Ways to contribute to the data ecosystem
As an AI lab or researcher who wants to source data with confidence
Source transparent, consent-based, audit-ready data across any specialty.
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Every record contributed by a human as a verifiable receipt preserving all meta-data while maintaining users’ complete privacy.
Confidential and tamper-proof, but fully public
Public proof
Trace reads from and writes to the Data Network’s blockchain-based ledger ensuring immutability and open access to everyone. With a public audit trail, labs can verify entire datasets in seconds, contributors can confirm their terms are honored, and regulators can audit consent at scale.
278.7M
Receipts on the Protocol
534K
Contributors
392 TB
Data audited
Discover Kled
Powering the world’s largest opt-in data marketplaces
Kled is the largest opt-in human-data marketplace in the world. People upload and give permission to use their own data and get paid. Every Kled record is auditable on the Data Network.
Kled’s scale and impact
1.5B+
records uploaded by real people
5M+
new uploads every day
#1
app store ranking (in multiple countries)
Tools for provenance, permissions and exchange
Frontier AI Labs can verify and audit datasets directly on Trace.
Trace’s provenance, licensing, contributor payments and audits all run on DATA’s rails.
How the data network works
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Source data at scale
Apps that turn opt-in human contribution into licensable training data.
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Verify where it comes from
The rails ensures every record gets a verifiable, tamper proof receipt.
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Guarantee quality
Cleans and labels raw data into model-ready datasets. Connects supply to AI buyers.
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Complete confidentiality
Data’s Confidential Data Rails ensures programmatic gated access to confidential information.
Ways to contribute to the data ecosystem
Ways to contribute to the data ecosystem
As a user who wants to contribute data to the network
You own the data you generate. Apps in the network pay you to share it.
Ways to contribute to the data ecosystem
As an app developer that collects data
Build on the open protocol that handles ownership, licensing, and payment, and get the full tool suite out of the box.
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