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David AI
An audio dataset company whose Babel Audio platform pays people to record conversations. Recorded here: what it sells, in its own words and 5 public prices.
Founded 2024withdavid.aiLatest record 16 Oct 2026
What David AI sells
In its own words, read on its own site 16 Oct 2026. On the vendor register
- What it sells
Datasets: “Our flagship English dataset consists of channel-separated, natural two-speaker conversations spanning a wide range of topics.” withdavid.ai
Expert and human data: “A collection of expert conversations across a range of domains.” withdavid.ai
Evaluations and benchmarks: “The DAI-S2S-ST Human Preference Leaderboard measures which voice models people prefer in open-ended conversations, not just whether a task was completed.” research.withdavid.ai
- Where its data comes from
Made by experts and contractors: “A collection of expert conversations across a range of domains.” withdavid.ai
- Buys data from owners
- Its pages do not say it does.
- Areas its pages name
- Speech and audio, Languages
Public prices involving David AI
- Babel Audio: median advertised hourly pay across its live roles
Median of the hourly rates Babel Audio states in its live job feed, measured by AITraining.jobs. First listed among the platforms with enough rates to measure on 14 October 2026. AITraining.jobs has the same owner as AIData.Broker.
A catalogue or marketplace listing, AITraining.jobs, The State of AI Training Pay 2026 (by platform)
$105/hr median; typical $105-$150/hrper hour (median advertised rate, paid to the worker)
- Babel Audio: median advertised hourly pay across its open AI-training roles (AITraining.jobs)
Median of the rates Babel Audio states in its live job feed, with the 25th to 75th percentile band $105/hr; one platform's rate card, not a market rate. Same owner as AIData.Broker.
A catalogue or marketplace listing, AITraining.jobs, The State of AI Training Pay 2026 (by platform)
$105/hr median; typical $105/hrper hour (median advertised rate, paid to the worker)
- French conversation partner recording natural conversations for AI training (Babel Audio, Canada and US)
Posted about three months before it was read; Babel Audio pays per recorded hour. Rate as the platform states it, carried by AITraining.jobs, which has the same owner as AIData.Broker.
A catalogue or marketplace listing, AITraining.jobs, French Conversation Partner (AI Training) at Babel Audio
$17.50/hrper hour (paid to the speaker)
- Hindi voice actor or actress recording for AI training (Babel Audio)
Professional voice acting pays far above conversational recording at the same platform ($17.50 an hour). Rate as the platform states it, carried by AITraining.jobs, which has the same owner as AIData.Broker.
A catalogue or marketplace listing, AITraining.jobs, Hindi Voice Actor / Actress at Babel Audio
$60–$150/hrper hour (paid to the voice actor)
- Conversation recording roles on David AI's Babel Audio platform
Speaker-side pay at an audio dataset vendor that has closed six-figure contracts with large AI labs; the buyer price is not public.
Press report, Contrary Research
$24 to $28 per hourper hour (paid to the speaker)
Cite this
AIData.Broker, “David AI in the AI training data market”, reviewed 16 Oct 2026. https://www.aidata.markets/companies/david-ai
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