AI companies are making billions. But the people who provide the most valuable ingredient of data are left with nothing.

Your research, signals, insights, creative inputs, chat logs and every click shapes AI systems every day. However when those systems go to market or generate revenue for large centralized AI corporations, there is no way for you to participate in the upside.

LazAI changes the game by giving you ownership and income rights over your data. When you contribute to the LazAI network, you receive a Data Anchoring Token (DAT). It is a token that proves your data or model is part of the network. More importantly, it lets you earn whenever your contribution is used.

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DATs in Action: Ownership, Access and Earnings
DATs turn AI data into live assets with built-in rewards. A medical team can anchor a dataset onchain and earn whenever hospitals or models use it. An AI company can license its model through a DAT, enforcing usage terms directly through smart contracts. Developers can offer pay-per-use AI services where each call draws value from a DAT, just like topping up cloud credits. 

From licensing to billing to accountability, DATs turn AI contributions into transparent, enforceable, and monetizable assets. Each action feeds into LazAI’s internal AI economy, where contributions power model training, agent creation, and inference monetization, forming a full-circle loop that continues to reward data owners. Developers can see the DAT reward flow in the diagram below:

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What Makes DATs Different
In most systems, once you upload or share data, you lose control. Whether it is used 100 times or a million times, there is no feedback loop, no ownership, and no reward.

LazAI turns this model upside down. When you anchor your data using a DAT, it becomes a live asset. That means:

• Every time your data is used by a verified AI agent or compute node, you are paid
• Revenue is automatically distributed based on usage, not just speculation
• There is no platform gatekeeper deciding who gets what
• Everything is onchain, transparent and auditable

This is a real-time reward system built into the core of LazAI’s internal economy. If you are ready to anchor your first dataset and start earning, follow this step-by-step DAT guide.

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Build the AI Economy Around You
To go deeper into the technical aspects of DATs or build with Node.js, Python or Rust, you can explore the full technical documentation.

Follow LazAI on social media to stay informed about new tools, contributor rewards, and governance opportunities. By anchoring your data with DATs, you are not just earning in a new system. You are taking part in a shift where value flows through a user owned internal AI economy where intelligence is powered by individuals and not controlled by corporations.