Analyzing the space where AI & Content meet.
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His $100M+ Business: Selling Real Life to AI
Protege is likely doing more AI data licensing business than any company I’ve talked to for the podcast.
Their co-founder & CEO Bobby Samuels tells me he’s passed $100M in gross revenue this year “by a comfortable margin.”
I wasn’t sure...
Bill Gross Monetized the Click. Can He Make AI Pay Creators?
I started Media & the Machine on January 30, 2025 with my article on The 5 Takeaways from the AI Content Licensing Deals I’m Tracking.
AI licensing deals were the main way that data owners were paid by AI models.
I’ve seen billions of do...
Physical AI: Could Training Data Become a $45B Market?
If you think your data missed out on training LLMs, don’t fret.
Training physical AI (robots) is likely an even bigger data licensing opportunity.
My guest Sce Pike pegs this market at $45B by 2035.
Sce (pronounced Say) is VP of AI Gro...
The Hugging Face Attack: A True AI Thriller in Three Acts
You might think you know the gist of the OpenAI attack on Hugging Face.
I certainly did.
But I was wrong.
As you’ll hear from this podcast conversation with Elissa Shevinsky, there’s even MORE wild stuff under the surface.
I do some...
Ex-Palantir Vet: Your AI Problem Is Really a Data Problem
I love meeting a new brain on a stick in the world of AI.
If they know data and AI, even better.
And if they hail from a legendary (and relatively secret) company like Palantir?
Well, I’m a happy camper.
Ben Amor checks all those box...
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