# Data Licensing Index > Data Licensing Index is an independent, dated index of who pays companies to license their internal data to AI labs, with sources for every figure. Published by AC0 AI, S.L.U., Málaga, Spain. Editor: David Persson. Contact: hello@datalicensingindex.com. Data Licensing Index covers the market for a business's internal operating data. It is not a benchmark of open-data or AI-transparency policies, and it is not affiliated with the Open Data Institute, the Data Provenance Initiative or any financial index provider. Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 (2026-10-18). Independent index. Sellers never pay. Buyers may pay referral fees when an introduced company signs; any buyer that pays us is marked on its row, and a fee never changes a buyer's place in the index. Ranges are as published by each company and are not verified payouts. We never ask sellers for data, credentials or exports. Sellers who already hold an offer can paste it at /review-offer for a free review; it is never shared with a buyer. Needs extra care: employee email or chat from staff in the EU, UK or Canada, and client data from law, accounting, tax or health firms, usually need consent or anonymization before anyone can license them. This file holds the full text of the index, every guide and every policy page, generated from the published content. ## Buyer index (51 buyers, checked 2026-10-18) ### Appen - URL: https://www.appen.com/enterprise-data - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/appen - Type: AI data company - Tier: established (Appen Limited, listed on the ASX (APX), named in site footer; CEO Ryan Kolln named on appen.com; founded 1996 per its about page; appen.com registered 1997-10-08. No completed company data deals published for this program.) - Legal entity: Appen Limited - Domain first registered: 1997-10-08 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): Not published - Seller fee: None stated: no upfront costs, no setup fees, no deductions - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Docs, wikis, cloud storage and intranet, Training material and QA procedures, Support desk and ITSM records, CRM and sales records, Messaging and meetings, ERP, finance, contracts, HR, payroll and procurement records - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: connector/OAuth - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Appen licenses the company's operational data to AI labs under a defined license for a defined use; ownership stays with the company. Terms are agreed in writing before extraction and payment is on acceptance rather than submission. Extraction is read-only with credentials scoped per engagement. Appen says it prioritizes its response to companies that flag they are winding down. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://www.appen.com/enterprise-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "License the workflows and operational know-how your company already runs on to the AI labs building the next generation of models. You keep ownership, you see everything before it is used, and you get paid." - https://www.appen.com/enterprise-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "Terms are agreed in writing before extraction begins, and payment is on acceptance rather than submission. Appen covers extraction, anonymisation and transfer, so there are no costs to you." - https://www.appen.com/enterprise-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "No. Appen covers extraction, anonymisation, preparation and transfer. There are no upfront costs, no setup fees, and no deductions from what you are paid." - https://www.appen.com/enterprise-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "Read-only, encrypted in transit, credentials scoped per engagement." - https://www.appen.com/enterprise-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "You do, at every stage. A partnership grants a defined licence for a defined use." - https://www.appen.com/enterprise-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "Winding down? Flag it below and we prioritise the response" - https://www.appen.com/enterprise-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "© 2026 Appen Limited. All rights reserved." - https://www.appen.com/about-us (accessed 2026-10-18): "We are ASX-listed (APX)" - https://www.appen.com/about-us (accessed 2026-10-18): "Ryan Kolln is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Appen." - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/appen.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"1997-10-08T04:00:00Z"}" ### Centific - URL: https://www.centific.com/enterprise-data - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/centific - Type: AI data company - Tier: established (Centific Global Solutions, Inc. (Redmond, WA) named on its legal info page; CEO Chuen Hong Lew named on its leadership page; centific.com registered 2018-10-05. No completed company data deals published for this program.) - Legal entity: Centific Global Solutions, Inc. - Domain first registered: 2018-10-05 - Payout model: one-time license - Published range (as published by the company): Not published - Seller fee: None stated: no upfront costs, setup fees, or deductions - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Email, calendar and chat (Gmail, Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Google Chat), Documents and knowledge (Drive, SharePoint, Confluence, Notion, Jira, Asana), Business platforms (Salesforce, Workday, ServiceNow, SAP, HubSpot, Zendesk), Data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake, Databricks) - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: connector/OAuth - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Paid on acceptance rather than submission. Optional quarterly refresh turns it into recurring license payments; Centific describes this as where a one-time sale becomes a recurring line. A written estimate follows the first review. Companies winding down can use a dedicated asset-purchase agreement. Optional annotation by the company's own employees is priced separately. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://www.centific.com/enterprise-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "We license enterprise data across industries and business functions." - https://www.centific.com/enterprise-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "Read-only access across 188 supported enterprise applications. You choose which ones, and you set the exclusions." - https://www.centific.com/enterprise-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "Paid on acceptance rather than submission. Most partners then move to a quarterly refresh, which is where a one-time sale becomes a recurring line." - https://www.centific.com/enterprise-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "No. Centific pays for extraction, anonymization, and transfer. There are no upfront costs, setup fees, or deductions from your payment." - https://www.centific.com/enterprise-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "Companies winding down can use a faster process with a dedicated asset-purchase agreement." - https://www.centific.com/enterprise-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "Your employees can annotate their own anonymized records and clarify ambiguous cases. Participation is optional and priced separately from the data license." - https://www.centific.com/legal/legal-info (accessed 2026-10-18): "Centific Global Solutions, Inc." - https://www.centific.com/company/leadership (accessed 2026-10-18): "Chuen Hong Lew Chief Executive Officer, Board member" - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/centific.