#196 Johanna Cabildo | Become a Data Guardian

In this episode, we sit down with Johanna Cabildo, CEO and Founder of Data Guardians Network (D-GN), to unpack one of the most important—and overlooked—questions in AI today: Who trains the AI, and who benefits from it?Johanna is on a mission to flip the data economy. Her platform empowers users to own, train, and monetize their data through decentralized agentic avatars—a radically different model from Big Tech’s extractive systems.Topics We Cover:Why most AI models are trained using your data—without consent or compensationWhat agentic avatars are and how they let users participate in AI trainingHow D-GN is building decentralized data training communitiesThe concept of proprietary LLMs that value human data differentlyWhy Johanna believes blockchain is essential for ethical AILessons from her time leading enterprise work at droppGroupWhat an AI-powered user-owned economy looks likeThe future of identity, consent, and transparency in an AI worldConnect https://dataguardians.xyz/