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Karya

Related names: DAIA Tech

Mobile data-work program for low-income communities, including spoken-language collection and image annotation for AI.

Language & writingData annotationData collection

Applying and requirements

Sources checked 2026-09-11

Pay

Company description of data royalties

Payment terms

Karya says workers own the data they produce and earn royalties when it is used.

Official program description. Royalty amounts, payment frequency and numeric task rates are not stated.

Sources checked 2026-09-11

Location and access

Access to projects

Community programs and supplementary work

Official information

Karya describes supplementary work delivered through execution partners across India. Its impact page also describes work in Kenya and Ethiopia.

Program reach, with a focus on communities excluded from conventional earning opportunities. Individual enrollment depends on the program.

Tasks in Indian languages and scam precautions

Official information

Karya's Android listing offers paid digital tasks in more than 12 Indian languages, including reading sentences aloud and outlining images. It warns against sharing OTPs, UPI PINs, passwords or bank details with anyone claiming to be from Karya.

Karya does not ask users to pay for tasks or return earnings.

Sources checked 2026-09-11 – 2026-09-12

Independent reporting

Supplementary income and limited work in a 2023 field report

Source published: 2023-07-27

TIME’s July 2023 reporting in Karnataka described a worker receiving INR 2,570 for about six hours of voice recording. Interviewees welcomed the income and learning, but the reporter found only about six hours of work available on the project and had met no royalty recipients.

Historical field reporting by Billy Perrigo, not current advertised pay or a representative worker survey.

Sources checked 2026-09-11

Sources

Summary sources and related names

Reviewed 2026-09-11.

Related names: DAIA Tech