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2018-10-05T14:10:53Z"}" ### Halluminate - URL: https://www.halluminate.ai/data-partnerships - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/halluminate - Type: AI data company - Tier: established (Halluminate, Inc. is named on its site and halluminate.ai was registered 2024-02-18, with archived copies of the site from July 2024: over 12 months of public history. Its data partnerships page is a contact form with no published terms.) - Legal entity: Halluminate, Inc. - Domain first registered: 2024-02-18 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): Not published - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Company data and workflows - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: The data partnerships page is a contact form only. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://www.halluminate.ai/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "Turn your company’s data and workflows into a new revenue opportunity." - https://www.halluminate.ai/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "© 2026 Halluminate, Inc. All rights reserved." - https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/halluminate.ai (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2024-02-18T02:14:04Z"}" - https://web.archive.org/web/20240712180615/https://halluminate.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Halluminate" ### Handshake AI - URL: https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/handshake-ai - Type: AI data company - Tier: established (Stryder Corp. d/b/a Handshake named in Handshake AI terms; co-founder and CEO Garrett Lord named on joinhandshake.com; domain registered 2014-02-16; program announced 2026-04-23. No completed company data deals published for this program.) - Legal entity: Stryder Corp. d/b/a Handshake - Domain first registered: 2014-02-16 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): $100K to $4M+ - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: 20+ full-time employees and 3+ years in operation - Data types: Email (Gmail, Outlook), Slack, Files (Google Drive, Dropbox), Work tools (Notion, Monday.com), Finance and payroll (NetSuite, QuickBooks, Paychex), Design and engineering files (AutoCAD, Figma), Field service records (ServiceTitan) - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: $10K per referred company, paid when the deal closes; processing starts once the referred company is completed and accepted and can take up to 30 days. Only the first introducer qualifies. - Pays us: none - Notes: Handshake states it purchases data directly from companies and uses it to build environments for AI model training, and that it partners with all of the leading frontier AI labs without naming them. Payment terms are tied to defined delivery milestones. Transfer options listed: remote, in-person and physical. The site's "$250M Paid out to partners" figure is self-reported and not broken out by program. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://joinhandshake.com/blog/our-team/handshake-ai-employer-data-program/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We purchase data directly from companies" - https://joinhandshake.com/blog/our-team/handshake-ai-employer-data-program/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Qualified partnerships typically range from $100K to $4M depending on the data" - https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Earn $100K to $4M+" - https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Handshake connects millions of people with jobs. Now we’re expanding that work by connecting businesses with AI labs to help shape how AI understands real-world work." - https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We partner with all of the leading frontier AI labs developing the next generation of models." - https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Licensed data is used to train and evaluate private AI models." - https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Payment terms are negotiated as part of your agreement and tied to defined delivery milestones." - https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We offer remote, in-person, and physical transfer options and help determine the best approach based on where your data is stored and what you’ve agreed to share." - https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Once the referred company has been completed and accepted, we’ll begin processing your $10K referral payment. Processing can take up to 30 days." - https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/license/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We’re looking for companies with 20+ full time employees & 3+ years in operation" - https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/license/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Examples of sources we buy AutoCAD Dropbox Figma Gmail Google Drive Outlook Monday.com NetSuite Notion Paychex Quickbooks ServiceTitan Slack +1K more" - https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/referral/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Your $10K bonus is paid when their deal closes" - https://ai.joinhandshake.com/terms-of-service (accessed 2026-10-18): "These Terms of Service apply to your use of the Services offered by Stryder Corp. d/b/a Handshake" - https://joinhandshake.com/about/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Garrett Lord Co-Founder & CEO" - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/joinhandshake.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2014-02-16T05:06:24Z"}" - https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/license/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "$250M Paid out to partners" ### Labelbox Prism - URL: https://prism.labelbox.com/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/labelbox-prism - Type: AI data company - Tier: established (Labelbox, Inc. named on labelbox.com; co-founder and CEO Manu Sharma named on labelbox.com/about; labelbox.com/about states it was founded in 2018; the labelbox.com domain was first registered 2003-05-15. Prism states '$100M+ distributed' and '1k+ companies licensing' (self-reported).) - Legal entity: Labelbox, Inc. - Domain first registered: 2003-05-15 - Payout model: mixed - Published range (as published by the company): From around $50K for smaller targeted datasets to $1M+ for large enterprise partnerships - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Cross-system workflows (Salesforce, Jira, Slack), Customer support logs (6+ months), Financial and scientific reasoning traces, Code edit traces, Records from SAP, ServiceNow, Zendesk, HubSpot, Snowflake, GitHub, Medical records (IRB approval or qualified de-identification required) - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: both - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Upfront licensing fee at signing plus a revenue share on downstream use. Licenses are exclusive by default. Prism states buyer identities are disclosed to the company before signing. Scoping is free and non-binding. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://prism.labelbox.