Here's a wild pivot story: Ali Ansari took micro1 from being an AI recruitment tool to a data labeling powerhouse. The result? Valuation jumped from $80 million to negotiations hovering around $2.5 billion.

That's a 30x multiple we're talking about.

But Ansari isn't stopping there. His latest move targets what might be the next gold rush - training data for humanoid robots. As the robotics industry scales up, quality datasets become the bottleneck. Whoever controls that pipeline controls a critical piece of the AI infrastructure puzzle.

The shift makes sense when you think about it. Recruitment AI and data labeling both rely on pattern recognition and human judgment at scale. micro1 essentially weaponized their existing infrastructure for a market with way more upside.

Still, going after humanoid training data is bold. We're watching someone try to build the picks and shovels while the gold rush is just starting.