Overview

Cinder provides a SaaS platform that helps Trust and Safety teams automate and scale content moderation and improve AI training with real-time moderation decisions that come as accurately annotated data. The platform runs in the cloud, stores labeled moderation data, supports case management, and includes audit logs and usage analytics to track how teams work and their efficiency. It differentiates itself by focusing on end-to-end safety workflows with built-in governance, security, scalability, and analytics tailored to sensitive online environments. Its goal is to help online platforms counter harmful content around the clock by automating moderation and strengthening AI with high-quality labeled data.

Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

• Enterprise demand for centralized moderation infrastructure grows with regulatory complexity.
• API-driven architecture enables third-party AI tool integration and product innovation.
• Agile policy deployment matches evolving online harms faster than competitors.

What critics are saying

• OpenAI's moderation API undercuts pricing with superior AI filtering capabilities.
• Scale AI's data labeling platform captures annotation niche with faster throughput.
• EU AI Act Article 52 imposes $10M+ compliance costs on moderation platforms.

What makes Cinder unique

• Only integrated platform centralizing entire Trust and Safety operations end-to-end.
• No-code workflows enable rapid policy deployment and AI model tuning.
• Unified investigation interface with embedded entity matching and real-time data.

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Funding

Total Funding

$14.1M

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Industry Average

Funded Over

2 Rounds

Notable Investors:

AccelY Combinator

Notable Investors:

AccelY Combinator

$10,000,000

Series A

Dec 2022

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