Checked May 15 2026
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.
Source mix15 reported3 company1 data vendor
Evidence notes
Who uses it: Two-sided: individual contributors (consumers globally seeking supplemental income) on the supply side; AI labs, robotics firms, and enterprises needing diverse, rights-cleared training data on the demand side.[19]+3Reported
Product: Users upload via iOS app; content is reviewed, deduplicated, and auto-classified; accepted uploads earn payouts via PayPal, Venmo, or Solana wallet (minimum $25 withdrawal).[19]
Source ledger
- [1]This founder built an app paying users for their data to train AI
- [2]US-based Kled AI to build 1st human data marketplace after raising $5.5 mn
- [3]Kled Pulls App From Nigeria After Reporting 95% Fraud Rate
- [4]Kled AI Bans Nigeria Over 95% Fraud Rate, IP-Blocks Entire Region
- [5]Kled AI Surges To A $100 Million Valuation As It Builds The World's First Consumer Data Marketplace