"AI foundation models have already exhausted the most easily accessible training data,” a16z Crypto founder Chris Dixon said in a statement. “Poseidon's decentralized data layer seeks to establish a new economic foundation for the internet, rewarding creators and suppliers for providing the diverse inputs that next-gen intelligent systems need.”

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