DataWork Watch · evidence-backed verdict
Is Sama legit?
Verdict: VERIFIED. Sama verifies as a real, paying program as of .
The evidence
- Encyclopedia entry: Samasource Impact Sourcing, Inc., also known as Sama, is a training-data company focusing on annotating data for artificial intelligence algorithms, based in San Francisco, California, with worldwide operations, especially in Africa (source)
- Operator's own about page (self-reported): founded in 2008; states it was one of the first AI companies to be certified as a B Corp (source)
Pay: claimed vs independently reported
Claimed: no advertised rate verified.
Reported: no linkable public reports recorded yet.
Known impersonation patterns
No program-specific impersonation cases are on file yet - but data-work recruitment scams follow a standard anatomy (fake recruiters, messaging-app outreach, upfront fees, lookalike domains). Read how these scams work and the checks that defeat them before responding to any recruiter claiming to represent Sama.
Full program record · the live tracker
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