AI Marketplace

Overview

What is the Sahara AI Marketplace?

The Sahara AI Marketplace is a platform where anyone can discover, use, and (soon) upload AI assets like datasets, models, and agents. It’s designed to make AI development more open, fair, and rewarding for everyone involved.

Whether you’re an AI developer, researcher, hobbyist, or someone just exploring what’s possible with AI, the marketplace gives you access to high-quality tools and resources—with clear rules and real ownership.

What Can You Do on the Marketplace?

  • Use AI Assets: Browse datasets and models to build your own AI projects. Many are free and open-source during the beta.

  • Build AI Agents: Use Sahara tools to connect models and datasets into functional agents.

  • Upload & Monetize Datasets: Users can now upload datasets, license them, and earn revenue when others use them.

What Makes Sahara Different?

  • Real Ownership: Assets are registered on the blockchain, giving creators full control and credit.

  • Co-Ownership Support: Multiple contributors can be recognized and rewarded as co-owners of an asset. Revenue is automatically shared based on their role or contribution.

  • Transparent Licensing: Licensing terms are visible and enforced from the start.

  • Monetization (Coming Soon): In future updates, contributors will earn revenue when their assets are licensed, used, or reused in new projects.

  • Automatic Royalty Sharing: When monetization goes live, contributors will earn ongoing royalties from downstream usage of their work.

  • No Middlemen: All licensing and payments will be handled by smart contracts—no manual tracking, no hidden cuts.

Example: How You Might Use Sahara

  1. You find a free dataset and a licensed model in the marketplace.

  2. You use Sahara’s no-code tools to build a custom AI agent.

  3. You test the agent and deploy it.

  4. (Coming Soon) If you choose to monetize it, Sahara will handle payments and share revenue with any upstream contributors.

How Licensing Works

Every asset in the marketplace includes a license that clearly explains what you can and can’t do with it.

The creator chooses the license type:

  1. Open Use: Free to use, modify, and share.

  2. Non-Commercial Remix: You can remix it, but only for personal or non-commercial use.

  3. Commercial Use: You can use it for business, but not modify or resell it.

  4. Commercial Remix: Full commercial use and remixing allowed, with automatic revenue sharing to original creators.

Asset Categories

The Sahara AI Marketplace supports three main categories of assets: datasets, models, and agents. Datasets include structured or labeled information used to train or inform models-such as CSVs, text corpora, or annotated images. Models are pre-trained or fine-tuned machine learning components available for direct use or integration. Agents (coming soon) are interactive applications built using models and datasets, designed for specific tasks like summarization, customer support, or classification. Each asset type can be licensed, and monetized (coming soon) directly within the platform.

Datasets

Structured collections of data—like text, images, or labeled examples—used to train, evaluate, or fine-tune AI models. Contributors can upload original datasets, define licensing terms, and (once monetization is live) earn royalties from downstream usage.

Models

Pre-trained or fine-tuned AI models, including large language models (LLMs), available for inference or integration into workflows and agents. Creators can register models, define licensing terms, and (once monetization is live) earn revenue when their models are used, remixed, or deployed in commercial applications.

My Assets

A personalized dashboard where users can view and manage their AI assets. This includes datasets or models they’ve uploaded, assets they’ve licensed or downloaded, and (in the future) deployed agents. Users can track submission status, update metadata, monitor usage (once live), and access assets they’ve contributed to or co-own.

Dataset Monetization

With the August 18 release, dataset creators can now monetize their contributions directly through the Sahara AI Marketplace. This feature enables a new layer of value for contributors by connecting submitted datasets to payments and smart contracts.

Key Features

  • Dataset Submissions

    Upload and register datasets on the marketplace. Once approved, they become eligible for monetization.

  • My Assets Page Update

    A new minted icon has been added to the My Assets dashboard, making it easy to identify which datasets have been successfully minted and are live in the marketplace.

  • Cart & Payments

    Buyers can now add datasets to their cart and complete purchases using the integrated payments system.

  • Contracts

    Every transaction is secured by on-chain smart contracts, ensuring transparent and trustless execution.

How to List a Dataset

  1. Navigate to the Developer Platform, click My Assets and create your profile if this is your first time logging in with your wallet.

  2. Once complete, upload and register your dataset

  3. Once approved, your dataset will appear under My Assets with the minted icon based on the appropriate licensing.

  4. Navigate to My Submissions and get started by setting up your creator profile.

  5. Click "Create" and follow the prompts to list your dataset based on the license type so buyers can discover and purchase your dataset through the marketplace.

  6. Once complete, your asset will undergo mandatory review for quality assurance prior to be listed.

Billing

Billing is where your wallet balance will be displayed in SAHARA and USD1, either of which can be used to purchase datasets.

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