Data entry ops · Production

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.

Workflow diagram · grounded in source
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Petabyte-scale data ingestion
trigger
“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”
2
AI-powered data curation
ai_action
“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."”
3
Automated dataset population
ai_action
“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”
4
Model-assisted labeling
ai_action
“Labelbox's model-assisted labeling workflow that cut human labeling time and costs in half”
5
Automated quality control
validation
“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 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
Source
https://labelbox.com/customers/brt-data-engine
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Frequently asked questions

What did this team achieve with this AI workflow?

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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