Protege, a platform specializing in AI training data, has announced its acquisition of Calliope Networks, a leading provider of media content for generative AI applications. This move marks a significant milestone, enabling Protege to expand beyond healthcare into the media sector, offering diverse and high-quality datasets to AI developers.
Key Highlights
Protege’s Vision and Current Focus
- Core Mission: Provides tools for data and content owners to make their assets securely available for AI training, enabling model builders to access responsibly sourced data.
- Healthcare Expertise:
- Largest multi-modal health datasets.
- Supports training for foundational models with over 100 million images and 3 billion unstructured notes.
Calliope Networks’ Contribution
- Rich Media Content:
- Access to hundreds of thousands of hours of TV, film, news, and sports content, including 4K and 3D formats.
- Extensive licensing experience from industry giants like NBCUniversal, Warner Bros., and Fox.
- Integration with Protege: Enhances Protege’s capabilities to offer premium datasets for generative AI training.
Leadership Insights
- Bobby Samuels, CEO, Protege:
“This acquisition bridges the gap between proprietary data and AI training needs, integrating premium media content into our platform.” - Dave Davis, CEO, Calliope Networks:
“Combining our expertise unlocks unprecedented opportunities for content suppliers and the AI community.”
Strategic Impact
- Media Vertical Expansion: Launch of “Protege Media” with Dave Davis as General Manager.
- Unparalleled Training Resources: Enables AI developers to access diverse datasets spanning healthcare and media.
- Future Growth Plans:
- Expanding the media vertical team.
- Entry into additional verticals beyond healthcare and media.
Protege’s acquisition of Calliope Networks represents a transformative step in addressing the AI training data bottleneck. By integrating proprietary healthcare and media datasets, Protege is poised to redefine AI training capabilities across industries.
