Belief is a large concern within the AI business as a result of black-box nature of Generative AI fashions, which makes it obscure and regulate their decision-making. What’s extra, the event course of for giant fashions typically requires information entry to be extremely centralized, leading to reluctance by information homeowners to contribute their information to mannequin coaching. Addressing these challenges is essential for fostering widespread adoption and making certain moral and dependable use of AI.
Sahara’s decentralized AI community permits people and companies to monetize their proprietary information by leveraging customized AI brokers (known as Information Brokers)—all whereas preserving information privateness.
We initially determined to accomplice with Sahara whereas the staff was creating a blockchain protocol for decentralized crowdsourcing of human labor for AI mannequin coaching, beginning with information labeling for reinforcement studying with human suggestions (RLHF). We imagine that organizations will depend on use case-specific information to enhance AI mannequin efficiency and effectivity, which means that information annotation by people will proceed to be necessary for AI adoption. Sahara’s decentralized strategy permits for a versatile workforce which may deal with extremely specialised duties on demand.
As we speak, Sahara is reworking human-AI collaboration with a blockchain-based community that democratizes entry to world information capital. Sahara’s Information Brokers protect the sovereignty of knowledge homeowners and customers whereas autonomously analyzing inner and exterior information to supply dependable decision-making. In the meantime Sahara Knowledge, the corporate’s information infrastructure providing, offers companies round AI mannequin coaching together with information annotation.
We’re thrilled to help Sahara, as their distinctive integration of AI and blockchain applied sciences not solely units a brand new benchmark within the tech panorama but in addition opens up huge alternatives for creators and companies worldwide. Sahara’s dedication to privateness, safety, and person empowerment aligns with our imaginative and prescient of a extra equitable digital future, and we’re excited to help their journey in reshaping the panorama of information possession and monetization.
Sahara’s founders, Xiang (Sean) Ren and Tyler Zhou, possess complementary experience in AI and blockchain. Ren, at present an Affiliate Professor in Pc Science and Viterbi Early Profession Chair at USC, is the Principal Investigator of USC’s Intelligence and Information Discovery Lab. Zhou, a former Funding Director at Binance Labs and investor at Gaw Capital, contributes intensive information of the blockchain ecosystem and robust monetary acumen to the staff.
Since its inception, Sahara has attracted over 30 enterprise shoppers starting from Fortune 500 firms to unicorn startups, together with Microsoft, Snapchat, and MIT. We’re thrilled to search out out what’s subsequent for the staff.
Diane Choi is an investor at Samsung Subsequent. Samsung Subsequent’s funding technique is restricted to its personal views and doesn’t mirror the imaginative and prescient or technique of some other Samsung enterprise unit, together with, however not restricted to, Samsung Electronics.
