Over-Labeling or Under-Labeling?

In AI, balance is everything.
Label too much, and your team wastes time fine-tuning data your model doesn’t need.
Label too little, and your model struggles to perform when it counts.

The Goldilocks Check gives you a fast pulse on how well your annotation strategy aligns with your model goals—so you can move forward with clarity and confidence.

✅ See if your model is getting the right level of data support
✅ Spot where annotation misalignment may be slowing progress
✅ Learn how other high-performing teams find their “just right” balance

What We’ll Cover

A 15-minute conversation with Sama’s experts to help you spot:

  • Over-labeling or under-labeling patterns that limit model progress
  • Gaps in annotation scope that affect precision and iteration
  • Quick wins to get your data and model back in sync

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Find Your Just Right

A quick check. A smarter model. No guesswork.
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Top teams across industries trust Sama for quality AI data annotation.

We had a ton of pictures of cows from Washington, where we are, but cows look different in Africa. Diversity in the dataset has been super challenging.

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Gracie Ermi
Gracie Ermi
Research Software Engineer
at
Vulcan

We had a ton of pictures of cows from Washington, where we are, but cows look different in Africa. Diversity in the dataset has been super challenging.

Gracie Ermi
Gracie Ermi
Research Software Engineer
at
Vulcan

Sama was a force multiplier for us and a key success factor for our project. They delivered high-quality annotated data on time, listened to our feedback, and were very flexible in accommodating our requests.

Learn More
Xuan Yang
Xuan Yang
Computer Vision Researcher
at
Google

Sama was a force multiplier for us and a key success factor for our project. They delivered high-quality annotated data on time, listened to our feedback, and were very flexible in accommodating our requests.

Xuan Yang
Xuan Yang
Computer Vision Researcher
at
Google

We significantly improved our training data, enhancing our object detection algorithm to identify people or doors.

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Naty Shemer
Naty Shemer
R&D Group Manager
at
Indoor Robotics

We significantly improved our training data, enhancing our object detection algorithm to identify people or doors.

Naty Shemer
Naty Shemer
R&D Group Manager
at
Indoor Robotics

Sama’s agility, ability to scale, and transparency they’ve given along the way make them the ideal training data partner.

Learn More
Ankur Khator
Ankur Khator
Sr. Program Manager
at
Microsoft

Sama’s agility, ability to scale, and transparency they’ve given along the way make them the ideal training data partner.

Ankur Khator
Ankur Khator
Sr. Program Manager
at
Microsoft

In a partner we’re looking for someone that can handle the volumes of data that we can generate, and handle those volumes in a quality manner. Sama is able to fulfill our business requirements, and do that cost effectively, but they have the added benefit of being an impact provider.

Learn More
Steve Heck
Steve Heck
CTO
at
Getty Images

In a partner we’re looking for someone that can handle the volumes of data that we can generate, and handle those volumes in a quality manner. Sama is able to fulfill our business requirements, and do that cost effectively, but they have the added benefit of being an impact provider.

Steve Heck
Steve Heck
CTO
at
Getty Images

Sama gave us visibility into the data labeling process, with tight QA feedback loops to ensure the high standard of quality we required for our models.

Learn More
Dhanesh Ramachandram
Dhanesh Ramachandram
Senior Machine Learning Researcher
at
Swift Medical

Sama gave us visibility into the data labeling process, with tight QA feedback loops to ensure the high standard of quality we required for our models.

Dhanesh Ramachandram
Dhanesh Ramachandram
Senior Machine Learning Researcher
at
Swift Medical

There’s a possibility to make an impact on legislation and on the environment, but not without accurately labeled data.

Learn More
Parshva Mehta
Parshva Mehta
COO
at
PolyPerception

There’s a possibility to make an impact on legislation and on the environment, but not without accurately labeled data.

Parshva Mehta
Parshva Mehta
COO
at
PolyPerception

Sama’s agents became increasingly better at labeling our data thanks to feedback loops. This iterative way of working has made them experts on our data.

Learn More
Johanna Schacht
Johanna Schacht
AI Team Lead
at
Orbisk

Sama’s agents became increasingly better at labeling our data thanks to feedback loops. This iterative way of working has made them experts on our data.

Johanna Schacht
Johanna Schacht
AI Team Lead
at
Orbisk

We have been impressed, not only with their consistent level of high quality, but with their entire approach to training data strategy. To us they are a perfect addition to our work in AI.

Learn More
Demetrio Aiello
Demetrio Aiello
Head of the Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Labs
at
Continental

We have been impressed, not only with their consistent level of high quality, but with their entire approach to training data strategy. To us they are a perfect addition to our work in AI.

Demetrio Aiello
Demetrio Aiello
Head of the Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Labs
at
Continental

For our mobile app, we needed extremely precise segmented data because we knew that every missed pixel would easily add up to millimeters of lost accuracy.

