Protege is a specialized platform that seeks to unlock the largest bottleneck in AI which is access to high-quality data. By organizing vast networks of diverse, real-world information the platform provides AI developers with the essential resources to create high-quality generative AI content. Protege provides access to data in various sectors. It’s healthcare data curates millions of clinical, billing data and multimodal images. It’s media sector provides data curates short form shots based audiovisual datasets. In the motion capture sector, Protege curates motion capture datasets of audiovisual human motion content, paired with precise sensor based metadata.

As AI progresses, the main bottleneck for AI developers is access to high-quality real world data as much of it remains fragmented, private or difficult to access responsibly. Protege seeks to solve this issue by acting as a bridge between data holders and AI developers. They provide streamlined access to diverse formats, including media, audio and de-identified medical records. Protoge also obtains data ethically, the company uses formal licensing agreements to ensure data is used legally and responsibly. Protege also provides a revenue sharing model, data providers are compensated every time their data is utilized. Protege already works with major institutions around the world as well as the “Magnificent 7” tech companies.

The new capital will be used for expansion, moving into new data domains and formats such as media. It will also be used for product growth, accelerating development of their tech infrastructure. They will also be growing their team to cope with the increasing demand for “AI ready” data.

Protege is positioning itself as a governance layer for the industry, moving away from the “scrape-first-apologize later” model. This establishes a new ethical standard where data is viewed as a borrowed asset and not just a commodity, reducing the risk of copyright infringement and intellectual property theft.