# KGeN

> Verified human data network for Physical AI and LLMs

KGeN is a verified human data network sourcing multimodal data across the Global South to train Physical AI and large language models. It serves AI labs, model developers, and brands, linking data revenue to onchain reduction of its token supply.

KGeN is a verified human data network that supplies multimodal data to train Physical AI systems and large language models. It draws on verified contributors across the Global South, capturing sound, sight, motion, and touch data alongside gaming and world-model data. The network serves AI labs, model developers, and brands seeking authenticated data with onchain provenance.

The platform addresses data quality and provenance problems in AI training by verifying human participants and tracking engagement through an onchain reputation system. Verified users complete quests and campaigns that generate labeled, multimodal datasets, earning rewards for participation. A share of revenue from AI data contracts is used to reduce the circulating supply of the KGEN token, linking commercial activity to token economics through code.

Its offerings span data collection, labeling, and model evaluation, organized under product lines for quest-based data capture, rewards distribution, and a marketplace for redeeming earned value. Voice AI, physical AI, and gaming data collection are among its core service areas, supporting annotation and quality control across multiple languages. KGeN is used by AI labs, model developers, brands, and verified contributors across the Global South.

- Type: Project
- Sector: AI
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2022-01-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/kgen

## Products

- [K-Store](https://thegrid.id/profiles/kgen): K-Store is an online retail platform where users redeem vouchers, gift cards, and merchandise from global brands using KCash or KGEN rewards earned elsewhere in the ecosystem. It operates on its own domain and offers a marketplace covering categories such as food, travel, gaming, and entertainment. The platform provides instant redemption and delivery of digital goods, giving verified users a place to convert earned rewards into real-world value. (Online Retail Platform, Live)
- [KGeN Mobile App](https://thegrid.id/profiles/kgen): KGeN Mobile App is a self-custody wallet and unified access point for the KGeN ecosystem, letting users manage digital assets while participating in quests, clans, and rewards programs. The app integrates login, wallet, and reward tracking so users can earn and redeem K-Cash and KGEN across gaming and social activities without installing separate applications. It provides mobile access to K-Store vouchers and reputation profile management alongside standard self-custody wallet functions. (Wallet, Live)
- [Retention Protocol](https://thegrid.id/profiles/kgen): Retention Protocol is a customer engagement platform that lets publishers embed gamified retention mechanics into their own applications through an API-first integration layer. It combines a rewards engine, a user profiling engine, voucher and reward redemption, and login and wallet services behind a single set of endpoints. Publishers use it to increase engagement and reward redemption within their own apps while sharing in the resulting economic value, distinguishing it from the consumer-facing engagement surfaces operated directly by KGeN. (Customer Engagement Platform, Live)
- [KGeN Engage](https://thegrid.id/profiles/kgen): KGeN Engage is a questing and engagement platform that verifies real human users and tracks their reputation across gaming, commerce, and social activity. Users complete quests and campaigns to earn points and rewards, while a reputation framework aggregates verified attributes into portable on-chain profiles. Businesses use the platform to acquire and retain authenticated users through leaderboard-based drops and targeted campaigns, drawing on biometric and behavioral verification rather than self-reported data. (Questing Platform, Live, Main Product)

## Assets

- [KGEN (KGEN)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/kgen): KGEN is the governance and utility token of the KGeN Protocol, a verified-human data network for Physical AI and LLM training. Holders stake KGEN to earn yield, pay platform fees, and vote on protocol decisions, while a share of AI-data revenue is used to permanently burn tokens. This revenue-to-burn mechanism ties commercial data contracts directly to on-chain supply reduction. (Governance)
- [KCash (KCASH)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/kgen): KCASH is the utility token of the KGeN ecosystem, serving as the platform's redeemable reward currency. Users earn KCash by completing verification quests and engagement activities, then redeem it for vouchers and gift cards in K-Store or convert it to KGEN. The token is backed by the KGeN treasury, converting user engagement directly into spendable value across commerce and gaming. (Utility)
- [rKGeN (RKGEN)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/kgen): rKGeN is a non-transferable reward token issued by the KGeN Protocol on Aptos, built to the Aptos Fungible Asset Standard. It is distributed to verified users, app publishers, and oracle node operators ahead of the KGEN token generation event to recognize prior contribution and network participation. Rewards are permanently bound to the recipient wallet and become convertible into KGEN at a one-to-one ratio post launch, with converted tokens burned on redemption. (Digital Reward Assets)

## Links

- [Main](https://kgen.io)
- [Documentation](https://kgen.gitbook.io/kgen)
- [Whitepaper](https://docsend.com/view/hk4x68ncce4cpssy)
- [Terms of Service](https://kgen.io/terms-and-conditions)
- [Privacy policy](https://kgen.io/privacy-policy)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/www.kgen.io)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@KGEN_IO)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/KGEN_IO)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/kgen_io)
- [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/kgen)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/KGEN_IO)
- [Substack](https://kgennewsletter.substack.com)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/KGeN_Community)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/KGeN_Ann)

## Legal

This data is provided under two licensing models.

Model 1 - open data. The open data core is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) — a copyleft/share-alike license allowing free use, modification, and sharing for any purpose. Attribution is required: include "Powered by The Grid" linking to https://thegrid.id wherever the data is used. Derivative databases must be shared under ODbL terms. Trademarks, logos, and brand names (marked "Special TPIP") are not covered by the ODbL. For ML/AI use: training datasets that substantially extract ODbL data are Derivative Databases and must be shared under ODbL if publicly used; models must be attributed in documentation.

Model 2 - commercial licenses. The Grid Data Service (TGDS) is also available as a commercial license. See [Web Services Terms](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/web-services-terms) for commercial use that is not covered by the open data service.

The following applies to both licensing models.
- All data is provided AS IS with no guarantees of accuracy.
- The Grid does not provide investment, legal, or tax advice, and
- a project's presence in The Grid's data does not imply endorsement.


- [Data Licensing & Disclaimers](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/data-licensing-and-disclaimers): Licensing models and disclaimers
- [Open Data (ODbL)](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/open-data): Open Database License terms and scope for The Grid's open data service.
- [Attribution Guidelines](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/open-data-attribution-guidelines): How to attribute The Grid's data when using the open data service.
- [Web Services Terms](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/web-services-terms): commercial Terms for using data services.
- [All Legal Documents](https://about.thegrid.id/legal): Full index of terms, policies, and disclosures

## Optional

- [TGS Field Descriptions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-field-descriptions.md): Schema field definitions for The Grid's data model
- [TGS JSON Structure](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-json-structure.md): Data model structure and relationships
- [Product Type Definitions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-definitions.md): Definitions for each product type
- [Product Type Classification](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-classification.md): Guide for classifying products into types
- [Grid MCP Guide](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/grid-search/skills/grid-query/references/grid-mcp-guide.md): How to query The Grid programmatically via MCP