Michael Moyo

Michael Moyo is the CEO and Co-Founder of Ocular AI, a data platform for multi-modal AI, launched in February 2024 with support from prominent investors including Y Combinator. Prior to this venture, Michael co-founded Ipahive, a fintech startup successfully exited to a Y Combinator-backed company, and worked as a Software Engineer at Microsoft. Additionally, Michael founded and chaired The MentalLiberty Foundation, positively impacting over 100,000 youths in Southern Africa. Michael's earlier experience includes roles as a Software & Data Engineer at Microsoft, a Biomedical Engineer at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, and a tutor at the Zambian Institute For Sustainable Development. Michael holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in Biomedical Engineering and Pre-Medicine from Dartmouth College, along with a high school diploma from David Kaunda National Technical High School.

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Ocular AI (YC W24)

Ocular AI is The Data Foundry for the Multi-Modal AI Era. We help you transform unstructured, multi-modal data into golden datasets to power generative AI, frontier models, and computer vision. Ocular Foundry is the most intuitive, data-centric, and fastest platform that lets you label, annotate, version, and deploy your data for training models. It also orchestrates your annotation jobs, improving collaboration with members and annotators. With Ocular Bolt, shift from humans in the loop to experts in the loop to supercharge your data labeling and annotation projects. Our global expert workforce ensures fast, accurate results—no matter the scale or complexity of your data. Companies spend huge amounts on training data, but Foundry and Bolt are AI-native tools that lower costs, reduce manual effort, and accelerate high-quality data collection. We’re replacing outdated, clunky, and expensive data software! Ocular AI is backed by Y Combinator, top VCs, and trusted by fast scaling startups and enterprises.


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