AI Training Data Marketplaces Explained: Listing vs. Having an Agent
By Andrew Smart, founder of MON$TER · About
A data marketplace is a listing site: you post a dataset and hope the right buyer finds it. An agent works the other direction — packaging your data, taking it to multiple buyers, and negotiating terms like renewal and exclusivity.
MON$TER acts as the agent, runs competitive interest across buyers, and defaults to recurring structures. Compare in auction vs. single buyer and broker vs. direct buyer.