AI is moving from generating tweets to making life-or-death decisions.
In the first phase of the AI boom, hallucinations were a quirk. As we move toward Agentic AI, systems that reason, plan, and act in the physical world, hallucinations become liabilities.
When AI enters operating rooms, autonomous supply chains, and national defense systems, the margin for error disappears. In these high-stakes environments, data integrity is no longer just a technical requirement; it is a matter of national strategy.
Enterprises and governments face a critical question: Where did this data come from, who verified it, and can we prove it?
Perle Labs is building the answer.
Sovereign & Enterprise-Grade Infrastructure
Perle Labs provides the Sovereign & Enterprise Data Infrastructure for the AI economy. We are moving beyond simple data annotation to build pipelines for complex reasoning and safety-critical applications.
Our infrastructure is designed for entities that cannot afford to be wrong.
We deliver data that is:
- Expert-Validated: Verified by subject-matter experts (MDs, PhDs, Engineers), not low-cost click farms.
- Sovereign-Compliant: Adhering to strict national data boundaries and regulatory frameworks.
- Verifiably True: Providing on-chain audit trails for absolute provenance.
The Threat is Real
This isn't just a product thesis; it is a security imperative.
Agencies like DARPA and the NSA have explicitly warned against data poisoning and supply chain vulnerabilities. As outlined in the May 2025 joint guidance by the NSA and CISA, the integrity of AI systems is under threat from maliciously modified data.
To deploy AI safely, governments and major corporations need a layer of trust that purely synthetic data or opaque centralized providers cannot guarantee. Perle is that layer.
The "Scale AI" of Web3: Evolution, Not Just Iteration
Perle Labs is built on deep industry expertise. Our team is spearheaded by veterans from Scale AI, the company that set the standard for centralized data labeling.
However, Perle represents the decentralized evolution of that model.
While centralized models struggle with transparency and incentive alignment, Perle utilizes Web3 infrastructure to create a network that is scalable, audit-friendly, and fairly incentivized. We are solving the bottlenecks of traditional annotation by creating a transparent marketplace for high-value human intelligence.
This vision is backed by $17.5M in funding from industry leaders including Framework Ventures, CoinFund, Protagonist, HashKey, and Peer VC.
The Moat: Quality Over Quantity
In a world flooded with synthetic content, human reasoning is the scarce asset.
Perle’s moat is our focus on high-stakes, expert-validated data. By prioritizing quality and verifying truth through a "human-in-the-loop" consensus, we are building a revenue model that is resilient to crypto market cycles.
We are not just selling labels; we are selling certainty.
The Human Layer for AI
Compute power gets you to the starting line. Data is what lets you win the race.
As AI models evolve from chatbots to decision-makers, they require a foundation of truth that only verified human expertise can provide. Perle Labs is building the network where the world’s experts are incentivized to train the next generation of intelligent systems.
Perle Labs is the human layer for AI.

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