| Been working on an idea where people can use their data to invest in AI startups. A lot of the platforms (MTurk) out there are geared towards getting companies a buttload of low quality data from workers on the platform, who don't get paid what's worth for their data. We want to try and flip this concept on its head - basically, people can not only rent and sell their data to AI startups, but also have the ability to invest them as a % of profits for future AI products - earn % of profits directly attributable to the company's model (all relevant AI products, services) for some (ex: 4-5 yr) period once the company earns revenue, with options to profitably contribute more. For most cases, it will probably be some combo of the three. Similar idea goes for research ($$ on any end product it'll be used for, particularly nice if open source) -- y'all just have to add some data and you can have a stake in an AI company, while they can source the data without much upfront liability. All companies are vetted, and can add extensions to process / verify data, and automatically accept the ones they like. Essentially, data is the bottleneck for a lot of AI companies, and we wanted to see if we can enable y'all to help 'em build out their products while having a voice in their future LLM, art model, AI products, etc. We chatted with a couple companies, and we felt a bit interest. What do y'all think? Would you be down to invest your data in AI (assuming there's extensions for anonymize data, clear privacy standards, etc.)? |
2. Why would companies pay or give away equity for your data when they could get most of it for free if it’s on the web?
3. Why would anyone sign up for the hassle of giving companies data when it’s worth maybe a few dollars at most? Models rely on millions of data points and yours standalone by itself is worth very little