Prolific · May 2026
Introduced a dedicated multi-wave research workflow with retention/cost calculators, reusable targeting and live attrition monitoring.
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Updated Aug 2, 2026
Overview
Prolific is a privately held London-based human-data platform founded in 2014. It connects researchers, AI developers and product teams with verified, fairly paid participants for behavioral research, surveys, AI training, model evaluation, preference tuning and human-feedback workflows. The company reports 200,000+ active participants, 35,000+ data collectors and 10,000+ organizations on its current About page.
Primary product
A web platform and API for targeted participant recruitment and human-data collection, complemented by managed research/AI-data services and AI Task Builder/agent-evaluation tools.
Founded
2014
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Team size
Approximately 100–200; the latest clearly sourced public figure found was 180 (YC), while Prolific reported more than 100 employees in July 2023.
Work style
Remote
Industry
Open Positions
31 jobs at Prolific
Platform Engineering Manager
RemoteEngineeringRemote, UK3d ago
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