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Scale (YC S16) is an API for human labor
- ayw 10y agoHey everyone! I'm Alex, co-founder at Scale. Our goal with Scale is to empower the next generation of human-driven products. If you have any uses cases in your company or just as a developer, please email me at alex@scaleapi.com and I'm happy to chat. I'm also here to answer any questions you have :)
- anandkulkarni 10y agoI love this product. We're big believers in what you guys are building, and the need is real. As someone who once struggled extensively to use AMT, I think the need here is genuine and I'm glad to see someone doing it right.
- ayw 10y agoThanks Anand! We truly appreciate all your support and advice :)
- FabioFleitas 10y agoQuick note - the link to your website is broken in the article
- stvnchn 10y agoGood catch! Just fixed it.
- bowmessage 10y agoHow do you deal with human error?
- ayw 10y agoHuman error is an issue that we're always tackling. First, we're hiring a really high quality team so we're minimizing error from the start. Beyond that, we have a review system in place for the human responses, to ensure that the results are accurate. This is something that we're always looking to improve and are always building tooling to solve.
- lemnop 10y agoHow is Scale different from using the Fancy Hands API? https://www.fancyhands.com/developer https://www.fancyhands.com/developer
- ayw 10y agoFor one, as a company, we're fully focused on our API (whereas Fancy Hands is primarily focused on the consumer assistant product). That means they're less willing and agile to help developers, learn about their use cases, or support them as they scale. Another large differentiator is FancyHands has often been too expensive to scale with companies as they grow, and aren't focused on building the tooling necessary to make large-scale operations possible.
- ph0rque 10y agoOh, I thought you meant manual labor like digging a ditch in my yard.
- ayw 10y agoNot yet ;)
- williamgdjones 10y agoI think this idea is really on point. But honestly I felt a little bit freaked out with the tagline 'API for Human Labour', might just be the luddite in me though.
- plusepsilon 10y agoLooks really good. How is this different from Crowdflower? https://www.crowdflower.com https://www.crowdflower.com
- ayw 10y agoThanks! For now, there are a couple main differences: * High quality team members we personally vet (vs. the crowdsource model) * Significantly simpler API * We build all the tooling for our team members ensuring they complete things efficiently. * Realtime responses, even for low volume