DataHive recently raised $3.5M in seed funding, led by 6th Man Ventures, to build a decentralized data factory for AI. The company focuses on providing hard-to-collect, cleaned, and labeled web data for AI model training, positioning data as the "new oil" in the AI landscape. This investment highlights a growing trend in the AI sector towards specialized data infrastructure, suggesting potential opportunities in companies that address the fundamental need for high-quality, accessible data.