Fintech Bets 400M on Paid AI Training Data
SignSplit's platform links training data to proof of origin and consent, with its verification system still at the envisaged stage.
Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Artificial Intelligence
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W Group, a global fintech firm owned by Volodymyr Nosov, invested 400 million US dollars in SignSplit, a Delaware public benefit corporation that emerged from stealth and unveiled a platform for licensing and remunerating data for AI. The investment is a strategic seed round that gives W Group a 40% stake at a post-money valuation of 1 billion US dollars. The platform is research-stage in the sense that its verification system is described as envisaged rather than reported as in general use.
Why it matters
The platform aims to link training data to verifiable records of its provenance, consent and terms of use, so that AI systems and digital platforms can identify authorised content and its conditions. The move diversifies W Group away from its core digital financial services and blockchain infrastructure business, which includes the WhiteBIT cryptocurrency trading platform.
The reported figures are a 400 million US dollar strategic seed round, a 1 billion US dollar post-money valuation and a 40% stake for W Group. The source does not report any benchmark or measured performance of the verification system, so its technical capability has not been independently demonstrated.
The players
W Group
A global fintech firm that owns the WhiteBIT cryptocurrency trading platform and is moving into data licensing for AI.
SignSplit
A Delaware public benefit corporation building a provenance and consent verification platform for licensing data to AI developers.
Volodymyr Nosov
The founder and owner of W Group, whose fintech and blockchain background underpins the group's investment.
Alessandro Monterosso
A co-founder of SignSplit, originally from Scilla in Calabria, Italy.
Glib Denisov
A co-founder of SignSplit who established the company with Monterosso in 2024.
The details
SignSplit's infrastructure ties each piece of data to verifiable records of where it came from, whether its owner consented to its use, and the terms under which it may be used. The company describes a verification system through which digital platforms and AI systems can check whether content is authorised and what conditions apply to it. Under the licensing model described, contributors are to be paid according to the agreements attached to their data. Provenance — the documented origin and chain of custody of a dataset — is the central concept, since it lets a buyer confirm rights before using material to train a model.
Timeline
2024: SignSplit is founded by Alessandro Monterosso and Glib Denisov.
- 2026-11-06
SignSplit announces the 400 million US dollar investment from W Group.
The Tech Race
The venture pairs a verifiable provenance layer with a licensing marketplace, placing SignSplit among efforts to settle the rights question for AI training data. The source names no specific competing program, so its position relative to rival rights-licensing efforts is not established.
The source does not give a launch date, pricing, or access terms for the platform, so when developers or contributors can use it is unannounced. Contributors would be paid under licensing agreements, but the source does not describe how those agreements are priced or structured.
The takeaway
Watch whether SignSplit publishes the technical details of its verification system and names its first licensing partners. Whether the further 400 million US dollars in instalments are released against the stated targets will show how seriously the market takes paid, consent-based training data.
Further reading
For the wider context of data rights and model training, see the Artificial Intelligence section.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Bebeez.
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