Bengaluru, July 30 -- A service pitched as a way to build trust instead had sparked a debate over privacy. In May, when Bengaluru-based home services startup Pronto piloted an optional service in which workers wear cameras while cleaning customers' homes, critics questioned whether recording inside private homes, even if with consent, went too far.

Nonetheless, Pronto has doubled down on scaling Verified, the opt-in service that enables physical AI data collection, which it says has "anonymized" footage that trains artificial intelligence (AI) systems for robotics. The quick home services platform now bets that the service will account for a chunk of its revenue over the next five years, founder Anjali Sardana said.

"The physical AI dat...