Learn More
Mikael Andersson
Mikael Andersson
Sr Product Owner
at
Volumental

For our mobile app, we needed extremely precise segmented data because we knew that every missed pixel would easily add up to millimeters of lost accuracy.

Mikael Andersson
Mikael Andersson
Sr Product Owner
at
Volumental

Trying to create AI models that can work on any stage of plant can be a challenge. Sama’s annotation solution helped us overcome this issue. Sama’s accuracy rate is consistently at 99%, which is incredible!

Learn More
Heather Clair
Heather Clair
Product Manager
at
Precision AI

Trying to create AI models that can work on any stage of plant can be a challenge. Sama’s annotation solution helped us overcome this issue. Sama’s accuracy rate is consistently at 99%, which is incredible!

Heather Clair
Heather Clair
Product Manager
at
Precision AI

Quality is important to them. You really get the sense they are there for more than just the financial transaction. They are a true partner.

Learn More
Vamsi Madabhushi
Vamsi Madabhushi
Product Manager
at
Walmart

Quality is important to them. You really get the sense they are there for more than just the financial transaction. They are a true partner.

Vamsi Madabhushi
Vamsi Madabhushi
Product Manager
at
Walmart

Sama is interested in building collaborative relationships, fostering a sense of being an integral part of our team rather than just another transactional outsourcing company. Additionally, Sama's in-house workforce is well-trained in annotating visual data, so they came up to speed quickly, providing invaluable insights to improve our ML models.

Learn More
Naty Shemer
Naty Shemer
R&D Group Manager
at
Indoor Robotics

Sama is interested in building collaborative relationships, fostering a sense of being an integral part of our team rather than just another transactional outsourcing company. Additionally, Sama's in-house workforce is well-trained in annotating visual data, so they came up to speed quickly, providing invaluable insights to improve our ML models.

Naty Shemer
Naty Shemer
R&D Group Manager
at
Indoor Robotics

"The knowledge and processes, and employee equity, support, and wellness programs we see at Sama have set the bar for all of our other vendors."

Learn More
Auditor
Auditor
at
Global Tech & Engineering Company

"The knowledge and processes, and employee equity, support, and wellness programs we see at Sama have set the bar for all of our other vendors."

Auditor
Auditor
at
Global Tech & Engineering Company

You can imagine the heaps of images coming in from the restaurants that we work with. Most are identified by image recognition algorithms, but for outliers and edge cases, we rely on Sama.

Learn More
Olaf van der Veen
Olaf van der Veen
CEO and Co-Founder
at
Orbisk

You can imagine the heaps of images coming in from the restaurants that we work with. Most are identified by image recognition algorithms, but for outliers and edge cases, we rely on Sama.

Olaf van der Veen
Olaf van der Veen
CEO and Co-Founder
at
Orbisk

Working with Sama has made a demonstrable impact on our ability not only to service our current clients better but also to expand our services to new types of clients and new markets.

Learn More
Clare Bruzek
Clare Bruzek
VP of Operations
at
Tribe Dynamics

Working with Sama has made a demonstrable impact on our ability not only to service our current clients better but also to expand our services to new types of clients and new markets.

Clare Bruzek
Clare Bruzek
VP of Operations
at
Tribe Dynamics

We used other annotation providers in the past, but our experience with Sama was superior due to the direct communication we had with the labeling team, who were with us throughout the project.

Learn More
Dhanesh Ramachandram
Dhanesh Ramachandram
Senior Machine Learning Researcher
at
Swift Medical

We used other annotation providers in the past, but our experience with Sama was superior due to the direct communication we had with the labeling team, who were with us throughout the project.

Dhanesh Ramachandram
Dhanesh Ramachandram
Senior Machine Learning Researcher
at
Swift Medical

Once you have a trained team, it pays off because they know what to look for. Some objects just blend into the background in images, so you need a trained eye to spot them.

Learn More
Ben Suidman
Ben Suidman
Senior Program Manager
at
Vulcan

Once you have a trained team, it pays off because they know what to look for. Some objects just blend into the background in images, so you need a trained eye to spot them.

Ben Suidman
Ben Suidman
Senior Program Manager
at
Vulcan

The team quickly learned to distinguish between waste objects, which differ greatly from region to region. Communication channels remained open for feedback, with a continuous open discussion about how efforts were progressing.

Learn More
Rafael Hautekiet
Rafael Hautekiet
CEO
at
PolyPerception

The team quickly learned to distinguish between waste objects, which differ greatly from region to region. Communication channels remained open for feedback, with a continuous open discussion about how efforts were progressing.

