Aligned Labs Review
PhD-level training data for frontier AI models
★★★½☆ 3.8/5 Talent network Free Founded 2024 Accepts University-level English required
- $60-$150+/hr (new experts $60-80/hr) — Pay range
- bi-weekly — Pay cadence
- 2024 — Founded
- AI training / data — Focus
Review
Aligned Labs sources PhD-level training data from academics and senior subject-matter experts for frontier AI labs, and it shows in the pay: new experts start at $60-80/hr, with rates climbing past $150/hr for in-demand specialties, paid bi-weekly.
The entry bar is correspondingly high — university-level English proficiency plus genuine PhD/senior-academic credentials are effectively required. This isn't a platform for generalists, but for the right contributor it's one of the best-paying options in the AI-training space.
Apply reality check
If you don't have a PhD or equivalent senior academic standing plus strong English, this platform isn't built for you — look elsewhere on this list.
Pros
- Highest pay floor of any platform on this list — new experts start at $60-80/hr
- Explicitly targets PhD-level contributors, so competition is from peers, not generalist crowdworkers
Cons
- Requires university-level English proficiency — a real bar for non-native speakers
- Very narrow target audience (PhDs, senior academics) means most applicants won't qualify
- Newer platform (2024) with a shorter public track record
Pricing
Free to join. Pay ranges $60-$150+/hr (new experts $60-80/hr), paid bi-weekly.
Best for
- PhDs
- Senior academics
- Frontier-model data contributors
Rating breakdown
- Pay: 4.1/5
- Availability / consistency: 3.4/5
- Vetting difficulty: 3.8/5
- Trustworthiness: 3.9/5
Features
- ✗ Job board / listings — Task/project-matched, not browsed openly
- ✓ Freelance marketplace
- ✗ Salary transparency
- ✓ Remote-only
- ✓ Screening / vetting — University-level English required
- ✗ Direct apply
- ✓ Free for job seekers
- ✓ Worldwide
How it compares to remoty.work
Aligned Labs pays the best rates here, but only for PhD-level contributors. remoty.work is open to everyone, no doctorate required.
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