# Kili Technology

> Kili Technology is a Paris-based enterprise software company that helps large organizations build high-quality datasets to train, fine-tune, and evaluate AI models. Founded in 2018 by Edouard d'Archimbaud and François-Xavier Leduc, its platform spans image, video, text, PDF, and geospatial annotation, and has increasingly focused on LLM evaluation, RLHF, and expert-driven data curation for generative AI. Backed by a $25M Series A led by Balderton Capital, Kili works with enterprises including SAP, Airbus, Louis Vuitton, Michelin, and Crédit Agricole.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** Paris, France
- **Founders:** François-Xavier Leduc (Cofounder & CEO), Edouard d'Archimbaud (Cofounder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~45 employees
- **Products:** Data Labeling Platform, NLP & Text Annotation, LLM Evaluation & RLHF, OCR / Document Processing, Managed Workforce Services
- **Notable:** Raised over $31M in total funding, including a $25M Series A led by Balderton Capital (2021)., Adopted by blue-chip enterprises including SAP, Airbus, Louis Vuitton, Michelin, and Stellantis., Achieved SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and HIPAA-aligned security posture for enterprise deployment.

## Products & services

- **Data Labeling Platform** — A collaborative annotation platform supporting image, video, text, PDF, and geospatial data with configurable ontologies, AI-assisted pre-annotation, and automated quality controls.
- **NLP & Text Annotation** — Tools for named-entity recognition, classification, and text annotation to build datasets for LLMs and conversational AI.
- **LLM Evaluation & RLHF** — Workflows for building quality-focused RLHF datasets and evaluating RAG systems, letting subject-matter experts rank, judge, and rewrite model outputs.
- **OCR / Document Processing** — Document layout analysis and OCR/IDP annotation for intelligent document processing.
- **Managed Workforce Services** — End-to-end managed annotation projects covering sourcing, training, and quality assurance of expert annotators.
- **Enterprise Security & Deployment** — SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and HIPAA-aligned platform with role-based access, project-level data isolation, and on-premise/private deployment options.

## Achievements

- Raised over $31M in total funding, including a $25M Series A led by Balderton Capital (2021).
- Adopted by blue-chip enterprises including SAP, Airbus, Louis Vuitton, Michelin, and Stellantis.
- Achieved SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and HIPAA-aligned security posture for enterprise deployment.
- Maintains a 4.7/5 average rating on G2.
- Successfully repositioned from pure data labeling toward LLM evaluation and expert-data curation as the AI market shifted.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Published a 2026 enterprise data-labeling guide arguing that expert human review still outperforms automated labeling for high-stakes AI.
- **2025-06** — Expanded LLM evaluation and RLHF capabilities, including RAG evaluation and LLM-as-a-Judge triage paired with structured human oversight.
- **2025-01** — Released an LLM Reasoning Benchmark and research on evaluation awareness, benchmark contamination, and sandbagging.

## Links

- Website: https://kili-technology.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kili-technology
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Kili_Technology
- GitHub: https://github.com/kili-technology
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYU9pETnDW-n2-Od5lpVNeg
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kilitechnology/

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Last updated: 2026-07-20