In this episode, we sit down with Johanna Cabildo, CEO and Founder of Data Guardians Network (D-GN), to unpack one of the most important—and overlooked—questions in AI today: Who trains the AI, and who benefits from it?

Johanna is on a mission to flip the data economy. Her platform empowers users to own, train, and monetize their data through decentralized agentic avatars—a radically different model from Big Tech’s extractive systems.

Topics We Cover:

Why most AI models are trained using your data—without consent or compensation

What agentic avatars are and how they let users participate in AI training

How D-GN is building decentralized data training communities

The concept of proprietary LLMs that value human data differently

Why Johanna believes blockchain is essential for ethical AI

Lessons from her time leading enterprise work at droppGroup

What an AI-powered user-owned economy looks like

The future of identity, consent, and transparency in an AI world

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