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Prism acquires real-world operational data from companies and contributors to power frontier AI while you retain full control of your data and rights." - https://prism.labelbox.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "You receive an upfront licensing fee at signing plus a revenue share on downstream use." - https://prism.labelbox.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Smaller, more targeted datasets typically start around $50K, while large-scale enterprise data partnerships can reach $1M+." - https://prism.labelbox.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Most teams can export the needed operational data with existing tools." - https://prism.labelbox.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Read-only connectors to your existing stack" - https://prism.labelbox.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Licenses are structured as exclusive by default and tailored to the scope, sensitivity, and strategic value of the data." - https://prism.labelbox.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "1k+ companies licensing · $100M+ distributed to date" - https://prism.labelbox.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "No commitment required. Scoping is free and non-binding" - https://prism.labelbox.com/privacy (accessed 2026-10-18): "Buyer identities are disclosed to you before signing." - https://labelbox.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "© Labelbox, Inc" - https://labelbox.com/about/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Manu Sharma Co-founder & CEO" - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/labelbox.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2003-05-15T10:28:29Z"}" - https://labelbox.com/about/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We are a technology company, founded in 2018 and profitable" ### Mercor - URL: https://www.mercor.com/data/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/mercor - Type: AI data company - Tier: established (Mercor.io Corporation named in its terms of service; co-founders and co-CEOs Brendan Foody and Adarsh Hiremath named on mercor.com; mercor.com/mission states "Founded in 2023"; the mercor.com domain was first registered 2002-04-26, before the company existed. No completed company data deals published for this program.) - Legal entity: Mercor.io Corporation - Domain first registered: 2002-04-26 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): Not published - Seller fee: None stated: no upfront costs, setup fees, or deductions from the payment - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Gmail and Outlook email, Confluence and Notion, Salesforce, GitHub, Google Drive - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: connector/OAuth - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: Referral portal: 5% of the deal, up to $100,000. Amount confirmed when the deal closes; paid after the company's first delivery. Terms shown in the referral portal after sign-in; no written referral terms published. The public data page names no amount. - Pays us: none - Notes: Mercor says it licenses the data and pays the company. Payment is by wire upon delivery of the anonymized dataset to the buyer, typically within 2-4 weeks of the signed agreement. Compensation depends on data volume, the tools connected and data depth. Mercor states extraction and anonymization are automated and that no AI lab buyer sees raw data. Target industries listed: legal, healthcare, finance and insurance, professional services, manufacturing, retail and e-commerce, real estate, logistics. Its separate expert referral page (mercor.com/referrals) covers people referred for paid work, not companies. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://www.mercor.com/data/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "The data your business generates every day is exactly what frontier labs need. We license it, package it, and pay you for it." - https://www.mercor.com/data/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Choose from 100+ supported tools and link your accounts." - https://www.mercor.com/data/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Our platform extracts and de-identifies data into an asset." - https://www.mercor.com/data/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "No. Mercor covers all costs associated with data extraction, anonymization, and transfer. You receive compensation with no upfront costs, setup fees, or deductions from the payment." - https://www.mercor.com/data/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Payment is issued via wire transfer upon delivery of the anonymized dataset to the buyer. This typically occurs within 2-4 weeks of the signed agreement, depending on data extraction and processing time." - https://www.mercor.com/data/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Compensation is based on data volume, the tools you connect, and the depth of your data." - https://www.mercor.com/data/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Refer them to Mercor. When they become a paid partner, you get rewarded too." - https://data.mercor.com/_next/static/chunks/5154-a293b889f4b15561.js (accessed 2026-10-18): "let l=5,a=1e5,n="$".concat(a.toLocaleString("en-US")),i={capUsd:a,headline:"".concat(l,"% of the deal, up to ").concat(n)" - https://data.mercor.com/_next/static/chunks/5154-a293b889f4b15561.js (accessed 2026-10-18): "We confirm the exact amount once their deal closes. Nothing is owed until then." - https://data.mercor.com/_next/static/chunks/5154-a293b889f4b15561.js (accessed 2026-10-18): "Paid after their first delivery." - https://www.mercor.com/terms-of-service/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "The provider of the Service is Mercor.io Corporation, 181 Fremont St., San Francisco, CA 94105." - https://www.mercor.com/mission/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Brendan Foody & Adarsh Hiremath, Co-founders & Co-CEOs" - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/mercor.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2002-04-26T18:27:21Z"}" - https://www.mercor.com/mission/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Founded in 2023, Mercor is advancing the frontier of AI with human intelligence." - https://www.mercor.com/referrals/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We handle matching, outreach, and placement. You earn when they get hired." ### micro1 - URL: https://www.micro1.ai/data-partnerships - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/micro1 - Type: AI data company - Tier: established (micro1 Inc. named in its referral terms (California law); CEO Ali Ansari named on micro1.ai; micro1.ai registered 2022-12-03. No completed company data deals published for this program.) - Legal entity: micro1 Inc. - Domain first registered: 2022-12-03 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): $100K to $2M+ for approved data packages - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: 30+ employees on micro1.ai/data-partnerships; its Enterprise Data Partnership post lists 30-200 employees. 