# Microtask

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| founder = Ville Miettinen, Harri Holopainen, Otto Chrons, Panu Wilska
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| location_country = [Finland](/source/Finland)
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'''Microtask''' was a Finnish technology company founded by [Ville Miettinen](/source/Ville_Miettinen), Harri Holopainen, Otto Chrons and Panu Wilska in 2009<ref name="Seedround">[http://www.arcticstartup.com/2010/08/24/microtask-closes-a-super-seed-round-from-sunstone-capital-followed-by-angels Arctic Startup: Microtask closes a super seed round from Sunstone Capital followed by angels], August 24, 2010</ref> to create a technology platform for [crowdsourcing](/source/crowdsourcing) and distributed work.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/business/31digi.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=microtask&st=cse New York Times: When the Assembly Line Moves Online], October 31, 2010</ref> The company went bankrupt 2021.<ref name="konkurssit.com">[https://konkurssit.com], Feb 16, 2023</ref>

The company was headquartered in [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki), and had offices in [Tampere](/source/Tampere) and [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco).

Microtask was selected as one of the finalists of the Nordic Tech Tour 2010.<ref>[http://www.arcticstartup.com/2010/06/15/nordic-tech-tour-kicked-off-presenting-the-top-firms-in-the-region Arctic Startup: Nordic Tech Tour Kicked Off Presenting The Top Firms In The Region], June 16, 2010</ref>

==Products==

''Microtask Platform'' is a software platform for global distribution of short-duration tasks to online workers. The system supports automated quality assurance and provides service-level agreements for task quality and turnaround times.<ref>[http://gigaom.com/2010/10/08/is-microtask-the-future-of-work/ GigaOm: Is Microtask the Future of Work?]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123160421/https://old.gigaom.com/2010/10/08/is-microtask-the-future-of-work/ |date=2023-01-23 }}, October 8, 2010</ref> The most notable use case for such tasks has been human-assisted [optical character recognition](/source/optical_character_recognition).<ref>[http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/10/crowdsourcing-specific-microtasks.html O'Reilly Radar: Crowdsourcing Specific Microtasks], October 25, 2010</ref>

==People==

CEO [Ville Miettinen](/source/Ville_Miettinen) and Managing Director Harri Holopainen were co-founders of [Hybrid Graphics](/source/Hybrid_Graphics), a Finnish graphics technology company acquired by [NVIDIA](/source/NVIDIA) in 2006.<ref name="NVIDIA-acquisition">[NVIDIA](/source/NVIDIA) press release: [http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_30518.html ''NVIDIA Corporation to Acquire Hybrid Graphics''], March 22, 2006</ref> CTO Otto Chrons was the co-founder and CTO of Ionific (merged with Botnia Hightech and acquired by [Sasken Communication Technologies](/source/Sasken_Communication_Technologies)<ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1812910.cms India Times: Sasken acquires Finnish firm], July 26, 2006</ref>).

The company is funded by private investors and the venture fund Sunstone Capital,<ref name="Seedround" /> which is represented by board member [Nikolaj Nyholm](/source/Nikolaj_Nyholm), a Danish serial technology entrepreneur and investor.

==Customers==

The [National Library of Finland](/source/National_Library_of_Finland) uses the Microtask Platform for outsourcing its digitization work to volunteers.<ref>[http://www.arcticstartup.com/2010/10/15/revamping-the-finnish-national-library Arctic Startup: Revamping the Finnish National Library] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107023716/http://www.arcticstartup.com/2010/10/15/revamping-the-finnish-national-library |date=2011-01-07 }}, October 15, 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.arcticstartup.com/2011/02/08/microtask-launches-digitalkoot-a-service-to-correct-digitized-finnish-national-library-archives Arctic Startup: Microtask Launches Digitalkoot, A Service To Correct Digitized Finnish National Library Archives], February 8, 2011</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.microtask.com Official Microtask Website]

Category:Crowdsourcing
Category:Outsourcing companies
Category:Software companies of Finland
Category:Software companies established in 2009
Category:Finnish companies established in 2009

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