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What if your personal data wasn’t being harvested — but instead valued, tokenized, and returned to you?

That’s the radical shift proposed by Vana, a platform building decentralized data marketplaces that aim to give users economic power over their own data.

In this episode of The People’s AI, host Jeff Wilser speaks with Art Abal, co-founder of Vana, to explore one of the most urgent and nuanced topics at the intersection of AI and data: how user-owned data can power the next generation of decentralized AI systems.

We break down how today’s data marketplaces operate — often opaque, centralized, and exclusionary — and contrast that with a new model built on data DAOs, VRC-20 tokens, and decentralized ownership. Art explains how Vana is building a new kind of infrastructure where individuals can meaningfully participate in the AI supply chain, moving from passive data generators to active economic stakeholders.

The conversation covers everything from user-owned data and tokenizing real-world data to emerging ideas like universal data income (UDI) and data market makers. We also unpack how large language models like ChatGPT are trained on data that most users unknowingly provide — and how a future of AI and Web3 integration might shift the power dynamics.

If you’re interested in monetizing your data, understanding how decentralized data unions could reshape AI, or diving deep into the architecture behind VRC-20 tokens, this episode provides a detailed, accessible roadmap.

About Vana:
Vana's mission is to enable user-owned AI through user-owned data. Vana recently announced a collaboration with Flower Labs to build the world’s first user-owned foundation model.

About Vana's collaboration with Flower:
https://www.vana.org/posts/vana-flowe...

About Vana:
https://linktr.ee/vanahq

Vana on Twitter/X:
https://x.com/vana
Vana ecosystem: vana.com

Jeff Wilser on Twitter/X:
https://x.com/jeffwilser