Rafael Hautekiet
Rafael Hautekiet
CEO
at
PolyPerception

Having worked with different cloud providers where the staff doing the actual work was always very hidden from us, we appreciated the transparency and social sustainability of Sama.

Learn More
Mikael Andersson
Mikael Andersson
Sr Product Owner
at
Volumental

Having worked with different cloud providers where the staff doing the actual work was always very hidden from us, we appreciated the transparency and social sustainability of Sama.

Mikael Andersson
Mikael Andersson
Sr Product Owner
at
Volumental

There’s a possibility to make an impact on legislation and on the environment, but not without accurately labeled data.

Learn More
Parshva Mehta
Parshva Mehta
COO
at
PolyPerception

There’s a possibility to make an impact on legislation and on the environment, but not without accurately labeled data.

Parshva Mehta
Parshva Mehta
COO
at
PolyPerception

Sama gave us visibility into the data labeling process, with tight QA feedback loops to ensure the high standard of quality we required for our models.

Learn More
Dhanesh Ramachandram
Dhanesh Ramachandram
Senior Machine Learning Researcher
at
Swift Medical

Sama gave us visibility into the data labeling process, with tight QA feedback loops to ensure the high standard of quality we required for our models.

Dhanesh Ramachandram
Dhanesh Ramachandram
Senior Machine Learning Researcher
at
Swift Medical

We significantly improved our training data, enhancing our object detection algorithm to identify people or doors.

Learn More
Naty Shemer
Naty Shemer
R&D Group Manager
at
Indoor Robotics

We significantly improved our training data, enhancing our object detection algorithm to identify people or doors.

Naty Shemer
Naty Shemer
R&D Group Manager
at
Indoor Robotics

Sama was a force multiplier for us and a key success factor for our project. They delivered high-quality annotated data on time, listened to our feedback, and were very flexible in accommodating our requests.

Learn More
Xuan Yang
Xuan Yang
Computer Vision Researcher
at
Google

Sama was a force multiplier for us and a key success factor for our project. They delivered high-quality annotated data on time, listened to our feedback, and were very flexible in accommodating our requests.

Xuan Yang
Xuan Yang
Computer Vision Researcher
at
Google

Once you have a trained team, it pays off because they know what to look for. Some objects just blend into the background in images, so you need a trained eye to spot them.

Learn More
Ben Suidman
Ben Suidman
Senior Program Manager
at
Vulcan

Once you have a trained team, it pays off because they know what to look for. Some objects just blend into the background in images, so you need a trained eye to spot them.

Ben Suidman
Ben Suidman
Senior Program Manager
at
Vulcan

The team quickly learned to distinguish between waste objects, which differ greatly from region to region. Communication channels remained open for feedback, with a continuous open discussion about how efforts were progressing.

Learn More
Rafael Hautekiet
Rafael Hautekiet
CEO
at
PolyPerception

The team quickly learned to distinguish between waste objects, which differ greatly from region to region. Communication channels remained open for feedback, with a continuous open discussion about how efforts were progressing.

Rafael Hautekiet
Rafael Hautekiet
CEO
at
PolyPerception

Quality is important to them. You really get the sense they are there for more than just the financial transaction. They are a true partner.

Learn More
Vamsi Madabhushi
Vamsi Madabhushi
Product Manager
at
Walmart

Quality is important to them. You really get the sense they are there for more than just the financial transaction. They are a true partner.

Vamsi Madabhushi
Vamsi Madabhushi
Product Manager
at
Walmart

Having worked with different cloud providers where the staff doing the actual work was always very hidden from us, we appreciated the transparency and social sustainability of Sama.

Learn More
Mikael Andersson
Mikael Andersson
Sr Product Owner
at
Volumental

Having worked with different cloud providers where the staff doing the actual work was always very hidden from us, we appreciated the transparency and social sustainability of Sama.

Mikael Andersson
Mikael Andersson
Sr Product Owner
at
Volumental

Sama’s agility, ability to scale, and transparency they’ve given along the way make them the ideal training data partner.

Learn More
Ankur Khator
Ankur Khator
Sr. Program Manager
at
Microsoft

Sama’s agility, ability to scale, and transparency they’ve given along the way make them the ideal training data partner.

Ankur Khator
Ankur Khator
Sr. Program Manager
at
Microsoft

Sama is interested in building collaborative relationships, fostering a sense of being an integral part of our team rather than just another transactional outsourcing company. Additionally, Sama's in-house workforce is well-trained in annotating visual data, so they came up to speed quickly, providing invaluable insights to improve our ML models.

Learn More
Naty Shemer
Naty Shemer
R&D Group Manager
at
Indoor Robotics

Sama is interested in building collaborative relationships, fostering a sense of being an integral part of our team rather than just another transactional outsourcing company. Additionally, Sama's in-house workforce is well-trained in annotating visual data, so they came up to speed quickly, providing invaluable insights to improve our ML models.

