Protege

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AI training data platform for compliant exchange of proprietary, real-world datasets across sectors.

Website: withprotege.ai
Latest update: Feb 12, 2026 HC1 partnership adds large de-identified lab data repository
Primary approach: Marketplace
Also uses: New infrastructure
Pipeline: Train / Fine-tune

What it is

Protege connects data holders with model builders and handles the licensing, curation, and delivery of proprietary datasets for AI development. Its recent updates position it as a dedicated AI data market platform rather than a crawler-control or publisher-paywall tool.

Evidence trail

Feb 12, 2026 HC1 partnership adds large de-identified lab data repository
Jan 07, 2026 Series A extension cites hundreds of data partners and cross-vertical growth
Sep 10, 2024 Seed launch of the AI training data platform

Adoption signals

Users

hundreds of organizations

Series A extension cites hundreds of data partners and cross-vertical growth Jan 07, 2026