As AI systems continue to reshape the world, one of the most overlooked ingredients in their development is human input. Behind every aligned model, safety layer, and context-aware response is a sea of human contributions—feedback, annotation, reinforcement, evaluation. But until now, those contributions have remained undervalued, invisible, and often centralized. Perle Labs is changing that. It’s a Web3-native platform built to bring transparency, fairness, and crypto-powered incentives to the human side of AI training.
Let’s break it down.
What Is Perle Labs?
Perle Labs is the newly launched division of Perle, an AI data platform focused on expert-in-the-loop workflows. While Perle works with high-quality domain experts to provide AI training and evaluation data, Perle Labs takes that mission to the blockchain—creating an open, on-chain ecosystem where contributors are:
Paid in crypto
Recognized on-chain for their work
Able to build verifiable reputations
Incentivized through crypto-economic models to improve data quality
Think of it as a decentralized workforce for training the next generation of AI models—powered by blockchain.
Why It Matters for Web3
The connection between AI and crypto is growing deeper by the day. While most AI platforms focus on centralized tooling, Perle Labs offers something different: a vision where human alignment is not only decentralized, but economically sustainable.
Here’s why this matters to the Web3 community:
On-chain labor markets are real. Perle Labs introduces a scalable way to earn from AI work—without needing to be a developer or data scientist.
Contributor attribution is transparent. Every task completed can be traced, verified, and tied to a wallet.
Reputation becomes an asset. Just like NFTs or DeFi badges, your Perle Labs profile reflects the value you’ve brought to the AI ecosystem.
This is the future of proof-of-human-work—and it’s unfolding right now.
Backed by Top Crypto VCs
In August 2025, Perle Labs announced a $9 million seed round led by Framework Ventures, a top-tier investor known for backing infrastructure projects like Chainlink, The Graph, and dYdX. The round brings Perle’s total funding to $17.5 million, with earlier support from CoinFund, who led their pre-seed in 2024. That kind of backing signals real belief in Perle Labs’ mission: turning AI training into an open, incentivized economy.
The Road Ahead
Perle Labs is currently in pre-launch, with early signups open on their official site: perlelabs.com. Meanwhile, the core Perle platform continues to serve AI companies looking for high-quality, human-in-the-loop data. Their benchmarks already outperform major tools like Amazon Rekognition by over 70% in critical edge cases—proving the power of thoughtful human feedback. As Perle Labs gears up for launch, it’s positioning itself as one of the most promising intersections of AI, crypto, and the future of work.
Final Thoughts
If the last decade was about mining digital assets, the next one might be about contributing digital intelligence. Perle Labs is creating the rails for that future. For builders, contributors, and crypto-native thinkers, this is a project worth watching—and participating in.
Follow their journey, join the waitlist, and stay ahead of the curve.