Avipat_

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by Avipat_ 1y ago
I've literally never used HN before, a friend suggested I write a post on here for hiring. Lol last thing I care about is self promotion, we're doing just fine.
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by Avipat_ 1y ago
working on it
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by Avipat_ 1y ago
Can't reply to ur other comment but yea, Latham and Watkins represents us. The best lawyers on the planet, so yea we've talked to lawyers about it lol.
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by Avipat_ 1y ago
We paid $300,000 to 500 users, there's over 10,000 on the waitlist still. Each of them have uploaded over 200GB of data. Some at the 1TB limit.
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by Avipat_ 1y ago
the money came directly from AI Labs paying for it. not venture or anything else.
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by Avipat_ 1y ago
we have around 4000 uber drives that are being onboarded now all uploading their dashcam footage. will see how valubale that data is soon.
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by Avipat_ 1y ago
They are actively paying for it now, and regulation is moving in that direction as well. Regardless, someone's camera roll data, for example, isn't publicly available, meaning it can be sold, unlike someone's Instagram photos
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by Avipat_ 1y ago
lol yea, not sure what that guy is on
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by Avipat_ 1y ago
It’s not just boilerplate. We actively verify uploads using multiple signals: EXIF metadata, timestamps, device signatures, and visual similarity checks. If a file wasn't captured by the uploader’s device or shows signs of being scrape
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by Avipat_ 1y ago
Correct but the person who took the pic/vid owns the rights for it legally speaking. This content is already being trained off of, scraped off YouTube, Instagram etc. All Kled does is put the money back into the pockets of the people.
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We Paid Users $300K to Upload Their Camera Rolls, Homework, and Dashcam Footage(kled.ai)
13 points by Avipat_ 1y ago|38 comments
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by Avipat_ 1y ago
We launched Kled 6 weeks ago as a data marketplace for everyday people. Users upload personal content like camera rolls, dashcam footage, homework, POV recordings, and original music, and we pay them for it. While AI companies scrape public