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Kled AI

Kled AI pays consumers to upload personal data, then packages and licenses that data as labeled training sets to AI companies and research institutions.

kled.ai · San Francisco

CALL NO.CS·KLED·26

StageSeedMarch 2026[3][4][10]

Raised$9Mdisclosed rounds[3][5][6][8]

Headcount7as of Apr 2026[1]

Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger

Founded2025[1][7]

Money

Raised $9M across disclosed rounds.[3][5][6][8]

Seed closed March 2026.[3][4][10]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Sebastian Thrun (Waymo founder), Aglaé Ventures (Bernard Arnault family fund), Wischoff VC, K5 Global, Diplo, Parable VC, Cox Exponential.[1][3][6][9]

People

Avi Patel, Founder and CEO[1][3][4]

Dan Anderson, Chief Business Officer[1]

Varshal Patel, Director of Growth[1]

Eric Zhou, Lead Designer[1]

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Sourcestracings · 19

[1]Kled AI (Exa enrichment)

May 2026 · kled.ai

vendor

[2]Kled Raises $10M In Funding

May 2026 · kled.ai

company

[3]This founder built an app paying users for their data to train AI

May 2026 · founded.com

reported

[4]US-based Kled AI to build 1st human data marketplace after raising $5.5 mn

May 2026 · inshorts.com

reported

[5]Kled Pulls App From Nigeria After Reporting 95% Fraud Rate

May 2026 · techweez.com

reported

[6]Kled AI Bans Nigeria Over 95% Fraud Rate, IP-Blocks Entire Region

Kled AI pays consumers to upload personal data, then packages and licenses that data as labeled training sets to AI companies and research institutions.

kled.ai · San Francisco

StageSeed

Raised$9M

Headcount7

Valuationnot publicly disclosed

Founded2025

Compsnone named by a source

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