Case Study: Happywhale achieves real-time whale photo identification with DataCrunch

Revolutionizing marine mammal research with AI-powered photo identification

Happywhale, a pioneering research collaboration and citizen science platform, faced the challenge of manually matching whale photos, a process that used to take over 50 minutes per image, which limited global collaboration and real-time field research. To revolutionize marine mammal tracking, they needed a powerful and simple infrastructure to run their advanced AI algorithms, leading them to partner with DataCrunch and utilize its GPU cloud platform.

By implementing its solution on the DataCrunch Cloud Platform, Happywhale can now process identification requests in under 10 seconds with 97-99% accuracy. This has enabled researchers to identify whales in real-time via mobile, supported the tracking of nearly every humpback whale in the North Pacific, and provided essential services for global conservation efforts, all while allowing the Happywhale team to focus on

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Ted Cheeseman

Co-founder & Director