Protege
Protege is a New York-based AI data infrastructure company founded in 2024. It operates a secure platform that connects proprietary data holders with vetted AI developers, addressing the challenge of accessing high-quality training data. The company aims to help data holders monetize their datasets while ensuring governance, intellectual property protection, and security. Protege offers a centralized AI training data platform featuring a dual-sided marketplace that facilitates legal and efficient transactions between data owners and AI builders. The platform aggregates billions of data points, including clinical notes, medical images, and audio across multiple languages. It also provides privacy-centric governance, automated compliance controls, and expertise integration throughout the AI lifecycle. The company serves a diverse customer base, including foundational model companies and application-layer AI firms, as well as data providers in sectors like healthcare and media.