Made in USA Mondays, Episode 14, aired November 9, 2026. This summary is based on automatic YouTube captions, which can misspell names and drop words.
The episode was also shared on X at @REISERIAM.
Made in USA Mondays Episode 14, aired November 9, 2026, was the show’s formal introduction to the Data Wallet program. The hosts have been talking around data sovereignty for months. This episode tried to explain, in plain English, what the project is: every business already creates data, most owners rarely stop to think about it, some of that information is valuable to researchers, analytics firms, and AI developers, and the open questions are who has the right to use it, who protects it, and who gets paid.
They started with familiar industries rather than with software. A cattle ranch keeps livestock-performance records. A trucking company tracks deliveries and maintenance. A health-care practice holds operational and clinical history. A hotel records occupancy, energy use, and service activity. Those are all sectors they said they already work in, and all of that information helps run the business. The Data Wallet pitch is that some of it could also be licensed, on terms the owner controls, instead of being silently harvested.
Adam put the alternative in blunt terms. For years, he said, people have been the product for Google, Samsung, LG, Verizon, GM, and social platforms. The next wave of AI, in his view, will not just be giant frontier models; it will happen locally, and the people and businesses who generate the data should be able to get paid instead of remaining the product. That is the same control argument the show has made about Product of USA files and about chips inside devices, now applied to the records a farm, a clinic, or a hotel already has.
They asked listeners to look at the data first, before the technology or the revenue story. If the file is real, the wallet is a way to decide who may use it. If the file is sloppy, no wallet will make the claim underneath it true. After 14 Mondays, that is still the company’s through-line: origin, evidence, and who holds the record.
Key takeaways
- The episode introduces Made in USA Inc.’s Data Wallet program as a way to explain data licensing in plain English.
- The hosts used ranches, trucking, health care, and hotels as examples of businesses that already generate valuable operational data.
- The questions they posed were who has the right to use that data, who protects it, and who gets paid.
- Adam argued that people and businesses have been the product for large tech, auto, and telecom firms, and that a wallet would reverse that.
- They told listeners to start with what the data actually looks like, before the software or the revenue model.
Notable quotes
Every business creates data, but many owners rarely stop to think about the data. A cattle ranch records livestock performance. A trucking company tracks deliveries and maintenance. A health care practice develops operational records and clinical history. A hotel records occupancy, energy use, and service activity.
Made in USA Mondays Ep. 14, about 00:56, automatic captions
If it’s valuable, who has the right to use it, who protects it, and who gets paid?
Made in USA Mondays Ep. 14, about 01:30, automatic captions
Instead of us being the product for Google, for Samsung, for LG, for Verizon, for GM, for social media, Facebook, Instagram, we are the product, and this is it.
Made in USA Mondays Ep. 14, about 03:03, automatic captions
FAQ
What is the Data Wallet program as described here?
The hosts described it as a way for businesses and people to control, protect, and, if they choose, license data they already generate, rather than having that information quietly used by someone else.
What kinds of data did they mention?
Livestock and ranch records, trucking and maintenance logs, health-care operational and clinical records, and hotel occupancy, energy, and service data, among other examples.
Where can I watch Episode 14?
The full episode is on YouTube at youtube.com/watch?v=CMLpEbeMftA. It was also posted on X at @REISERIAM.
Related reading
- Data sovereignty and the Data Wallet
- Why Made in USA and the Data Wallet matter now
- Made in USA Mondays Ep. 5: Data Sovereignty
- Made in USA Mondays Ep. 11
- Made in USA certification, blockchain, and AI
Source & credit
Episode: Made in USA Mondays Ep. 14 — The Data Wallet, on YouTube @madeinusainc.
X post: @REISERIAM, November 9, 2026.
Summary prepared from automatic YouTube captions. Quotes are approximate and may reflect caption errors.