Traditional tech is starting to bet on DePIN for AI training. Nasdaq-listed Aether Holdings just partnered with a decentralized data network

General data from the web can't be trusted if you are looking for absolute accuracy. The next major hurdle for specialized LLMs, especially in finance and medicine, seems to be high-quality, human-validated, domain-specific data.

It looks like some publicly traded companies are starting to look at decentralized physical infrastructure networks to solve this, rather than traditional data farms. Aether Holdings just announced a joint venture with OORT, a decentralized AI data cloud.

They are using OORT's DataHub to collect, label, and validate institutional-grade financial datasets to train next-gen financial AI models.

It’s an interesting shift. Instead of paying a centralized giant for scraping tools, they are leaning on a decentralized, community-driven network to curate and validate the data. Curious to hear what people think about this approach for institutional data collection.

Does DePIN actually offer a viable alternative to AWS/Google Cloud for this specific use case?

News source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/aether-holdings-taps-oorts-decentralized-datahub-to-curate-high-quality-financial-data-for-ai-model-training/