Kled AI Startup Valued at $150 Million for Ethical Data Collection

My AI startup pays people to film themselves taking out the trash. It's now valued at $150 million.

Kled AI founder Avi Patel. Kled AI Avi Patel, 22, says most AI is trained on stolen data, and his startup wants to change that. Kled AI pays people for iPhone photos and videos. It then sells the data to AI and robotics firms. The startup just raised $6.5 million at a $150 million valuation. Avi Patel is the 22-year-old founder of Kled AI, a San Francisco startup that buys and resells personal data from everyday people to train AI. Patel dropped out of college after only two weeks in 2021 t...