The Problem and Our Solution
The Challenge
In January 2025, a significant incident highlighted a growing problem in the AI industry. A small seven-person company's website was effectively brought down by an AI company's web crawler, which was aggressively collecting training data. The crawler's intensive scraping activities consumed so much bandwidth that it essentially created a DDOS-like effect, making the site inaccessible to regular users.
The Real-World Impact
This wasn't an isolated incident. As AI companies race to train their models, they're increasingly crawling the internet for training data - often without compensating the content creators or considering the impact on website infrastructure. This creates several problems:
- Excessive server load and bandwidth consumption
- Increased hosting costs for website owners
- Uncompensated use of valuable content for AI training
- Potential site outages affecting regular users
The SI Data Mart Solution
We've developed a revolutionary approach to make AI data collection fair and sustainable:
- Bidding System: AI companies can bid for access to your website's data
- Controlled Access: Regulate crawler traffic to prevent site overload
- Fair Compensation: Get paid for the value of your data in AI training
- Traffic Management: Smart queuing and rate limiting for crawlers
How It Works
Instead of traditional robots.txt that simply allows or denies access, our system creates a marketplace for data access. When an AI crawler wants to access your site:
- They must first register and participate in our bidding system
- Access rates and permissions are tied to compensation levels
- Traffic is automatically managed to prevent site overload
- You receive fair compensation for your data's value
The Future of Web Crawling
We're transforming the relationship between websites and AI crawlers from an adversarial one to a mutually beneficial partnership. No longer will your valuable content be crawled without compensation. With SI Data Mart, you maintain control while monetizing your data's true value in the AI era.