Olga Megorskaya, Toloka AI CEO on Human Data, AI Training & Evaluation

Olga Megorskaya is the founder and CEO of Toloka AI. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers.AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when they apply for access. Visit nebius.com or nebius.com/startups to learn more~~~~~~~~~~~~~She established the company in 2014 and has since transformed it from a crowdsourcing and microtasking platform into a leading provider of high-quality training data for large language models and generative AI systems. Olga Megorskaya is also the CEO of Mindrift.ai, Toloka's platform for sourcing domain experts for AI training projects. Under her leadership, Toloka has grown into a trusted data partner for major AI developers including Anthropic, Amazon, and Microsoft.TopicsWhy expert human data remains essential for training, evaluating, and improving frontier AI modelsBuilding scalable quality-control systems for AI training data, from crowdsourcing to specialized domain expertiseEvaluating AI agents for real-world performance, reasoning, and safety beyond conventional benchmarks#ArtificialIntelligence #AITraining #AIEvaluation #AISafety #MachineLearning