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Protege
Protege is a marketplace for data providers to post their data and for AI companies to get high quality training data
About Protege
A platform for AI training data, connecting data holders with AI developers to facilitate the secure and compliant exchange of data for AI model development.
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The company operates as a marketplace, streamlining the data procurement process for AI companies, which are its primary clients. The platform addresses a critical bottleneck in the AI development lifecycle by providing access to diverse and curated datasets, including specialized data for healthcare AI. The business model likely involves transaction fees on the data licensing deals facilitated through the platform or subscription-based access for data buyers.
Protege has expanded its offerings through the acquisition of Calliope Networks, which adds premium video content to its data portfolio. This strategic move positions the company to cater to the growing demand for multimodal training data for generative AI models. The company has secured $10 million in seed funding to support its growth and platform development.
At a glance
- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- New York City, United States
- Employees
- 84
- Open positions
- 18
- Dealroom signal
- 60.3/100
- Industry
- Enterprise Software
- Sector
- AI, Core AI, MLops, AI Data Preparation and Generation
- Technology
- Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Business model
- Marketplace & ecommerce
- Client focus
- b2b
- Investment activity
- 1 company, latest Dec 2024
- Capital deployed
- —
- Preferred round
- ACQUISITION
Latest news
Press, funding announcements and product moves mentioning Protege.
Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERIES AOther financing | Jan 2026 | $30M | $120M | Andreessen Horowitz | ↗ |
| SERIES AOther financing | Aug 2025 | $25M | $100M | Liquid 2 Ventures · Flex Capital · Footwork · CRV | ↗ |
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Protege is 17K monthly website visits, down 19% over the last three months. Protege's team grew 33.3% over the past year.
Open positions
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Investments and acquisitions
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Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Seed8 investors entered at this stage
SV Angel
Bloomberg Beta
Nitesh Banta
Adam D’Angelo
Flex Capital
CRV
Travis May
Liquid 2 Ventures
Series A3 investors entered at this stage
Footwork
Shapercap
Andreessen Horowitz
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
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