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StageZero raises $1.8M to combine mobile game rewards and AI training data

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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StageZero has raised $1.8 million in funding to give gamers rewards for participating in in-app tasks that generate valuable AI training data.

The funding will enable StageZero to expand its team, refine its product efficiencies, and continue building tools to help companies ethically develop AI systems quickly and easily.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.