# Sources: AI training data startup Micro1 raised $100M+ at a $4B valuation, up from $500M in September 2025 (Anna Tong/Forbes) — retained record

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<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2026/09/22/this-25-year-old-raised-over-100-million-for-his-ai-data-startup-at-a-4-billion-valuation/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260922/i58.jpg" vspace="4" /></a>
<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260922/p58#a260922p58" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Anna Tong / <a href="http://www.forbes.com/">Forbes</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2026/09/22/this-25-year-old-raised-over-100-million-for-his-ai-data-startup-at-a-4-billion-valuation/">Sources: AI training data startup Micro1 raised $100M+ at a $4B valuation, up from $500M in September 2025</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; At the beginning of last year, Ali Ansari's company, Micro1, was a recruiting business with $7 million in ARR.&nbsp; It's now generating over $500 million in ARR and two xAI cofounders invested its latest round.</p>
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