Datacurve, a startup focused on high-quality data collection for AI, has successfully raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Mark Goldberg at Chemistry. This follows a $2.7 million seed round backed by notable investors, including former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan. The company utilizes a 'bounty hunter' model to incentivize skilled software engineers to contribute to challenging datasets, having distributed over $1 million in bounties. Co-founder Serena Ge emphasizes that the primary motivation for contributors is not financial but rather a positive user experience. As AI models evolve, the need for sophisticated training data has intensified, positioning Datacurve to potentially lead in this competitive landscape. While currently focused on software engineering, Ge notes that their model could extend to sectors like finance, marketing, and medicine.