
Protege is an AI training data platform that connects AI developers with data holders. For AI developers, Protege offers a vast collection of high-quality training data across numerous modalities and…

Protege is an AI training data platform that connects AI developers with data holders. For AI developers, Protege offers a vast collection of high-quality training data across numerous modalities and…
What they do: AI training-data platform that curates, licenses, and delivers real-world multimodal datasets for model development
Founded: 2024
Headquarters / HQ: New York (documented in profiles)
Recent funding: $30M Series A extension led by Andreessen Horowitz (Jan 2026); prior Series A $25M (Aug 2025); $10M seed (Sep 2024)
Founders / leadership: Bobby Samuels (CEO & co-founder); Travis May (Chairman & co-founder)
Bridging the gap between data holders and AI developers by enabling compliant, high-quality dataset sourcing and licensing for model training and evaluation.
2024
Data Infrastructure and Analytics
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Seed round with participation from SV Angel, Liquid 2 Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Flex Capital, Adam D'Angelo, Travis May, and others
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Extension that expanded the August 2025 Series A, bringing cumulative funding to $65M since founding
“Includes participation from prominent investors such as CRV, Footwork, Andreessen Horowitz, Bloomberg Beta, Flex Capital, SV Angel, Liquid 2 Ventures, Adam D'Angelo, Travis May, and others”
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Company Overview: We are building Protege to solve the biggest unmet need in AI — getting access to the right training data. The process today is time intensive, incredibly expensive, and often ends in failure. The Protege platform facilitates the secure, efficient, and privacy-centric exchange of AI training data.
Solving AI’s data problem is a generational opportunity. We’re backed by world-class investors and already powering partnerships with some of the most ambitious teams in AI. The company that succeeds will be one of the largest in AI — and in tech.
We’re a lean, fast-moving, high-trust team of builders who are obsessed with velocity and impact. Our culture is built for people who thrive on ambiguity, own outcomes, and want to shape the future of data and AI.
Role Overview We’re looking for a Head of Product Success (Media) to own and scale our deal fulfillment and delivery operations across our media and video verticals. This director-level role is responsible for ensuring that what we sell is delivered—on time, at quality, and at scale—by leading a team of Operations Managers and building the systems that support reliable execution.
This role sits at the intersection of Sales, Product, and Operations. You’ll be accountable for turning signed deals into successfully fulfilled outcomes, while designing processes that can support rapid growth, new verticals, and increasing complexity in a startup environment.
This role is ideal for a seasoned operator who thrives in a startup environment—someone who can zoom out to define strategy and structure, and zoom in to coach managers, unblock execution, and build scalable systems from the ground up.
What You’ll Do Product & Deal Fulfillment
Operations & Process
Team Leadership
Cross-Functional Collaboration
What We’re Looking For
Nice to Have
Why This Role Matters This role is critical to Protege AI’s Media success. You’ll define how we deliver and retain clients , not just what we sell, shaping partner trust, revenue durability, and the foundation for scaling our Media vertical.
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