50+ peak employees (Defunct Company Data Partnership). - Data types: SOPs and process documentation, Knowledge bases and internal documentation, CRM data and metadata, Project histories and QA processes, Internal communications (MS Teams or Slack for the defunct-company track) - Geography: US prioritized, then other Western markets. Defunct-company track lists the US, UK, Canada, India, Australia, Singapore, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany and France. English data. - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: Up to $50,000 per referred company (Enterprise Data Partnership); $75,000 listed in the Defunct Company Data Partnership post data; 7.5% of the license or purchase price where no amount is specified; 20% sub-affiliate bonus. Payouts are at micro1's sole discretion under its referral terms. - Pays us: none - Notes: Two tracks: the Enterprise Data Partnership for operating companies, and the Defunct Company Data Partnership (posted 2026-10-08) for companies no longer operating. The data page lists compensation tiers of $100k+, $500k+ and $1M+. The referral page names two partnership types, Workflow and Corpus; how the company itself is paid under each is not published. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://www.micro1.ai/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "micro1 helps companies monetize those assets through data licensing opportunities" - https://www.micro1.ai/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "For our Enterprise Data Partnership, we're looking for operationally mature companies with 30+ employees, established documentation, and high-quality operational data such as SOPs, knowledge bases, CRM data, project histories, and internal processes. We currently prioritize US companies, followed by other Western markets." - https://www.micro1.ai/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "Compensation is based on the quality, uniqueness, and value of the data provided $100k+ Qualified Enterprise Data Partnerships $500k+ Large-scale operational datasets or ongoing participation across multiple teams and business functions $1M+ Highly unique, proprietary operational data with significant value for frontier AI development" - https://www.micro1.ai/company-referral (accessed 2026-10-18): "Enterprise Data Partnership Operational data partnership using existing business documentation and operational datasets. $50,000 referral reward Company compensation: $100K-$2M+ for approved data packages Company requirements: 30+ employees US Prioritized Primarily English" - https://www.micro1.ai/company-referral (accessed 2026-10-18): "You can earn up to $50K per referral, depending on the size and value of the partnership." - https://www.micro1.ai/company-referral (accessed 2026-10-18): "For Corpus partnerships, referral payouts are issued once the referred company’s data has been accepted by micro1." - https://jobs.micro1.ai/post/681c84e1-2628-4382-aeca-a50433f2f72d (accessed 2026-10-18): "Requirements 50+ peak employees Substantial MS Teams or Slack data United States UK Canada India Australia Singapore Ireland Netherlands Germany and France English" - https://jobs.micro1.ai/post/681c84e1-2628-4382-aeca-a50433f2f72d (accessed 2026-10-18): "We are looking for companies with: 50+ peak employees MS Teams or Slack data No longer operating Deliverables or strategic assets" - https://jobs.micro1.ai/post/681c84e1-2628-4382-aeca-a50433f2f72d (accessed 2026-10-18): "referral_reward_amount\":\"75000\"" - https://jobs.micro1.ai/post/74520e8b-4673-4da5-b855-53609aaf6710 (accessed 2026-10-18): "Requirements 30-200 employees Mature workflows Documented processes" - https://www.micro1.ai/legal/referral-terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "If no Referral Payout is specified on the Site for a Qualified Referral of a given Company (“Company Referral”), the Referral Payout will equal seven and one-half percent (7.5%) of the total license or purchase price paid to Company in connection with such Qualified Referral." - https://www.micro1.ai/legal/referral-terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "micro1 may withhold, delay, reduce, condition, set off against, or refuse to make any Referral Payout, in whole or in part, at any time and for any reason or for no reason, in its sole and absolute discretion." - https://www.micro1.ai/legal/referral-terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "These Terms are governed by the laws of the state of California" - https://www.micro1.ai/sub-affiliate (accessed 2026-10-18): "When a company referred by your sub-affiliate reaches an approved payout milestone, your sub-affiliate receives their full referral payout and you receive an additional bonus equal to 20% of their payout." - https://www.micro1.ai/newsroom (accessed 2026-10-18): "Ali Ansari, CEO at micro1" - https://www.micro1.ai/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "© 2026 micro1 Inc." - https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/micro1.ai (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2022-12-03T09:16:43Z"}" - https://www.micro1.ai/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "current demand is strongest for companies based in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada" ### Mode (BizBuyData) - URL: https://data.mode.inc/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/mode - Type: AI data company - Tier: established (Mode Mobile, LLC (Delaware) names its founder and CEO (Dan Novaes) and reports $120M+ capital raised (self-reported); the data program site mode.inc was registered 2026-04-16 and no completed data deals are published.) - Legal entity: Mode Mobile, LLC (d/b/a mode.inc), a Delaware limited liability company - Domain first registered: 2026-04-16 - Payout model: one-time license - Published range (as published by the company): $100K to $5M; its calculator is indicative only - Seller fee: No broker fee; Mode buys the agreed, filtered copy directly - Minimum company size: 6+ employees for legal; 10+ for accounting, finance and medical; 30+ for all other businesses or nonprofits - Data types: Email and calendar, Documents and files, Chat and collaboration, Calls and transcripts, CRM and sales, Billing and operations - Geography: Teams primarily based in the US are the strongest fit; the referral program covers companies in the US, Canada, UK and Australia - Ingestion: connector/OAuth - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: Greater of 6% of what Mode pays the company or $50,000 for a referrer's 1st-5th qualified deals; 6.25% or $52,500 for the 6th-25th; 6.5% or $55,000 from the 26th; any top-up to the minimum is paid only after Mode has paid the company in full; 6% with no minimum for companies headquartered outside the US; only full-corpus licenses qualify (Affiliate Referral Agreement, Version 1.0) - Pays us: none - Notes: bizbuydata.com redirects to data.mode.inc. Mode expects about three months from first conversation to payment; the amount and payment schedule are fixed in writing before export. Buyers: Mode resells the de-identified copy for AI research and training. