Company

Sama

Central figure in the Kenyan outsourced-annotation controversy; has recently shifted toward AI training services

Overview

  • Founded: 2008
  • HQ: San Francisco
  • Funding: $70M Series B in 2021-11 (led by CDPQ)
  • Links: https://www.sama.com

This profile was compiled from the AI training-data column cards (LLM); each column's data view is shown below under "Data profile" (in Chinese).

Data profile · 大模型

Sama

肯尼亚外包标注争议的主角,近年转向 AI 训练服务

数据类型
图像与视频标注;文本标注;内容审核(已停)
规模口径
肯尼亚内罗毕交付中心曾有 3000+ 员工;2026-04 通知裁员 1108 人(媒体口径)
客户
OpenAI(2022-02 终止);Meta

做什么

Sama(原 Samasource)以“影响力外包”模式在肯尼亚、乌干达、印度雇佣直接员工,做图像、视频、文本标注。公司口径称薪酬高于当地最低工资并提供医保与心理咨询 [4]。内容审核业务已停止,转向为美国客户提供 AI 训练服务 [4]。

争议

2023 年 TIME 报道,OpenAI 经 Sama 外包有害内容标注,工人税后约 1.32–2.00 美元/小时,OpenAI 付给 Sama 约 12.50 美元/小时(内部文件口径)[1][2]。Sama 于 2022-02 提前终止该合同,并面临肯尼亚内容审核员诉讼。劳工结构见 data-annotation-labor,时薪对照见 expert-hourly-rates。

近况

2026-04 在 Meta 终止大型合同后,向内罗毕 1108 名员工发出裁员通知 [3],说明该模式对少数美国大客户依赖很高。近期财务未查到;融资仅见 2021-11 Series B。

  1. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/chatgtp-moderators-labeling-violent-content-ptsd-1234662975/ (2026-10-15)
  2. https://www.hpcwire.com/bigdatawire/2023/01/20/openai-outsourced-data-labeling-to-kenyan-workers-earning-less-than-2-per-hour-time-report/ (2026-10-15)
  3. https://techcabal.com/2026/04/16/sama-lay-off-kenyan-workers-meta/ (2026-10-15)
  4. https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/enterprise/sama-turns-to-training-ai-for-a-lifeline-amid-meta-labour-suit--4337640 (2026-10-15)
Last compiled: 2026-10-15