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Microtask was a Finnish technology company founded by Ville Miettinen, Harri Holopainen, Otto Chrons and Panu Wilska in 2009cite-ref-seedround-1-0[1] to create a technology platform for crowdsourcing and distributed work.cite-ref-2[2] The company went bankrupt 2021.cite-ref-konkurssit-com-3-0[3]

The company was headquartered in Helsinki, and had offices in Tampere and San Francisco.

Microtask was selected as one of the finalists of the Nordic Tech Tour 2010.cite-ref-4[4]

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Microtask Platform is a software platform for global distribution of short-duration tasks to online workers. The system supports automated quality assurance and provides service-level agreements for task quality and turnaround times.cite-ref-5[5] The most notable use case for such tasks has been human-assisted optical character recognition.cite-ref-6[6]

CEO Ville Miettinen and Managing Director Harri Holopainen were co-founders of Hybrid Graphics, a Finnish graphics technology company acquired by NVIDIA in 2006.cite-ref-nvidia-acquisition-7-0[7] CTO Otto Chrons was the co-founder and CTO of Ionific (merged with Botnia Hightech and acquired by Sasken Communication Technologiescite-ref-8[8]).

The company is funded by private investors and the venture fund Sunstone Capital,cite-ref-seedround-1-1[1] which is represented by board member Nikolaj Nyholm, a Danish serial technology entrepreneur and investor.

The National Library of Finland uses the Microtask Platform for outsourcing its digitization work to volunteers.cite-ref-9[9]cite-ref-10[10]

cite-note-seedround-11. ↑ Arctic Startup: Microtask closes a super seed round from Sunstone Capital followed by angels, August 24, 2010

cite-note-22. ↑ New York Times: When the Assembly Line Moves Online, October 31, 2010

cite-note-konkurssit-com-33. ↑ [1], Feb 16, 2023

cite-note-44. ↑ Arctic Startup: Nordic Tech Tour Kicked Off Presenting The Top Firms In The Region, June 16, 2010

cite-note-55. ↑ GigaOm: Is Microtask the Future of Work?Archived 2023-01-23 at the Wayback Machine, October 8, 2010

cite-note-66. ↑ O'Reilly Radar: Crowdsourcing Specific Microtasks, October 25, 2010

cite-note-nvidia-acquisition-77. ↑ NVIDIA press release: NVIDIA Corporation to Acquire Hybrid Graphics, March 22, 2006

cite-note-88. ↑ India Times: Sasken acquires Finnish firm, July 26, 2006

cite-note-99. ↑ Arctic Startup: Revamping the Finnish National Library Archived 2011-01-07 at the Wayback Machine, October 15, 2010

cite-note-1010. ↑ Arctic Startup: Microtask Launches Digitalkoot, A Service To Correct Digitized Finnish National Library Archives, February 8, 2011

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