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Ask HN: How AI teams source and license training data?

I'm deep in research on how AI teams actually source and license training data (text, audio, video, synthetic). Not the theory, but real, messy, day-to-day process. I'm NOT pitching or selling anything. I'm having short 15-minute conversations with people who work on this daily, and the insights have been genuinely eye-opening. Happy to share what I'm learning in return.If you know someone who...

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Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2025) on Thursday October 16, 2025 @06:35AM (#45603744)
We are building a data layer for humans and machines https://www.opendatabay.com

10K users 3.9K datasets 117 daily downloads 36 data providers 7 team members (volunteers) 3 data requests/day 1 vision

Show HN: Opendatabay.com – Indexing Worlds Data for Humans and Machines

https://www.opendatabay.com

As a solofounder, I just hit 10k registered users, hosting more datasets than Datarade and Snowflake data marketplaces combined, with hundreds of daily queries from both humans and AI agents.Curious to hear from other solo founders, what kind of traction are you seeing, and how are you growing?

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Show HN: Data for AI and AI for Data

https://www.opendatabay.com/

Hey all,We’ve applied to YC three times and got rejected each time. we’ll get there eventually! The main reasons for rejection were: being a solo founder (no co-founder), having no team, an MVP that wasn’t ready, or no traction in place.--- My expertise lies in building software products for startups, unicorn companies, and even governments.Throughout my years in software, I’ve had plenty of...

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