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Employees

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CEO

Mark Brayan

CEO Approval Rating

74/100

OVERVIEW

Founded:

1996

Headquarters:

Chatswood, New South Wales

Status:

PublicAustralian Securities ExchangeAPX

Industry Sector:

Business Support Services

SIC Code:

7380NAICS listing »

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Competitive Analysis

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Welocalize is perceived as one of Appen's biggest rivals. Welocalize's headquarters is in Frederick, Maryland, and was founded in 1997. Welocalize operates in the Business Support Services industry. Welocalize generates 64% of Appen's revenue.

Lionbridge has been one of Appen's top competitors. Lionbridge is a Private company that was founded in 1996 in Waltham, Massachusetts. Lionbridge operates in the Business Support Services industry. Compared to Appen, Lionbridge has 5,219 more employees.

Translations is Appen's #3 rival. Translations was founded in New York, New York} in 1999. Translations is in the Business Support Services industry. Compared to Appen, Translations generates $379.5M more revenue.

RANK

COMPANY

LEADERSHIP

CEO SCORE

EMPLOYEES

TOTAL FUNDING

REVENUE

Mark Brayan

CEO

- -
781
$0
$374.5M
1

Smith Yewell

CEO

84/100
1,500
$34M
$242M
2

John Fennelly

CEO

74/100
6,000
$35M
$556.6M
3

Phil Shawe

President & CEO

75/100
1,200
- -
$754M
4

Phil Shawe

President & CEO

73/100
5,000
$450M
$754.9M
5

Adolfo Hernandez

CEO

79/100
4,900
- -
$493.6M
6

Mark Homnack

President & CEO

58/100
65
- -
$14.3M
7

Richard Thompson

CEO

63/100
908
- -
$221.3M
8

Jeffrey K. Labrum

CEO

- -
95
$1.6M
$18M
9

Stephen Whiteley

Co-Founder & CEO

- -
32
- -
$1.7M
10

Scott Herber

General Manager

68/100
43
- -
$30M
The top 10 competitors in Appen's competitive set are Welocalize, Lionbridge, Translations, TransPerfect, SDL, SimulTrans, RWS, Lingotek, Quicksilver Translate and VIA. Together they have raised over 520.6M between their estimated 19.7K employees. Appen has 781 employees and is ranked 7th among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 1,865.

Quarterly and Annual Revenue

Trailing 12-Months Trend (TTM)

Annual Revenue

$374.5M

Appen's revenue is the ranked 5th among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 314.6M. Over the last three quarters, Appen's revenue has decreased by 0%. Specifically, in Q4 2019's revenue was $374.5M; in Q3 2019, it was $374.5M; in Q2 2019, it was $374.5M.

Acquisitions

COMPANY ACQUIRED
ACQUISITION DATE
AMOUNT
DESCRIPTION

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Mar 2019

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$175M
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Leapforce, Inc

Nov 2017

Source »
undisclosed
Leapforce is a Search Engine Evaluator that provides human-evaluated datasets for businesses.

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-

Oct 2016

Source »
undisclosed
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These are all the companies that Appen has acquired. Appen has acquired 3 companies and its latest acquisition was in Mar 2019.

Investments

No recent investments found related to Appen

Appen News

February 28, 2020Commercial Property Executive

Appen Expands US Presence

The Australian data firm signed a 50,000-square-foot lease in Plano for its first Texas location.... See more »
February 27, 2020The Business Journals: Dallas

Tech firm aims to bring about 300 jobs to Plano with 'strategic investment' as it tackles data for AI

A hot tech company has landed in Plano for a new office with the potential for some healthy job growt... See more »
February 25, 2020The Sydney Morning Herald

Appen defies gloom with strong growth and minimal coronavirus impact

Artificial intelligence firm Appen was one of the few ASX high-flyers on Tuesday, after it reported s... See more »
December 11, 2019Martech Series

Appen Launches Secure Workspace Solution to Protect Sensitive Data for Annotation in Facilities or in At-Home Environments

Scales Artificial Intelligence (AI) Programs While Maintaining Security of Sensitive Data Appen Limit... See more »
November 18, 2019Kalkine Media

Appen limited increases FY2019 earnings forecast

Appen Limited (ASX: APX) has improved its FY2019 earnings forecast, driven by the increases in monthl... See more »
November 18, 2019Business News Australia

AI developer Appen upgrades guidance as its customers beg for more

Artificial intelligence is frequently cited by analysts as one of the world's fastest growing industr... See more »
November 17, 2019Inside Bigdata

How to Ensure Data Quality for AI

In this special guest feature, Wilson Pang, CTO of Appen, offers a few quality controls that organiza... See more »
October 23, 2019FinanzNachrichten

