Overview
- Human Archive said Tuesday it raised $8.2 million from Wing VC, NVP Capital, Y Combinator, and multiple angel investors to expand its multimodal data program.
- The startup reports more than 1,000 active headsets in India and a suite of devices that capture synchronized RGB‑D video, tactile force, wrist and chest cameras, and full‑body motion data.
- Customers are offered discounted services in exchange for consenting to recordings and the company pays workers a base rate of about $1 per hour for participation.
- Several major Indian home‑service platforms publicly declined partnerships and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is reported to be reviewing the company’s consent and data practices.
- Human Archive is preparing dataset releases, running early pilots to expand into Southeast Asia and the U.S., and positions its synchronized sensor sets as a resource for labs training robots to perform real‑world tasks.