The Data Race Is On: The Next Billion-Dollar Asset Class

​With Meta investing $14 billion in Scale AI to secure the data it needs for model training, one thing is clear — the global race for high-value datasets is accelerating.

​Vana, the blockchain for user-owned data, is building the infrastructure and ecosystem to turn datasets into investable, revenue-generating businesses. At this special Hub71 gathering, you’ll meet the top builders in Vana’s ecosystem — founders creating multi-million-dollar datasets in robotics, consumer spending, and social media — and see how they’re positioning themselves to win in the era of “Data Capital.”

• ​20 min keynote – Why Data Capital is the Next Frontier, by Vana co-founder Anna Kazlauskas (includes audience Q&A)

• ​5–10 min rapid-fire presentations from DataDAOs: Credmont, Chordata, and VDataDAO

• ​15 min panel discussion – The World’s Most Valuable Datasets, moderated by Vana co-founder Art Abal

• ​Open networking & mingling with founders, investors, and the Hub71 community

​Why Attend:

• ​See how the next billion-dollar datasets are being built today

• ​Learn how Vana’s teams are turning raw data into scalable businesses

• ​Meet Vana founders Anna Kazlauskas and Art Abal, plus the Hub71 network

• ​Explore how Abu Dhabi can lead in the global “data race”

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About Vana

​Vana is a next-generation blockchain for user-owned data, backed by top-tier investors including yZI Labs, Paradigm, Polychain Capital, and Coinbase Ventures, and listed on leading global exchanges. Founded by Anna Kazlauskas and Art Abal, who met at the MIT Media Lab and Harvard, Vana is building the infrastructure for a new era where datasets become investable, revenue-generating assets. With over a million users and hundreds of DataDAOs already launched, Vana is at the forefront of the emerging “data capital” economy.

​Credmont
Building the world’s largest consumer credit data collective, Credmont empowers users to understand and optimize their own spending habits by pairing credit insights with AI. Users are rewarded when companies choose to purchase their data, creating new revenue opportunities for individuals. By opening a market currently dominated by a handful of players, Credmont is unlocking alternative ways to source and sell consumer credit data.

​Chordata
Chordata is creating the world’s first crowdsourced robotics dataset, tackling the severe data bottlenecks in robotics development. By enabling everyday people to contribute to training the next generation of physical AI through their daily activities, Chordata harnesses existing user devices to capture and aggregate robotics data at scale on Vana.

​VDataDAO
Launched by the V_on_Vana community, VDataDAO is building a data tower around Instagram activity to power next-gen fashion trend forecasting, traffic prediction, and style insights. With over 50,000 signups already, VDataDAO is redefining how users control, monetize, and influence the trends they follow by turning their social data into a collective asset.