NGC & KuCoin Ventures Back Codatta for Transparent Data
August 11, 2025 – SINGAPORE — NGC Ventures and KuCoin Ventures have announced a strategic investment in Codatta, a decentralized metadata protocol reshaping how data quality, attribution, and incentives are managed across AI and frontier technology ecosystems.
As AI and machine learning systems continue to scale, the need for high-quality, structured data inputs has never been more urgent. Codatta addresses one of the most pressing data challenges today: transforming complex, unstructured data into formats that are structured, interoperable, and reusable — usable by both humans and machines.
NGC Ventures cited a clear reason for backing the project: the overwhelming majority of data in circulation today remains either unusable, unverifiable, or inaccessible to developers and researchers. Codatta’s protocol focuses on improving how metadata is curated, verified, and compensated, making it more useful and more valuable for those who contribute.
Through its decentralized structure, Codatta allows a wide range of contributors — from individual annotators to research teams and citizen scientists — to earn on-chain royalties for validating and enriching metadata. This not only supports transparency and provenance tracking but also introduces a model where both AI agents and humans collaborate in the verification loop.
The investment arrives at a time when demand for AI-ready data is growing rapidly, but much of the available data remains siloed within closed platforms, such as Google Cloud or AWS. At the same time, increasing attention on data privacy, traceability, and bias is driving a move toward more open, auditable systems. Codatta was designed specifically to meet this need.
Rather than acting as a short-term tool or service, Codatta represents a foundational layer in the data infrastructure stack. With provenance, contributor attribution, and collaborative review built in, it brings long-term transparency and incentive alignment to AI pipelines. In this area, closed APIs and internal labeling tools often fall short.
KuCoin Ventures sees Codatta as core infrastructure for decentralized AI. The protocol enables data to be enriched, traced, and governed openly and verifiably, allowing developers and users to understand where their data comes from, how it’s been used, and who contributed to its value.
Codatta is developing a global network that delivers high-quality datasets to leading companies worldwide. As the ecosystem grows and demand for data increases, Codatta will share the value it generates with its community. A portion of future profits will be allocated to repurchasing the network’s native token, from the open market — a strategy designed to strengthen the ecosystem, reward contributors, and ensure long-term sustainability. This approach aligns token incentives with real business growth, creating a structure where both the industry and the community can prosper together.
Inside Codatta’s Multi-Layered Architecture
Codatta is a full-scale data infrastructure protocol built for modern AI systems, contributors, and developers. Its modular architecture ensures traceability, collaboration, and long-term value through four key layers:
1. On-Chain Metadata Registries
Store metadata in structured, verifiable formats, enabling transparent, tamper-proof provenance and open access across models, research, and dApps.
2. Hybrid Validation Engine (Human + AI)
Combines automated processing with human oversight for accurate, high-integrity metadata without single points of failure.
3. Royalty Logic for Contributors and Dataset Creators
Rewards anyone enriching, labeling, or verifying data with on-chain royalties whenever that data is reused.
4. Open Provenance and Attribution TrackingLinks each contribution to its origin, validation, and usage history for full transparency and governance confidence.
This system supports high-integrity data ecosystems across AI, research, public health, and internet infrastructure, shifting from closed, extractive models to open, contributor-aligned networks.
About Codatta
Codatta is an open, decentralized, multi-chain protocol uniting blockchain-based data infrastructure with a collaborative network of human contributors and specialized AI agents. Contributors and knowledge backers gain the opportunity to earn perpetual royalties from AI innovations powered by datasets they collectively own, transforming individual knowledge into lasting digital assets and ongoing rewards.
Website: https://codatta.ioTwitter: @Codatta_io
About NGC Ventures
NGC Ventures is one of the world’s leading institutional investment firms in the blockchain space. Since 2017, NGC has invested in category-defining infrastructure, DeFi, and AI protocols, supporting long-term builders shaping the decentralized future.
Website: https://ngc.fund
About KuCoin Ventures
KuCoin Ventures is the investment arm of the global cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin. Focused on early-stage, high-potential blockchain, AI, and Web3 projects, KuCoin Ventures supports visionary teams committed to building decentralized innovation with real-world impact.
Website: https://www.kucoin.com
