[Protege Completes $30 Million Series A Financing, Led by a16z] AI data exchange platform Protege has completed a $30 million Series A financing round, led by a16z, with participation from Footwork, CRV, Bloomberg Beta, and others. To date, Protege's total funding has reached $65 million. The platform supports AI optimization, data cleaning, anonymization, and formatting through authorized aggregated datasets for training and evaluation, while helping data providers earn revenue shares.