Hidden Gem Watch: PerleLabs (
@PerleLabs )
The "Scale AI of Web3" just went live with Season 1. Backed by top-tier VCs, they are building the Sovereign AI Data Layer.
Here is the breakdown on their $17.5M funding & what they are actually building. 👇
1 The Funding (Big Money)Perle has raised a massive $17.5M total to date. • Seed ($9M): Led by Framework Ventures (Aug 2025). • Pre-Seed ($8.5M): Led by CoinFund (Oct 2024). • Other Backers: HashKey Capital, Protagonist, Peer VC, Big Brain Holdings, and NGC Ventures.
Smart money is betting heavily on decentralized data infrastructure.
2 What are they building?Think "Decentralized Scale AI."Perle is a crypto-native platform for AI data training & collection. • The Problem: AI models fail at "long-tail" tasks (rare, complex scenarios like medical/legal). • The Solution: A network of human experts (YOU) verifying data on-chain for rewards.
3 How it worksIt’s not just clicking pictures of traffic lights. • Specialized Tasks: Healthcare, Law, Robotics, & STEM fields. • On-Chain Reputation: Your accuracy is recorded on-chain. Higher rep = Higher paying tasks. • Multimodal: Text, Audio, Image, and Video annotation.
4 Why is this different?Most "Data-to-Earn" projects are low-quality click farms. Perle focuses on Expert Verification. They use "Knowledge Checks" to ensure only qualified people label complex data (e.g., a lawyer labeling a contract).
5 Season 1 (Live Now)They just launched Season 1 (Jan 2026). • Complete tasks to earn Points (which often convert to future rewards). • Competition for USDC prizes & NFT Badges. • "Early Contributor" status is still available.
6 The NarrativeAI Agents need clean data to function. Perle is building the "accountability layer" where humans prove the data is correct on the blockchain. With a team from Scale AI, Meta, & MIT, this is one of the highest-quality DePIN/AI plays right now.
TL;DR:• Raised $17.5M (Framework/CoinFund). • Building high-quality AI data infrastructure. • Season 1 is LIVE (Points potential airdrop eligibility).
Keep an eye on this one.
Season 1 is well underway and there’s a new task live: the Legal Classification Quest!
Legal AI needs human judgment. Here's what you'll do:
• Read short clauses from real contracts
• Identify what each clause does
• Improve how models understand agreements