Kili Technology

What Kili Technology is

Kili Technology is an expert-in-the-loop platform for building, reviewing, and evaluating AI datasets, including training and ground-truth data. It supports images, video, PDFs, text, audio, and geospatial data, with configurable multi-step, consensus, sequential, and cross-review workflows. Quality tools include agreement and accuracy measures by class and person, honeypot calibration, project analytics, and an Explore view. Teams can use model-assisted labeling and annotation types such as bounding boxes, polygons, semantic segmentation, pose estimation, named entity recognition, and classification. Kili connects to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and S3-compatible storage; automation options include its API, Python SDK, plugins, and MCP server. It is available as SaaS, a managed Azure Marketplace application, or an on-premise deployment. Kili describes project-level data isolation, role-based access, encryption in transit and at rest, and audit trails. It states it holds SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, and HIPAA certifications and undergoes annual audits. The company was founded in 2018; its platform went live in July 2020. Pricing is on request, with a 14-day trial and no free plan.

Who it suits

Kili suits organizations coordinating annotation among domain experts, internal teams, and external workforces. Its multiple review workflows and data types may fit teams that need to assess labeled AI data across varied sources.

Limits

The Free Trial costs nothing and includes one team seat, up to 100 text, document and image assets, and up to five video and satellite imagery assets. Advanced use cases require contacting the team.

Getting started

1. Visit https://kili-technology.com/.
2. Choose a SaaS, Azure Marketplace managed application or on-premise deployment route.
3. Start the free two-week evaluation to use the platform on your own data.
4. Connect supported cloud or S3-compatible storage as needed.
5. Use the API, Python SDK, plugins or MCP server to automate workflows.

Verdict

Kili combines broad data support with configurable review and quality tools for AI dataset work. Trial limits and pricing on request are worth weighing against the team's intended scale.