Cryptoworld: Dbrain - Open Blockchain to Collectively Build AI Apps

Introduction

Artificial Intelligence (AI) happens to be the next big thing. AI is all about data. Datasets used for machine learning are still labeled by hand, which requires a lot of effort. This creates a lot of friction: labeling quality is not guaranteed, and the initial source data is not secured. Dbrain allows people to work together in secure, seamless, integrated processes for buying, designing, and building AI apps, from start to finish.

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What Is Dbrain ???

Dbrain is an open blockchain platform that links crowdworkers and data scientists enabling them to transform raw data into real-world AI solutions,Please Join us https://bountyhive.io/join/Dbrain

Crowdworkers do simple tasks of data labelling and validation, and are paid instantly in cryptocurrency for their work. Data scientists use the resulting datasets to train Neural Networks (NN) and build AI apps. Businesses use existing AI solutions or specify new ones to serve their particular needs. Dbrain automates AI production and data workflow by providing efficient tools to all parties, including a web application, a Telegram bot, and a mobile app.

Platform

Dbrain is an open blockchain platform for turning raw data into real-world AI solutions. We make AI accessible to businesses and allow anyone to earn money for their effort.

The platform automates most of the data preparation and human-in-the-loop workflow. It provides crowdworkers with a user-friendly labeling and validation tool based on a unique web application and Telegram bot. Blockchain protocols and internal cryptocurrency ensure transparency and fair revenue distribution among all stakeholders.

AI production line

Dbrain levels the playing field for all participants on the AI market.

Blockchain and crypto

The Dbrain platform works on the Ethereum network and relies on its smart contracts. We’re building a scalable permissioned blockchain anchored to the Ethereum network via state channels. Our solution can securely process thousands of transactions per second which all involved parties can verify independently. We implement two blockchain protocols for decentralized access to our platform and an in-house cryptocurrency.

SPOCK protocol

To align the incentives of crowdworkers, validators, AI developers and dataset owners, Dbrain implements the Subjective Proof of Crowdwork Protocol (SPOCK), which automatically verifies data quality and guarantees real-time, fair and transparent billing to workers and task requesters.

PICARD protocol

The Protocol for indirect controlled access to repository data (PICARD) protects datasets and AI applications hosted on the Dbrain platform and allows data scientists to train AI models using the datasets without downloading them, and to sell AI solutions to business clients later. The protocol allows data scientists to work on a contract basis as well as to contribute to community owned datasets and public kernels. It also allows participation in Kaggle-like competitions on openly listed challenges.

Dbraincoin (DBR)

Dbraincoin (DBR) is implemented as a standard ERC20 token. The total number of Dbraincoins in existence is fixed. We use our coins as an internal currency that participants use to pay and receive for work, data and AI application usage on the platform.

Product

The Dbrain web application integrated with Ethereum (DApp) allows every Internet user to perform tasks, earn Crypto and withdraw it with a single click. Telegram bot for simple data labeling and task validation gives us access to crowdworker audience with the least imaginable friction. Our upcoming mobile app will provide user interface for complex tasks on smartphones and tablets and allow to collect custom data from crowdworkers.

Web application

The Dbrain web application integrated with Ethereum (DApp) provides an intuitive tool for data labeling and validation tasks for crowdworkers. The complex user interface allows crowdworkers to perform advanced tasks, such as image labeling for classification and regression, object annotation with bounding boxes and segmentation masks.

Revenue model

We charge a 10% commission from every transaction on our platform to compensate our costs of running the infrastructure and maintaining a healthy platform. Our commission is much lower than those charged by the existing crowdwork platforms. We believe that zero commissions are unsustainable for a large crowdwork platform. Those who promise to never charge any money for the value they add either aren’t going to build a sustainable business, or aren’t telling the whole story, or don’t add any real value in the long run.

Our AI platform will save our clients much more than the commission we charge, because they do not have to set up any infrastructure for data labeling, AI development, training, and deployment.

Roadmap

Team

founders

Dmitry Matskevich - Chief Executive Officer

Aleksey Hahunov - Chief Technical Officer

Ivan Gorshunov - Chief Marketing Officer

Dima Dewinn - Chief Design Officer

Advisors

Yobie Benjamin,Co-founder of token.io, CTO at Clickswitch.com. VC and innovator, member of the US Federal Reserve Bank Faster Payments Task Force.

Eleanor ‘Nell’ Watson,Co-founder of Ethnicsnet, lecturer of AI and Robotics Faculty Singularity University, cognitive scientist and director of AI-Robotics at AIMY Robotics. 2017 Foresight Fellow for Machine Ethics, member of FBCS, FIAP, FRSA, FRSS, FLS.

Vadim Fedchin,MSc in Law and Finance, Oxford University. Member of the Open Data Institute (UK), VC investor with a focus on AI.

Ed Gurinovich,Founder of Carprice and Carmoney, VC investor in Artificial Intelligence.

Dean Patrick,Founder and managing partner of G2H2 Capital, solidity developer, Stanford University graduate.

Mikhail Larionov,CTO BitGuild, ex-Facebook (Messenger Platform), ex-Disney Interactive.

Dr. Antti Saarnio,Co-founder of Jolla, founder of Zipper Global. Antti is an emerging market and technology business mountaineer and forerunner in decentralized economy. Dr.Tech. in Strategic Investments.

Ilya Glazyrin,Managing Partner of Salarian Capital, crypto and equity investment solutions provider. Ilya is experienced investment professional in tech M&A, having background in VC and crypto.

Matthew Graham,Founder and CEO at Sino Global Capital. Bridging technology with China investors and partners, specializes in investment management.

Core team

Pavel Doronin,Chief Operational Officer

Victor Baybekov,Chief analyst, blockchain developer

Yuriy Aleksandrov,Architect, blockchain developer

Dmitry Ulianov,Senior data scientist

Artur Kuzin,Data scientist

Igor Rekun,Data scientist

Andrey Kiselev,Data scientist

Alexander Lyzhov,Junior data scientist

Sergey Kananykhin,Backend developer

Dmitry Dubsky,Frontend developer