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://data.mode.inc/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Your company’s data could be worth $100K–$5M." - https://data.mode.inc/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Mode buys an agreed copy of company-owned operating records for AI research and training." - https://data.mode.inc/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Mode buys the agreed copy directly and charges no broker fee. Your written agreement sets the amount and payment schedule before export." - https://data.mode.inc/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Minimum employees: 6+ for legal; 10+ for accounting, finance, and medical; 30+ for all other businesses or nonprofits." - https://data.mode.inc/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Companies with several years of operating records they own and teams primarily based in the U.S. are the strongest fit." - https://data.mode.inc/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Your team signs in to the approved systems. Mode exports and de-identifies the agreed copy, then pays under the agreed terms." - https://data.mode.inc/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Your team reviews it and signs in to the approved systems; no passwords are handed over." - https://data.mode.inc/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Mode removes sensitive material and transforms personal identifiers in the agreed copy before reselling it for AI research and training." - https://data.mode.inc/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Mode generally expects about three months from the first conversation through payment." - https://data.mode.inc/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Dan Novaes · Founder & CEO, Mode" - https://data.mode.inc/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Capital raised by Mode $120M +" - https://data.mode.inc/referrals (accessed 2026-10-18): "Companies in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia only." - https://data.mode.inc/api/legal/pdf?id=897c1b0a-fdc8-4da0-8f39-ec11f7078807 (accessed 2026-10-18): "operated by Mode Mobile, LLC (d/b/a mode.inc), a Delaware limited liability company" - https://data.mode.inc/api/legal/pdf?id=c5662683-ba79-48df-b1c4-a4b5f0e14760 (accessed 2026-10-18): "for Affiliate's first through fifth Qualified Deals, six percent (6%) or fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)" - https://data.mode.inc/api/legal/pdf?id=c5662683-ba79-48df-b1c4-a4b5f0e14760 (accessed 2026-10-18): "For a Referred Company headquartered outside the United States, the Direct Referral Fee is six percent (6%) of the Offer Paid, with no minimum amount, regardless of tier." - https://data.mode.inc/api/legal/pdf?id=c5662683-ba79-48df-b1c4-a4b5f0e14760 (accessed 2026-10-18): "for its sixth through twenty-fifth, six and one-quarter percent (6.25%) or fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($52,500); and (c) for its twenty-sixth and later, six and one-half percent (6.5%) or fifty-five thousand dollars ($55,000)." - https://data.mode.inc/api/legal/pdf?id=c5662683-ba79-48df-b1c4-a4b5f0e14760 (accessed 2026-10-18): "is not a Full Corpus License and does not earn a fee." - https://rdap.centralnic.com/inc/domain/mode.inc (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-04-16T02:42:23.0Z"}" ### Nyne - URL: https://nyne.ai/data-partnerships - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/nyne - Type: AI data company - Tier: established (Nyne AI Inc.; nyne.ai registered 2022-11-17; homepage reports $5.3M in seed funding and tens of millions of dollars of data provided to AI labs (self-reported); no full names published (the referrals page gives only a first-name email address).) - Legal entity: Nyne AI Inc. - Domain first registered: 2022-11-17 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): Six-figure payouts; partnerships "commonly worth $100K or more" - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: 20+ full-time US W-2 employees and 3+ years of operational workflows - Data types: Slack, Microsoft Teams and Google Chat, Gmail, Outlook and Google Calendar, Documents, slides, spreadsheets, Drive and SharePoint, Salesforce, HubSpot, Workday, ServiceNow, SAP and Zendesk records - Geography: US (eligibility is stated in US W-2 employees) - Ingestion: owner export - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: Up to $20,000 for each introduced company with at least 20 US full-time employees that completes a transaction; introductions by email, no written terms published - Pays us: none - Notes: Paid once the dataset is delivered and accepted, as set out in the partnership agreement. Its on-page estimator gives a different range on each page load for the same default inputs (for example $44,425 to $104,020 and $56,042 to $131,221 on Oct 18, 2026), so we do not treat it as a published range. Its homepage describes an identity graph of 2.2B people and 380M businesses. Buyers: Prepared datasets go to frontier AI labs, unnamed. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://nyne.ai/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "20+ full-time U.S. W-2 employees" - https://nyne.ai/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "3+ years of real operational workflows that your teams already run on." - https://nyne.ai/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "This work happens on our side, you transfer the data as it exists today, and we take it from there." - https://nyne.ai/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "Your raw systems, credentials or source access" - https://nyne.ai/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "Once your dataset is delivered and accepted, you receive payment as outlined in your partnership agreement." - https://nyne.ai/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "The prepared dataset goes to frontier AI labs for training and evaluation under contractual confidentiality." - https://nyne.ai/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "Six-figure payouts" - https://nyne.ai/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "© 2026 Nyne AI Inc." - https://nyne.ai/sell-company-data/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Depending on the type and amount of data available, partnerships are commonly worth $100K or more." - https://nyne.ai/referrals (accessed 2026-10-18): "Introduce a company to Nyne. Earn up to $20,000 for each company you introduce that has at least 20 U.S. full-time employees and completes a transaction with Nyne." - https://nyne.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Building the next frontier. $5.3M in seed funding." - https://nyne.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "worth of data provided to leading AI labs and research companies." - https://nyne.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Our identity graph spans 2.2B people and 380M businesses" - https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/nyne.ai (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2022-11-17T22:02:58Z"}" - https://nyne.ai/referrals (accessed 2026-10-18): "michael@nyne.ai" ### Ooak Data - URL: https://ooakdata.com/partner - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/ooak-data - Type: AI data company - Tier: established (Delaware corporation and Paris SAS published; YC Summer 2026 page names three cofounders; domain registered Aug 2024; states closed deals from $20K (self-reported).) - Legal entity: Ooak Data, Inc. (Delaware); EU operations through Ooak Data SAS, RCS Paris 932 867 963 - Domain first registered: 2024-08-29 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): Up to $1M; deals to date from $20K to several hundred thousand dollars - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Email, Slack and Microsoft Teams, Documents and spreadsheets, Tickets and support, Code and pull requests, CRM, Project management (Jira, Notion, Trello), Financial records, Internal wikis - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: both - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Accepts operating, winding-down and closed companies; deals can be signed by a director, liquidator or administrator, and payment goes to the entity. Raw archive is deleted within 30 days of delivery under the contract. Data of EU-based partners is processed and stored in the EU. