Dappier is building a marketplace for publishers to sell their content to LLM builders

Dappier, an early-stage startup, has raised $2 million in seed funding and launched a marketplace for publishers to monetize their content used in AI model training. The company aims to provide a new way for publishers and data owners to get compensated for their content, which is often scraped and used without permission by companies training large language models. The marketplace allows publishers to set a price for using their content in model training, and customers can connect to a content store via an RSS feed to build a model using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).

The startup's approach offers a new revenue stream for publishers, who are struggling to generate income from website advertising alone. The platform could also benefit individuals and small group newsletter publishers. Dappier's $2 million funding round was led by Silverton Partners in Austin, Texas, where the company is based. The company is also in discussions with newsletter platforms about potential partnerships.

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Dappier, a startup, aims to ensure that publishers are compensated when their content is used, particularly in the training of large language models.
The company has announced a $2 million seed funding round and the launch of a marketplace where publishers can set a price for the use of their content in model training.
Dappier's approach allows customers to connect to a content store via an RSS feed and use that content to build a model using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
The startup's funding round was led by Silverton Partners in Austin, Texas, where Dappier is also based.

Dappier is building a marketplace for publishers to sell their content to LLM builders | TechCrunch

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