Kled AI is an AI data marketplace that pays users to upload photos, videos, and other content, then licenses that consented data to AI, robotics, and self-driving-car companies for model training. Kled AI's Twitter Score is 78 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of September 2026, ranking #10,221 (top 5%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.
Kled AI was founded by Avi Patel, who pivoted to the project after previously running a music-licensing company. Per Business Insider, the platform had surpassed 200,000 users and was processing roughly 5 million uploads per day as of March 2026, with most contributors sharing entire camera rolls as training data. WIRED reported the user base had grown to over 300,000, framing Kled AI as part of an emerging gig-work economy built around first-person video and human-generated data for AI and robotics systems.
Kled AI has attracted notable backing, including from Sebastian Thrun, Bernard Arnault's venture fund, and K5 Global. Business Insider reported a $5.5 million seed round in May 2026, and separately reported in March 2026 that the company had raised $6.5 million at a $150 million valuation. In May 2026, founder Avi Patel publicly alleged that rival AI-training-data startup Luel had copied Kled AI's business model and website, a dispute Business Insider framed as a startup competition matter rather than a legal finding. Kled AI has accumulated 23,187 followers as of September 2026 across 484 posts. The account has been mentioned by 92 accounts a total of 196 times.
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The accounts that follow Kled AI include 258 founders, 78 angel investors, 215 influencers and 2 VCs. Among them are Solana, Luca Netz, Frank, John Wang, DeeZe and gabrielShapir0.