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://ooakdata.com/partner (accessed 2026-10-18): "Earn up to $1M" - https://ooakdata.com/partner (accessed 2026-10-18): "Deals to date range from $20K, the smallest closed, to several hundred thousand dollars." - https://ooakdata.com/partner (accessed 2026-10-18): "We never quote a number before counting. The estimator gives a range; the audit gives a figure." - https://ooakdata.com/partner (accessed 2026-10-18): "One 15-minute intro call, one scoping pass by call or async, and either a native export from each tool or read-only access." - https://ooakdata.com/partner (accessed 2026-10-18): "Whoever holds signing authority for the entity at that moment: a director, a liquidator or an administrator. We have closed deals in each of those situations." - https://ooakdata.com/partner (accessed 2026-10-18): "It is deleted within 30 days of delivery. That is a contract obligation, not a policy, and you receive written confirmation." - https://ooakdata.com/legal (accessed 2026-10-18): "Legal name: Ooak Data, Inc. State of incorporation: Delaware, USA" - https://ooakdata.com/legal (accessed 2026-10-18): "Our European operations are conducted through Ooak Data SAS, registered with the Paris Trade and Companies Register under number 932 867 963 (RCS Paris)" - https://ooakdata.com/legal (accessed 2026-10-18): "Data belonging to partners located in the European Union is processed and stored exclusively within the European Union." - https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ooak-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "We’re a team of 3 cofounders: Pierre-Louis, Grégoire and Thomas" - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/ooakdata.com (accessed 2026-10-18): ""eventAction": "registration", "eventDate": "2024-08-29T22:53:16Z"" ### Polyshares - URL: https://polyshares.com/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/polyshares - Type: AI data company - Tier: established (Polyshares, Inc. with two named managing partners; domain registered May 2024; publishes four closed licenses with amounts (self-reported).) - Legal entity: Polyshares, Inc. - Domain first registered: 2024-05-08 - Payout model: one-time license - Published range (as published by the company): Typically $100K to $2M, higher for large records; case studies from $110,000 to $450,000 - Seller fee: None stated: no fee, no commission - Minimum company size: None stated: any company with real operating history, in any sector - Data types: Slack and Microsoft Teams, Email, Drive and SharePoint, CRM history, Support tickets, Design files, Call recordings, Accounting and ERP exports - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Buys the license itself rather than brokering. Payment net 30 to 60 days after the data is approved, shared and anonymized; identifying fields are removed by a specialist PII partner first. Case studies are perpetual exclusive licenses. Does not disclose which labs take which data. The license excludes data held on behalf of the seller's own clients. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://polyshares.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Typical deals run $100K to $2M and above. The company pays nothing and keeps its data." - https://polyshares.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Polyshares. We are the buyer. No marketplace, no listing, no auction." - https://polyshares.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "None. No fee, no commission. We pay you." - https://polyshares.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Any company with real operating history, in any sector." - https://polyshares.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Net 30 to 60 once the data is approved, anonymized, and delivered." - https://polyshares.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Use is bounded by the license, and we do not disclose which labs take which data." - https://polyshares.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "It does not cover what you hold on behalf of your own clients." - https://polyshares.com/data-licensing (accessed 2026-10-18): "Slack and Teams, Drive and SharePoint, email, CRM history, support tickets, design files, call recordings, accounting and ERP exports." - https://polyshares.com/track-record (accessed 2026-10-18): "Perpetual exclusive license to the operational record. Anonymized before delivery." - https://polyshares.com/track-record (accessed 2026-10-18): "Home services $450,000 Roofing company" - https://polyshares.com/track-record (accessed 2026-10-18): "Professional services $110,000 Global marketing agency" - https://polyshares.com/team (accessed 2026-10-18): "Nathan Mathews Managing Partner" - https://polyshares.com/team (accessed 2026-10-18): "Ryan Lock Managing Partner" - https://polyshares.com/data-handling (accessed 2026-10-18): "Intake asks for record counts, not files or exports. Nothing leaves your systems until Polyshares has made an offer and you have accepted it." - https://polyshares.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "© 2026 Polyshares, Inc." - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/polyshares.com (accessed 2026-10-18): ""eventAction": "registration", "eventDate": "2024-05-08T18:34:26Z"" ### pre.dev (code licensing) - URL: https://pre.dev/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/pre-dev - Type: AI data company - Tier: established (Pre.dev Corp. is named on its site and pre.dev was registered 2023-06-28, with archived copies of the site from October 2023. Its code licensing program names no people and publishes no completed deals.) - Legal entity: Pre.dev Corp. - Domain first registered: 2023-06-28 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): $100 per million source tokens plus $40 per million git-history tokens; example of $6,000 per repo - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Private code repositories, Git history - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: connector/OAuth - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: pre.dev Labs builds RL coding tasks from licensed code and sells them to frontier AI labs; labs get tasks, not repository access. Says it has 10,000+ licensed private codebases (self-reported). Non-exclusive by default, so a repo can be licensed in more than one deal; paid Net 15 after funds land. Each repo gets a value and grade after connecting a Git account. