{{Short description|London-based software company}} {{For|the computer hardware company|Video Seven}} {{Infobox company | name = V7 Ltd. | trade_name = V7 Labs | type = Private limited company | industry = [[Computer Software]] | predecessor = Aipoly | founded = {{Start date and age|2018}} in [[London]], United Kingdom | founder = {{unbulleted list|Alberto Rizzoli|Simon Edwardsson}} | hq_location_city = London | hq_location_country = United Kingdom | products = {{unbulleted list|V7 Darwin|V7 Go}} | website = [https://www.v7labs.com/ www.v7labs.com] }}
'''V7 Labs''' (legally V7 Ltd) is a London-based software company that develops tools for annotating visual data and automating document-based workflows using [[large language models]].<ref name="Schneider3">{{cite news |last1=Schneider |first1=Jaron |date=Mar 18, 2022 |title=Chrome Extension Can Detect Fake Profile Pictures with 99.29% Accuracy |url=https://petapixel.com/2022/03/18/chrome-extension-can-detect-fake-profile-pictures-with-99-29-accuracy/ |work=PetaPixel}}</ref><ref name="Kahn5">{{cite news |last1=Kahn |first1=Jeremy |date=Apr 10, 2024 |title=London AI firm V7 expands from image data labeling into workplace automation |url=https://fortune.com/2024/04/10/v7-labs-v7-go-workplace-automation-data-labelling-llms-ai-agents/ |work=Fortune}}</ref><ref name="Kahn 24">{{cite news |last1=Kahn |first1=Jeremy |date=Nov 29, 2022 |title=In computer vision: it's the best on the worst that counts |url=https://fortune.com/2022/11/29/v7-computer-vision-33-million-funding-round-eye-on-ai/ |work=Fortune}}</ref> The company originated as Aipoly, founded in [[San Francisco]] in 2015, and rebranded as V7 after relocating to London in 2018.<ref name="The Malaysian Reserve5">{{cite news |date=Dec 6, 2018 |title=Merck KGaA partners start-up for scientific image-tagging software |url=https://themalaysianreserve.com/2018/12/06/merck-kgaa-partners-start-up-for-scientific-image-tagging-software/ |work=The Malaysian Reserve}}</ref><ref name="Kelly5">{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=Eanna |last2=Sinclair |first2=Jonathan |date=Jun 25, 2024 |title=London GenAI company V7 tops Sifted's B2B SaaS Rising 100 ranking |url=https://sifted.eu/articles/london-genai-company-v7-tops-sifteds-b2b-saas-rising-100-ranking |work=Sifted}}</ref>
== History == The firm launched as Aipoly in 2015, releasing a [[mobile application]] that generated audio descriptions of objects for [[visually impaired]] users and later developing computer-vision systems for retail.<ref name="The Malaysian Reserve5" /><ref name="O'Hear5">{{cite news |last1=O'Hear |first1=Steve |date=Dec 18, 2020 |title=V7 Labs raises $3M to help AI teams 'automate' training data workflows |url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/18/v7-labs/ |work=TechCrunch}}</ref> In 2018 it moved to London and adopted the name V7.<ref name="The Malaysian Reserve5" /><ref name="O'Hear5" />
The company's Darwin platform includes [[Automatic image annotation|image-annotation]] tools and model-training workflows incorporating [[Active learning (machine learning)|active learning]].<ref name="Bhattacharyya3">{{cite news |last1=Bhattacharyya |first1=Jayita |date=Nov 30, 2020 |title=V7 Darwin Automated Image Annotation |url=https://analyticsindiamag.com/deep-tech/v7/ |work=Analytics India Mag}}</ref> In 2022 the company released a [[ChromeOS|Chrome]] extension intended to detect AI-generated profile images.<ref name="Schneider3" /><ref name="Hindustan Times3">{{cite news |date=Aug 22, 2022 |title=This Google Chrome Extension Can Identify Fake Profile Photo! Know How to Use |url=https://tech.hindustantimes.com/how-to/this-google-chrome-extension-can-identify-fake-profile-photo-know-how-to-use-71647921418889.html#google_vignette |work=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref name="Kamel3">{{cite news |last1=Kamel |first1=Heirul |date=Mar 21, 2022 |title=Software Company Releases Chrome Extension That Detects AI-Generated Profile Pictures |url=https://www.lowyat.net/2022/269266/software-company-releases-chrome-extension-that-detects-ai-generated-profile-pictures/ |work=Lowyat.net}}</ref>
In April 2024 V7 introduced V7 Go, a platform for automating document and office workflows using large language models. Its users uploads files and it issues natural-language instructions, with applications such as invoice processing and document summarization.<ref name="Kahn5" /><ref name="Kelly5" /><ref name="Artificial Lawyer5">{{cite news |date=Nov 5, 2024 |title=Product Walk Through: V7 Go – GenAI Legal Data Extraction |url=https://www.artificiallawyer.com/2024/11/05/product-walk-through-v7-go-genai-legal-data-extraction/ |work=Artificial Lawyer}}</ref>
== Operations == V7’s software has been deployed in medical imaging and related healthcare workflows, including dataset creation and annotation for training models to identify findings on diagnostic scans and support DICOM-based pipelines.<ref name="Kahn 24" /><ref name="O'Hear5" /><ref name="Lunden4">{{cite news |last1=Lunden |first1=Ingrid |date=Nov 28, 2022 |title=V7 snaps up $33M to automate training data for computer vision AI models |url=https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/28/v7-labs-computer-vision-ai/ |work=TechCrunch}}</ref> It's also used in pharmaceutical manufacturing, such as computer-vision systems for visual inspection tasks on production lines.<ref name="Kahn 24" /><ref name="The Malaysian Reserve5" />
=== Technology === V7's applications are used in document processing, where its software automates steps such as information extraction, invoice processing, and document summarization through large language models and multi-step workflows.<ref name="Kelly5" /><ref name="Kahn5" /><ref name="Artificial Lawyer5" /> These applications have also been deployed for legal document review, including extracting structured data from contracts and due-diligence materials.<ref name="Artificial Lawyer 24">{{cite news |date=Aug 5, 2024 |title=Pinsent Masons Deploys 'V7 Go' GenAI Platform |url=https://www.artificiallawyer.com/2024/08/05/pinsent-masons-deploys-v7-go-genai-platform/ |work=Artificial Lawyer}}</ref>
V7 technology is also used in agricultural robotics, where the platform supports dataset creation and model iteration for crop identification tasks.<ref name="Kiosow3">{{cite news |last1=Kiosow |first1=Brooklyn |date=May 27, 2022 |title=The AI-powered Robots Addressing Current, Future Industry Challenges |url=https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/the-ai-powered-robots-addressing-current-future-industry-challenges/ |work=Thomasnet}}</ref>
== See also == {{bulleted list|[[Computer vision]]|[[Data labeling]]}}
== References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Software companies based in London]] [[Category:Privately held companies based in London]] [[Category:Software companies established in 2018]] [[Category:British companies established in 2018]]