SignSplit, which offers infrastructure to let people digitally sign datasets, likenesses, and creative works, raised $400M from W Group at a $1B valuation (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

SignSplit’s $400 million funding round at a $1 billion valuation signals strong investor belief that data provenance, rights management, and consent-based monetization will become core infrastructure for the AI economy. For CIOs and technology leaders, this underscores the need to strengthen governance over datasets, likenesses, and creative assets so IT can prove ownership, manage usage rights, and reduce legal and compliance risk as AI adoption accelerates.