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://pre.dev/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "AI labs license private codebases to train coding models. Connect a Git account, pick only the repos you're willing to license, and see what each one is worth." - https://pre.dev/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Non-exclusive by default. You keep the code, keep shipping it, and it can pay more than once" - https://pre.dev/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "per repo non-exclusive licence, paid Net 15 after funds land" - https://pre.dev/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Source $ 100 /M tokens 20 M tokens Git history $ 40 /M tokens" - https://pre.dev/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "© 2026 Pre.dev Corp." - https://pubapi.registry.google/rdap/domain/pre.dev (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2023-06-28T02:02:45.121Z"}" - https://pre.dev/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Labs get tasks, not repository access" - https://web.archive.org/web/20231025141426/https://pre.dev/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "pre.dev" ### Protege - URL: https://withprotege.ai/data-provider/other-domains - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/protege - Type: broker or intermediary - Tier: established (Protege Health, Inc. with published provider terms under Delaware law; co-founder Bobby Samuels named on its site; domain registered May 2024; publishes a partner case study (self-reported).) - Legal entity: Protege Health, Inc., 169 Madison Ave STE 38206, New York, NY 10016 - Domain first registered: 2024-05-01 - Payout model: revenue share - Published range (as published by the company): Not published - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Agentic data (step-by-step work records), Architecture, engineering and construction records (blueprints, permits, schedules, change orders), Back-office finance (general ledgers, invoices, receipts, P&L statements), Healthcare, video, audio and speech, and motion capture (main verticals) - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Main verticals are healthcare, video, audio and speech, and motion capture. Its data-provider pages do not mention chat, email or ticket archives; AEC, finance and agentic data appear on its model-builder page. Partners keep ownership and license limited rights. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://withprotege.ai/data-provider/other-domains (accessed 2026-10-18): "We formalize licensing through a clear revenue share agreement and structure sustainable terms with AI buyers." - https://withprotege.ai/data-provider/other-domains (accessed 2026-10-18): "Your content is included in qualified deals, and you receive transparent, timely revenue share payments." - https://withprotege.ai/data-provider/other-domains (accessed 2026-10-18): "We work directly with leading foundation model labs" - https://withprotege.ai/data-provider/other-domains (accessed 2026-10-18): "Bobby Samuels, co-founder of Protege" - https://withprotege.ai/data-provider/other-domains (accessed 2026-10-18): "Media Partner Case Study: Broadcaster Earns $1M+ in 6 Months with Protege" - https://withprotege.ai/data-provider/other-domains (accessed 2026-10-18): "Partners always retain ownership." - https://withprotege.ai/model-builders/other-domains (accessed 2026-10-18): "Data that captures real work being done step-by-step, including the inputs, intermediate actions, and outputs a person produces while completing a task." - https://withprotege.ai/model-builders/other-domains (accessed 2026-10-18): "Back-office financial system data including general ledgers, invoices, receipts, P&L statements, and close processes." - https://withprotege.ai/model-builders/other-domains (accessed 2026-10-18): "Alongside data in our main verticals" - https://withprotege.ai/provider-terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "The Provider Terms (“Terms”) outlined here are entered into by and between Protege Health Inc. (“Protege“)" - https://withprotege.ai/provider-terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware" - https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/withprotege.ai (accessed 2026-10-18): ""eventAction": "registration", "eventDate": "2024-05-01T01:57:32Z"" - https://withprotege.ai/model-builders/other-domains (accessed 2026-10-18): "Healthcare, Video, Audio & Speech, and Motion Capture" ### Scale AI - URL: https://scale.com/data-partnership - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/scale-ai - Type: AI data company - Tier: established (Scale AI, Inc. named in site footer; CEO Francis deSouza named on scale.com/about; scale.com/about states "Founded 2016"; the scale.com domain dates from 1997-12-29. No completed company data deals published for this program.) - Legal entity: Scale AI, Inc. - Domain first registered: 1997-12-29 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): $10K to $1M+ illustrative value per data partnership, scaling with cadence - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: 40+ employees preferred; assessed case by case - Data types: Data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake, Databricks), Chat (Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat), Email and calendar (Gmail, Outlook, Google Calendar), Documents and files (Word, Docs, Drive, SharePoint), Work and knowledge tools (Jira, Confluence, Asana, Notion, Linear), Business platforms (Salesforce, HubSpot, Workday, ServiceNow, SAP, Zendesk) - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: Up to $50,000 per referred company, paid only if Scale signs a partnership agreement. One payout per deal, to whoever introduces Scale to the right stakeholder. - Pays us: none - Notes: Scale states its partnerships are designed with an opportunity for recurring revenue and can begin with a limited scope. Scale states it anonymizes data inside the company's environment before extraction, that raw systems, credentials and source access never leave, and that each data package needs the company's sign-off. On-prem and VPC options are listed. How data is transferred out (export or connector) is not published. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://scale.com/data-partnership (accessed 2026-10-18): "Scale turns your de-identified operational workflows into frontier-grade training data, under your governance and on your terms." - https://scale.com/data-partnership (accessed 2026-10-18): "$10K–$1M+ illustrative value per data partnership, scaling with cadence" - https://scale.com/data-partnership (accessed 2026-10-18): "40+ employees is our preferred starting point" - https://scale.com/data-partnership (accessed 2026-10-18): "Yes, Scale designs its partnerships so there’s opportunity for recurring revenue." - https://scale.com/data-partnership (accessed 2026-10-18): "Scale anonymizes everything inside your environment, before any data is extracted." - https://scale.com/data-partnership (accessed 2026-10-18): "Raw systems, credentials, or source access" - https://scale.com/data-partnership (accessed 2026-10-18): "Refer a company and earn up to $50,000 bonus. Referrals must be submitted through the official referral process and are only paid out if Scale signs a partnership agreement. Multiple referrals or intros to the same company will not be paid out. Only one referral is paid out per deal based on who successfully intros Scale to the right stakeholder." - https://scale.com/data-partnership (accessed 2026-10-18): "Copyright © 2026 Scale AI, Inc. All rights reserved" - https://scale.com/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "Scale AI Names Google Cloud Executive Francis deSouza as New CEO" - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/scale.