Appen Announces Crowd Code of Ethics to Build Better AI

Initiative Promotes Fair Pay, Inclusivity, and Well-being for Contractors Worldwide; Appen Joins Glob... See more »
August 29, 2019Brisbane Times

Strong result fails to rescue Appen from weak Figure Eight performance

Artificial intelligence firm Appen posted a result that beat expectations, but alarmed investors as t... See more »
August 29, 2019Business News Australia

Profits climb and shares drop for AI leader Appen

Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) dataset company Appen (ASX: APX) notched a 60 per c... See more »

Appen Blogs

May 19, 2020Appen Blog

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May 13, 2020Appen Blog

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May 6, 2020Appen Blog

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April 23, 2020Appen Blog

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April 16, 2020Appen Blog

Appen Fully Integrates Figure Eight in Solution Offering

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April 14, 2020Appen Blog

Zefr Improves Quality and Increases Output of Their Data Insights

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April 14, 2020Appen Blog

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April 13, 2020Appen Blog

Shotzr Speeds Up Identifying Which Images Need Location Metadata

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April 13, 2020Appen Blog

GumGum Finds A Better Way to Annotate and Classify Text and Images

The Company GumGum is an artificial intelligence (AI) company with a focus on computer vision (CV) an... See more »
April 9, 2020Appen Blog

Crowd Survey Reveals How Appen Platform Helps During Global Pandemic

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Appen Press Releases

May 21, 2019PR Newswire

New Figure Eight Report Finds 29% of Line-of-Business Owners Spend $250,000 or More on AI

SAN FRANCISCO, May 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Figure Eight, an Appen company, today announced the resul... See more »
March 7, 2019Business Wire

Appen 1,000+ Seat Facility in the Philippines Achieves ISO 27001 Accreditation for Secure Collection and Annotation of AI Datasets

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Appen Limited today announced the achievement of ISO/IEC 27001:2013 accredit... See more »
January 22, 2019PR Newswire Asia

Appen Named #1 Company to Watch for Remote Jobs in 2019 by FlexJobs

Appen ranks top among companies hiring remote workersSYDNEY, Jan. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Appen is p... See more »
May 23, 2017Blackbird

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May 9, 2017Press Release Rocket

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February 1, 2017PR Newswire

Appen Awarded #1 Ranking on FlexJobs' 100 Top Companies to Watch for Remote Jobs in 2017

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September 4, 2015PR.COM

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September 11, 2014BUSINESS WIRE

Appen to Exhibit at INTERSPEECH 2014 Conference in Singapore

SAN RAFAEL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Appen is pleased to exhibit at the INTERSPEECH 2014 Conference i... See more »
June 11, 2014PR NEWSWIRE

Appen Announces Multi-Year Project with Dutch-Flemish HLT Agency

SEATTLE, June 11, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Appen is pleased to announce that is has partnered with... See more »

Appen Videos

September 13, 2018Appen Youtube Channel

"Police, Pharmaceuticals, AI in Art | Appen" on YOUTUBE

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August 3, 2018Appen Youtube Channel

"Life at Appen | Social Media Evaluator" on YOUTUBE

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May 23, 2018Appen Youtube Channel

"Work at Appen" on YOUTUBE

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March 27, 2018Appen Youtube Channel

"Social Media Jobs at Appen" on YOUTUBE

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March 27, 2018Appen Youtube Channel

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May 12, 2017Appen Youtube Channel

"Appen: Making Your Interactions with Technology Useful" on YOUTUBE

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ABOUT

Overview

Appen is a software company that provides human-annotated data for machine learning and artificial intelligence companies. Appen was founded in 1996. Appen's headquarters is located in Chatswood, New South Wales, AU 2067. Appen's latest acquisitions i...

CEO

Appen's CEO, Mark Brayan, currently has an approval rating of 74%. Appen's primary competitors are Welocalize, Lionbridge & Translations.

Website

appen.com

Frequently Asked Questions about Appen

  1. When was Appen founded?

    Appen was founded in 1996

  2. Who is Appen's CEO?

    Appen's CEO is Mark Brayan

  3. How much revenue does Appen generate?

    Appen generates $374.5M in revenue

  4. How much funding does Appen have?

    Appen has historically raised $0 in funding

  1. Where is Appen's headquarters?

    Appen's headquarters is in Chatswood New South Wales, AU

  2. How many employees does Appen have?

    Appen has 781 employees

  3. What sector does Appen operate in?

    Appen is in Business Support Services

  4. Who are Appen's competitors?

    Appen's top competitors are Welocalize, Lionbridge, Translations
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