AI Economics & Business Models · Data sanitization unlocks proprietary data economy for AI training

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Data sanitization unlocks proprietary data economy for AI training

2026-07-01 · 10 company · 9 thematic

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john coogan

Co-host of TBPN, a live technology and business show focused on startups, venture capital and Silicon Valley.

luca ferrari

Luca Ferrari is the CEO and co-founder of Bending Spoons, a Milan-based technology company that acquires and operates digital businesses forever. He previously co-founded Evertale (failed startup), worked at McKinsey to fund his co-founders, and has built Bending Spoons into a $1.3B revenue compounder with a unique buy-and-hold-forever model.

jordan

Co-host who shares Apple design reactions and WWDC observations from team members.

shub shinha

wayne tang

elliot pence

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