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# 🌊 Discover Ocean

Ocean's mission is to level the playing field for AI and data.

How? **By helping **_**you**_** monetize AI models and data, while preserving privacy.**

Ocean is a decentralized data exchange protocol to drive AI. Its core tech is:

* Data NFTs & datatokens, to enable token-gated access control, data wallets, data DAOs, and more.
* Compute-to-data: buy & sell private data, while preserving privacy

### Ocean Users Are...

* [**Developers**](../developers/)**.** Build token-gated AI dApps & APIs
* [**Data scientists**](../data-scientists/)**.** Earn via predictions & challenges
* [**OCEAN holders**](../data-farming/)**.** Get rewards by locking OCEAN & curating data, via Data Farming.
* [**Ocean ambassadors**](https://oceanprotocol.com/explore/community)

### Quick Links

* [Why Ocean?](why-ocean.md) and [What is Ocean?](what-is-ocean.md)
* [What can you do with Ocean?](benefits.md)
* [OCEAN: The Ocean token](ocean-token.md)
* [Networks](networks/), [Bridges](networks/bridges.md)
* [FAQ](faq.md), [Glossary](glossary.md)

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