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Protege

Protege

Private
New York City, New YorkAI, Data & Cloud Infrastructurehttps://withprotege.ai/

Last Round

Series A

Extension

Jan 8, 2026

Total Funding Raised

$65M

Momentum

Top 25%

of companies Caplight tracks

Company Overview

Protege is a business software company that provides a platform for the secure and compliant exchange of proprietary real-world data for artificial intelligence training.

Sector

AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure

Verticals

AI Training Infrastructure, Synthetic Data, Data Governance, Data Protection

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Marketplace Commission, Services & Consulting

AI Layer

Infrastructure

Keywords

AI training datadata licensingdata marketplacefoundation model datadata curationdata de-identificationmodel evaluationAI benchmarksdata enrichmentdata governancedata brokeragetraining data pipelinedata refineryAI data supply chaindata labeling

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Protege comps — public and private peers by sector, stage, and business model
CompanyStatusEst. ValuationRev Multiple
OpenAIPrivate$86.0B~40x
CoherePrivate$5.0B--
Competitor 1Public$XX.XBXXx
Competitor 2Public$XX.XBXXx

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Protege Funding Rounds

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Data table
RoundDateAmount RaisedValuationInvestorsSources
Series A ExtensionJan 8, 2026
Series AAug 13, 2025
SeedSep 10, 2024

Key People

Founding team and executive leadership

Engy Ziedan

Chief Scientific Officer And Co-Founder

Founding Team

Bobby Samuels

CEO

Executive Team

Richard Ho

CTO

Executive Team

Protege Investors

Notable investors and investment history

Protege investors
InvestorRounds
Andreessen HorowitzSeries A Extension
SV AngelSeed
CRVSeries A, Series A Extension, Seed
Bloomberg BetaSeries A
Bloomberg BetaSeries A, Series A Extension, Seed
Flex CapitalSeries A, Series A Extension, Seed
Shaper CapitalSeries A, Series A Extension

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  • Jun 30, 2026

    Grew 19% QoQ, from 73 to 87 employees.

  • Mar 12, 2026

    Launched DataLab to make AI data a scientific discipline.

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersNew York City, New York
Employee Range87
Year Founded2024
Last FundingJan 8, 2026

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