{"version":1,"type":"story","url":"https://digestai.news/story/imerit-launches-scholars-platform-to-scale-expert-ai-training-and-eval","json":"https://digestai.news/story/imerit-launches-scholars-platform-to-scale-expert-ai-training-and-eval.json","markdown":"https://digestai.news/story/imerit-launches-scholars-platform-to-scale-expert-ai-training-and-eval.md","slug":"imerit-launches-scholars-platform-to-scale-expert-ai-training-and-eval","headline":"iMerit launches Scholars platform to scale expert AI training and evaluation","summary":"iMerit, an EXL-owned company, introduced the **Scholars platform** on October 26 to streamline the recruitment, management, and payment of experts for AI model training, evaluation, and red-teaming. The platform consolidates workflows—including onboarding, project assignment, engagement, and payouts—into one system, aiming to scale from its existing pool of **30,000 vetted specialists** across **118 countries and 106 languages** to handle **hundreds of thousands** of experts as demand grows.\n\nThe platform leverages **Ango Hub**, iMerit’s data annotation tool, to organize expert contributions into structured artifacts for model fine-tuning, evaluation, and reinforcement learning. Specialists—ranging from clinicians to mathematicians—provide domain-specific corrections, error categorizations, and feedback on agent workflows, including intermediate steps and tool usage. Payments are handled via **Trolley**, ensuring compliance and consistency for global experts. EXL’s acquisition of iMerit in August positioned the platform to expand into enterprise sectors like banking, healthcare, and insurance, where specialized validation is critical for AI deployment.","keyPoints":["Scholars platform unifies recruitment, onboarding, project matching, and payments for 30,000+ vetted experts in 118 countries","Ango Hub integrates expert feedback into AI training pipelines for fine-tuning, evaluation, and agent workflow review","EXL aims to scale the platform into enterprise sectors like banking and healthcare for domain-specific AI validation"],"whyItMatters":"The platform addresses a critical bottleneck: sourcing, managing, and paying experts to validate AI outputs in specialized fields. For labs, it reduces manual coordination; for enterprises, it ensures trustworthy AI in high-stakes domains like healthcare and finance.","category":{"slug":"research","name":"Research","url":"https://digestai.news/category/research"},"entities":{"companies":["iMerit","EXL","Ango Hub","Trolley"],"models":[],"people":["Radha Basu","Pavel Kopach"]},"firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-26T14:49:08Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-26T14:49:08Z","sourceCount":1,"hasPrimarySource":false,"sources":[{"outlet":"Unite.AI","title":"iMerit Launches Scholars Platform to Scale Expert-Led AI Training and Evaluation","url":"https://unite.ai/imerit-scholars-platform-expert-ai-training-evaluation","publishedAt":"2026-10-26T14:49:08Z","type":"press","primary":false,"lead":true}],"sourceNotes":null,"discussions":[],"thread":null,"cite":{"text":"Digest AI, \"iMerit launches Scholars platform to scale expert AI training and evaluation\", 26 October 2026, https://digestai.news/story/imerit-launches-scholars-platform-to-scale-expert-ai-training-and-eval","publisher":"Digest AI","title":"iMerit launches Scholars platform to scale expert AI training and evaluation","datePublished":"2026-10-26T14:49:08Z","url":"https://digestai.news/story/imerit-launches-scholars-platform-to-scale-expert-ai-training-and-eval"},"generatedBy":"Written by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources; the sources are the record.","license":"Headlines, digests and key points are written by Digest AI and may be quoted with a link to the story page. Linked articles belong to their publishers. Terms: https://digestai.news/terms#reuse"}