{"slug": "story-protocol-rebrands-as-data-foundation-targets-ai-training-data", "title": "Story Protocol Rebrands as DATA Foundation, Targets AI Training Data", "summary": "Story Protocol rebranded as the DATA Foundation, pivoting from general intellectual-property to AI training data infrastructure. The group will operate an onchain registry and a platform issuing cryptographic receipts for dataset provenance and licensing. The rebrand follows a 98% token price drop and scrutiny over a token unlock delay, despite raising $140 million in funding.", "body_md": "Story Protocol has rebranded as the DATA Foundation and is shifting from a general intellectual-property focus to infrastructure for AI training data, according to CoinDesk. CoinDesk reports the group will operate an onchain registry called the DATA Network and a Trace platform that issues cryptographic receipts documenting dataset provenance, licensing, consent terms, and payment history. The change follows public scrutiny: Decrypt reports Story Protocol's native token fell about **98%**, and CoinDesk says the project faced attention in February over a token unlock delay. CoinDesk also reports the organisation has raised **$140 million** in cumulative funding led by a16z crypto and that Kled AI integration has registered **1.1 billion** user-contributed records, per CoinDesk's reporting and an email interview with Avi Patel.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/story-protocol-rebrands-as-data-foundation-targets-ai-training-data", "canonical_source": "https://letsdatascience.com/news/story-protocol-rebrands-as-data-foundation-targets-ai-traini-5bcf45de", "published_at": "2026-06-25 19:11:36+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-25 19:49:28.456722+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-ethics", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Story Protocol", "DATA Foundation", "DATA Network", "Trace", "a16z crypto", "Kled AI", "Avi Patel", "CoinDesk"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/story-protocol-rebrands-as-data-foundation-targets-ai-training-data", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/story-protocol-rebrands-as-data-foundation-targets-ai-training-data.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/story-protocol-rebrands-as-data-foundation-targets-ai-training-data.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/story-protocol-rebrands-as-data-foundation-targets-ai-training-data.jsonld"}}