Naty Shemer
Naty Shemer
R&D Group Manager
at
Indoor Robotics

We have been impressed, not only with their consistent level of high quality, but with their entire approach to training data strategy. To us they are a perfect addition to our work in AI.

Learn More
Demetrio Aiello
Demetrio Aiello
Head of the Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Labs
at
Continental

We have been impressed, not only with their consistent level of high quality, but with their entire approach to training data strategy. To us they are a perfect addition to our work in AI.

Demetrio Aiello
Demetrio Aiello
Head of the Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Labs
at
Continental

Trying to create AI models that can work on any stage of plant can be a challenge. Sama’s annotation solution helped us overcome this issue. Sama’s accuracy rate is consistently at 99%, which is incredible!

Learn More
Heather Clair
Heather Clair
Product Manager
at
Precision AI

Trying to create AI models that can work on any stage of plant can be a challenge. Sama’s annotation solution helped us overcome this issue. Sama’s accuracy rate is consistently at 99%, which is incredible!

Heather Clair
Heather Clair
Product Manager
at
Precision AI

We used other annotation providers in the past, but our experience with Sama was superior due to the direct communication we had with the labeling team, who were with us throughout the project.

Learn More
Dhanesh Ramachandram
Dhanesh Ramachandram
Senior Machine Learning Researcher
at
Swift Medical

We used other annotation providers in the past, but our experience with Sama was superior due to the direct communication we had with the labeling team, who were with us throughout the project.

Dhanesh Ramachandram
Dhanesh Ramachandram
Senior Machine Learning Researcher
at
Swift Medical

In a partner we’re looking for someone that can handle the volumes of data that we can generate, and handle those volumes in a quality manner. Sama is able to fulfill our business requirements, and do that cost effectively, but they have the added benefit of being an impact provider.

Learn More
Steve Heck
Steve Heck
CTO
at
Getty Images

In a partner we’re looking for someone that can handle the volumes of data that we can generate, and handle those volumes in a quality manner. Sama is able to fulfill our business requirements, and do that cost effectively, but they have the added benefit of being an impact provider.

Steve Heck
Steve Heck
CTO
at
Getty Images

Sama’s agents became increasingly better at labeling our data thanks to feedback loops. This iterative way of working has made them experts on our data.

Learn More
Johanna Schacht
Johanna Schacht
AI Team Lead
at
Orbisk

Sama’s agents became increasingly better at labeling our data thanks to feedback loops. This iterative way of working has made them experts on our data.

Johanna Schacht
Johanna Schacht
AI Team Lead
at
Orbisk

For our mobile app, we needed extremely precise segmented data because we knew that every missed pixel would easily add up to millimeters of lost accuracy.

Learn More
Mikael Andersson
Mikael Andersson
Sr Product Owner
at
Volumental

For our mobile app, we needed extremely precise segmented data because we knew that every missed pixel would easily add up to millimeters of lost accuracy.

Mikael Andersson
Mikael Andersson
Sr Product Owner
at
Volumental

You can imagine the heaps of images coming in from the restaurants that we work with. Most are identified by image recognition algorithms, but for outliers and edge cases, we rely on Sama.

Learn More
Olaf van der Veen
Olaf van der Veen
CEO and Co-Founder
at
Orbisk

You can imagine the heaps of images coming in from the restaurants that we work with. Most are identified by image recognition algorithms, but for outliers and edge cases, we rely on Sama.

Olaf van der Veen
Olaf van der Veen
CEO and Co-Founder
at
Orbisk

We had a ton of pictures of cows from Washington, where we are, but cows look different in Africa. Diversity in the dataset has been super challenging.

Learn More
Gracie Ermi
Gracie Ermi
Research Software Engineer
at
Vulcan

We had a ton of pictures of cows from Washington, where we are, but cows look different in Africa. Diversity in the dataset has been super challenging.

Gracie Ermi
Gracie Ermi
Research Software Engineer
at
Vulcan

"The knowledge and processes, and employee equity, support, and wellness programs we see at Sama have set the bar for all of our other vendors."

Learn More
Auditor
Auditor
at
Global Tech & Engineering Company

"The knowledge and processes, and employee equity, support, and wellness programs we see at Sama have set the bar for all of our other vendors."

Auditor
Auditor
at
Global Tech & Engineering Company

Working with Sama has made a demonstrable impact on our ability not only to service our current clients better but also to expand our services to new types of clients and new markets.

Learn More
Clare Bruzek
Clare Bruzek
VP of Operations
at
Tribe Dynamics

Working with Sama has made a demonstrable impact on our ability not only to service our current clients better but also to expand our services to new types of clients and new markets.

Clare Bruzek
Clare Bruzek
VP of Operations
at
Tribe Dynamics