Lightly · Jun 2026
Adds LTDETRv2, Depth Anything inference support, benchmarking, and SAHI inference across core CV tasks.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
Swiss ETH Zurich spin-off building a computer-vision suite for data curation, self-supervised pretraining, edge data selection, and AI training-data services.
Primary product
Computer Vision Suite
Founded
2019
Headquarters
Zurich, Switzerland
Team size
30-40
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Computer Vision / AI data curation
Offices
Zurich, Switzerland
Business model
open-core software
commercial licensing
AI training data services
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$10M
Latest round
Seed · May 2022
Latest amount
$3M
People & investors
Work & culture
AI-first, Swiss-born, globally distributed, engineer-and-researcher-heavy culture with a strong emphasis on data-driven decision-making, fast iteration, and open collaboration.
Work style
Hybrid
Compensation
Public job posts show competitive salary bands, e.g. $80K-$300K for some sales roles and $150K-$300K for account executive roles, plus equity/stock options, benefits, and 25 days of paid vacation on some postings.
Benefits
equity plan
learning budget
conference and events budget
bi-yearly company offsites
generous PTO
hybrid work flexibility
stock options
new laptop/equipment
health insurance
dental insurance
vision insurance
Product & market
Pricing
Public LightlyTrain pricing is tiered ($5,000/year Startup, $10,000/year Growth, custom Enterprise); LightlyStudio and AI data services appear quote/demo-led.
Differentiators
- —smart data selection that reduces redundant labeling
- —self-supervised pretraining on unlabeled data
- —open-core / open-source product strategy
- —on-prem, cloud, and hybrid deployment options
- —Python-first SDK and developer-friendly APIs
- —edge data selection for devices and vehicles
- —security/compliance positioning (ISO 27001, GDPR, SOC2 claims)
- —Europe-based labelers and managed data services
Technology
Python
PyTorch
PyTorch Lightning
Docker
ONNX
TensorRT
Rust
DuckDB
TypeScript
React
Google Cloud
Customers
Fortune 100 companies
Fortune 500 companies
autonomous driving teams
robotics teams
computer vision research teams
automotive manufacturers
agriculture teams
healthcare teams
manufacturing teams
security teams
John Deere
Bosch
Google
Competitors
Encord
Voxel51
Roboflow
Labelbox
Supervisely
V7 Labs
Ultralytics
Voyage AI
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$1M-$10M public-estimate range (one source estimates about $3M ARR)
Estimated monthly visits
55.8K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
Lightly · Oct 2025
Announces LightlyStudio as the next-generation unified data platform combining curation, labeling, embeddings, and open-source architecture.
ETH Zurich · Sep 2025
ETH Zurich highlighted Lightly’s role in selecting relevant image/video data for applications ranging from surgery to agriculture, including a John Deere use case.
GlobeNewswire / Lightly · Apr 2025
Launch of LightlyEdge, a smart data collection SDK for edge AI devices focused on capturing rare and valuable scenarios directly on-device.
Lightly
Explains the LightlyStudio rebuild, including a columnar analytics engine (DuckDB), Rust components, and a Python-first SDK.
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