Why Robot Startups Clean Homes for Data — And What It Signals
What Changed and Why It Matters A new class of robotics startups is offering free house cleanings. The catch: you let them film the work. The footage trains models meant…
The Free-Service Wedge: AI startups trade chores for training data
What Changed and Why It Matters AI companies are shifting from scraping the open web to paying for specific, rights-cleared data. A new market has formed: free services and small…
The New Asset in Startup Wind-Downs: Slack Histories for AI Training
What Changed and Why It Matters Defunct startups are liquidating more than code and patents. They’re selling Slack logs, Jira tickets, and email archives to AI companies. Multiple reports say…