How Vana is Pioneering User-Owned AI Models
AI researchers have hit a "data wall," where publicly available internet data is no longer enough for large-scale model training.
In response, tech giants are increasingly buying private data, netting platforms like Reddit hundreds of millions annually from selling user-generated content as training material. Photobucket, Tumblr, and Stack Overflow profit by licensing user data to AI developers, with the individuals whose content drives these advancements rarely receiving compensation. Shutterstock has inked deals valued between $25M and $50M to license its stock media libraries to AI companies, while Meta even considered acquiring Simon & Schuster for access to its e-book catalog.
How Vana Vana Works and Its Architecture
Vana’s blockchain is composed of three core layers: the Data Liquidity Layer, the Data Portability Layer, and the Connectome. Together, they form a robust foundation for Data DAOs to pool, validate, and monetize user-contributed data.
