Blue River Technology automates ML data curation and labeling at scale with Labelbox, accessing datasets from 1B+ images within minutes
The problem
Blue River Technology's ML model training lifecycle took several weeks due to slow, manual data curation and labeling processes that worsened as data volumes grew exponentially, while ML engineers spent excessive time on data infrastructure instead of model development.
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Petabyte-scale data ingestion
Trigger
As technology was deployed on more machines, data collected grew exponentially, making rapid ingestion of petabytes imperative to scaling up.
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“As their technology was used on more machines, the amount of data collected grew exponentially. Ingesting and acting on petabytes of data fast became imperative to scaling up”
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AI-powered data curation
Ai action
The team uses Labelbox Catalog with similarity search, natural language search, and metadata augmentation to find the right data for each use case and model.
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“With Labelbox Catalog as their integrated data curation solution, the team can easily leverage advanced techniques such as similarity search, natural language search, metadata augmentation, and more to "find the needle in the haystack."”
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Automated dataset population
Ai action
Conditions and rules for each dataset are applied to all incoming data, so new matching images are automatically added.
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“because the conditions and rules for each of these datasets are applied to all incoming data, new images that fall into these categories are automatically added to the datasets”
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Model-assisted labeling
Ai action
A model-assisted labeling workflow cuts human labeling time and costs in half.
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“Labelbox's model-assisted labeling workflow that cut human labeling time and costs in half”
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Automated quality control
Validation
An automated model-assisted quality control pipeline finds and logs discrepancies between model-generated labels and human labels.
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“automated model-assisted quality control pipeline that finds and logs discrepancies between model-generated labels and human labels and displays them on a smart audit dashboard that can be easily monitored by the team”
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Dataset delivery to ML teams
Output
ML teams can access updated, curated datasets that match their requirements within minutes.
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“ML teams within Blue River Technology can now access updated, curated datasets that match their requirements within minutes”
Reported outcome
Blue River Technology's ML teams can access updated, curated datasets within minutes from over a billion images, and the model-assisted labeling workflow cut human labeling time and costs in half, allowing teams to focus on training and maintaining computer vision models.
Reported metrics
Human labeling time and costscut human labeling time and costs in half
Dataset access timewithin minutes
Data asset scaleover a billion images
ML iteration cycle timeiteration cycles — which often took several weeks — to hours
Reported stack
LabelboxLabelbox CatalogKubeflowDatabricks
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Blue River Technology's ML teams can access updated, curated datasets within minutes from over a billion images, and the model-assisted labeling workflow cut human labeling time and costs in half, allowing teams to fo…
What tools did this team use?
Labelbox, Labelbox Catalog, Kubeflow, Databricks.
What results were reported?
Human labeling time and costs: cut human labeling time and costs in half; Dataset access time: within minutes; Data asset scale: over a billion images; ML iteration cycle time: iteration cycles — which often took several weeks — to hours (source-reported, not independently verified).
How is this data entry ops AI workflow structured?
Petabyte-scale data ingestion → AI-powered data curation → Automated dataset population → Model-assisted labeling → Automated quality control → Dataset delivery to ML teams.
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