In this episode, we sit down with Johanna Cabildo, CEO and Founder of Data Guardians Network (D-GN), to unpack one of the most important—and overlooked—questions in AI today: Who trains the AI, and who benefits from it?
Johanna is on a mission to flip the data economy. Her platform empowers users to own, train, and monetize their data through decentralized agentic avatars—a radically different model from Big Tech’s extractive systems.
Topics We Cover:
Why most AI models are trained using your data—without consent or compensation
What agentic avatars are and how they let users participate in AI training
How D-GN is building decentralized data training communities
The concept of proprietary LLMs that value human data differently
Why Johanna believes blockchain is essential for ethical AI
Lessons from her time leading enterprise work at droppGroup
What an AI-powered user-owned economy looks like
The future of identity, consent, and transparency in an AI world
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https://dataguardians.xyz/
