Prolific

Marketplace of vetted people for research studies and AI training and evaluation

Pace
4:40/kmTempo3.5
Distance
Distance Half.
Open ops roles
3
Last week
#266
Move
▼ 56
Peak
#266
Weeks in the 100
0
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Rank and score over time
Board rank
#256#288#320#266Oct 18#310Oct 25
Pace score
02463.5Oct 183.5Oct 25

One point per Sunday re-rank, tracking since Oct 18. The lines fill in week by week.

Prolific runs in the Tempo lane (4:40/km): 122 of 166. Further right = more momentum. No competitors on the board yet, so it runs alone.
Total raised
~$33.7Msee rounds ↓
Founded
2014
HQ
London, UK

Leadership

The problem

Researchers and AI labs struggle to get trustworthy human data quickly

What they do

Marketplace of vetted people for research studies and AI training and evaluation

Traction $300M+ revenue run-rate (Apr 2026); 245,000 active participants, pool +22% QoQ

Hiring trend

Open roles
31
Ops roles
3
Headcount
~250

Headcount +105% YoY (Dealroom, est.)

Hiring in

  • New York
  • London
  • Mexico City
  • Remote (UK)
  • Remote (US)

Funding

Last round
$32M
Stage
Series A
Date
Jul 2023

Led by Partech; Oxford Science Enterprises

Distance

Half · edge: grows with users

Verified participant pool took a decade to build; well-funded rivals chase the same AI lab buyers.

Sources: Sacra: Prolific at ~$350M/year (May 2026) ↗

Last checked Oct 25, 2026

Funding historyTotal raised ~$33.7M

  1. Jul 2023Series A$32M (£25M)Led by Partech, Oxford Science Enterprises prolific.com ↗
  2. 2019Seed$1.4MLed by Y Combinator techcrunch.com ↗

Profile facts checked Oct 19, 2026. Every fact links to its public source.

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