PLMMarket Founding 100 · Founder No. 001

The first 100 creators of the Decentralized Intelligence Economy

Hip-hop legend Anthony “AZ” Cruz has joined Professional Language Models, Inc. as a founding partner and part-owner of PLMMarket.com — launching a nationwide search for the first 100 experts, artists, and visionaries who will reclaim creator IP in the AI era.

001AZ enters as PLMMarket’s first flagship expert and founding partner.
100Experts and creators will be considered for the Founding 100.
10Create a PLM and reach 10 subscribers to be considered.
Anthony AZ Cruz, PLMMarket Founding Partner No. 001
No. 001Anthony “AZ” Cruz
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AZ joins PLMMarket.com as founding partner

Professional Language Models, Inc. announced a strategic partnership with legendary hip-hop artist AZ, who has officially joined the company as a founding partner and part-owner of PLMMarket.com.

The announcement, broadcast to AZ’s 1.4 million social media followers, launches a nationwide search for 100 experts and visionaries to become founding architects of the Decentralized Intelligence Economy.

“My PLM: living, queryable digital asset, built from my knowledge, my words, my truth, with no scraping, no hallucinations.” — Anthony “AZ” Cruz
The fix for AI

Reclaiming ownership

AZ drew on his 30-year legacy in hip-hop — including foundational work on Illmatic, Doe or Die, and The Firm — to frame the current AI landscape as an exploitation of creators.

“Artificial intelligence have been feeding off our thoughts, our stories, our lyrics, our legacy, paying nothing. They call it progress, I call it theft. It’s time for a fix,” AZ declared.

His message to creators was direct: “Your expertise trained AI for free for a decade. That ends today.”

The search for the First 100

Who should apply?

PLMMarket is recruiting experts, artists, professionals, educators, operators, builders, and visionaries who want their knowledge to become a living, monetizable asset — not free training data.

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Register with promo founding100

Create your PLMMarket account using the Founding 100 application link.

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Create your PLM

Build a Professional Language Model from your knowledge, words, source material, and expertise.

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Reach 10 subscribers

Users who register, create a PLM, and get to 10 subscribers can be considered for the Founding 100.

A new asset class

Human expertise, queryable and paid

PLMMarket.com operates as an expert economy where professionals create and monetize specialized Professional Language Models — precision instruments built on Retrieval-Augmented Generation. Every answer is cited back to the expert’s source material.

  • No scraping: creators control the knowledge that powers their PLM.
  • No hallucinations: answers are grounded in cited source material.
  • Royalty events: when frontier AI systems draw upon registered expertise, compensation can flow to the creator.
  • Transparent economics: 70% to the knowledge creator, 20% to the node provider, and 10% to the platform.
Agentic sales infrastructure

From static knowledge to 24/7 business asset

For selected experts, the PLM Network transforms expertise into an active, revenue-generating system. Powered by a dedicated Windows Server environment and local reasoning capabilities of the Tier 2 Sqwibbl agent, the network can provide contextual answers, process micro-transactions for proprietary insights, and help qualify leads.

“Intelligence is like a tree,” said Philip Bridgeman, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at PLM, Inc. “Human expertise, captured as PLMs, is the root system. AZ’s partnership helps us rapidly expand that root system.”

Founding 100 applications are open

Take your place in the first 100

Register, create your PLM, build your first subscriber base, and show why your expertise belongs in the foundation of the Decentralized Intelligence Economy.

Users that register and create a PLM and get to 10 subscribers can be considered for the Founding 100.