DataVendor launches public beta, a marketplace to sell datasets directly to AI labs
NathanpmYoung · x · 2026-10-23
DataVendor announced its public beta, positioning itself as infrastructure for buying and selling AI training data. Instead of shady back-alley deals, individuals and companies can upload codebases, message logs, or niche language datasets directly for labs to purchase. The team says data is the fundamental bottleneck for AI progress and spent two years building the platform.
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