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"1997-12-29T05:00:00Z"}" - https://scale.com/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "Founded 2016" ### SimpleClosure AssetHub - URL: https://simpleclosure.com/product/assethub/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/simpleclosure-assethub - Type: shutdown service - Tier: established (Simple Closure Inc. named in site footer; CEO and founder Dori Yona named on simpleclosure.com; domain registered 2021-06-17. The AssetHub FAQ states it has helped facilitate deals, and two named founder testimonials describe finding a buyer.) - Legal entity: Simple Closure Inc. - Domain first registered: 2021-06-17 - Payout model: commission on sale - Published range (as published by the company): Deals in the tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars for unique assets - Seller fee: No upfront cost; takes a percentage if assets are sold or licensed (percentage not published) - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Source code and repositories, Technical documentation, Communications, Documents and designs, Tickets and workflows, IP and domains - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: Affiliate program for the shutdown service, not for AssetHub data deals: $100 to $1,000 per sale, tiered by sale amount. No AssetHub referral fee found. - Pays us: none - Notes: Sale or license: the company can license the data while keeping the underlying assets, or sell outright. Open to operating companies as well as shutdowns. Buyers are described as AI labs, model developers and other companies; none are named. SourceCode submissions can start by connecting GitHub; the transfer method for WorkspaceData is not published. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://simpleclosure.com/product/assethub/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "AssetHub helps startups monetize their assets, like SourceCode or WorkspaceData to vetted AI buyers looking for real-world work product." - https://simpleclosure.com/product/assethub/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "The operational data from how your team actually worked, including: communications, documents, designs, tickets, workflows, and other company systems." - https://simpleclosure.com/product/assethub/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "It depends on the assets and buyer demand. SimpleClosure has helped facilitate deals in the tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars for unique assets, including assets from companies that are still operating." - https://simpleclosure.com/product/assethub/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "There’s no upfront cost to use AssetHub. SimpleClosure only takes a percentage if your assets are successfully sold or licensed." - https://simpleclosure.com/product/assethub/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Yes. Depending on the asset and buyer, opportunities can include licensing the data while you retain the underlying assets or selling assets outright." - https://simpleclosure.com/product/assethub/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Buyers can include AI labs, model developers, and other companies looking for real-world code, specialized datasets, and business workflows to support AI training." - https://simpleclosure.com/product/assethub/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Fill out a short form about your assets or connect your GitHub repository to get started." - https://simpleclosure.com/product/assethub/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "They guided me through the process and helped find a buyer without us having to do much." - https://simpleclosure.com/product/assethub/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "© 2026 Simple Closure Inc. All rights reserved." - https://simpleclosure.com/about/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Dori Yona CEO & Founder of SimpleClosure" - https://partners.dub.co/simple-closure (accessed 2026-10-18): "When they close with SimpleClosure, you earn up to $1,000 of each sale." - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/simpleclosure.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2021-06-17T19:12:40Z"}" ### SuperAnnotate - URL: https://www.superannotate.com/data-partnerships - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/superannotate - Type: AI data company - Tier: established (SuperAnnotate AI, Inc. named in its privacy policy; CEO and co-founder Vahan Petrosyan named on superannotate.com/about; founded 2018; superannotate.com registered 2018-03-19. No completed company data deals published for this program.) - Legal entity: SuperAnnotate AI, Inc. - Domain first registered: 2018-03-19 - Payout model: mixed - Published range (as published by the company): $100K to $1M+ indicative valuation range - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: Any size - Data types: Slack threads and email chains, Process docs, runbooks and internal wikis, Tickets, approvals, escalations and incident reviews, Inspection reports, equipment logs and claims files, Pricing and catalog histories, Screen recordings of multi-step tasks - Geography: Anywhere (stated) - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Time-limited license: rights for a set period, not a sale. Payment on delivery and on each relicense. Buyers are frontier AI labs and enterprise AI teams; the company approves each buyer and can block competitors permanently. Data is retained for an agreed period, then deleted. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://www.superannotate.com/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "SuperAnnotate prepares and licenses your operational data to frontier AI labs, so you earn from it without the work." - https://www.superannotate.com/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "Valuation range Indicative $100K – $1M+" - https://www.superannotate.com/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "We prepare the data and license it to buyers you approve. Payment on delivery, and on each relicense." - https://www.superannotate.com/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "Payment, based on what it's worth to buyers. You're licensing rights for a set period, not selling the data." - https://www.superannotate.com/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "Any size, any industry, anywhere. You need records built up over time and the rights to license them." - https://www.superannotate.com/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "Frontier AI labs and enterprise AI teams. You approve each one, and can block competitors permanently." - https://www.superannotate.com/privacy-policy (accessed 2026-10-18): "Controller. SuperAnnotate AI, Inc. is the controller of your personal information" - https://www.superannotate.com/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "Vahan Petrosyan CEO & Co-founder" - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/superannotate.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2018-03-19T16:58:05Z"}" ### Troveo - URL: https://www.troveo.ai/business-data - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/troveo - Type: broker or intermediary - Tier: established (Troveo AI, Inc. named in its privacy policy; domain registered Aug 2024; states $20M+ paid to licensors (self-reported).) - Legal entity: Troveo AI, Inc. - Domain first registered: 2024-08-15 - Payout model: revenue share - Published range (as published by the company): Typical full-company deals start at six figures - Seller fee: No fees or deductions stated; Troveo's share of each sale is not published. - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Chat and messaging, Email and calendar, Documents and files, Tickets, sprints and wikis, CRM, sales and support, IT, HR and operations records, Finance and operations (ledgers, invoices, contracts), Data warehouses and code repositories - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: owner export - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Licenses data on the owner's behalf; ownership does not transfer. Exclusivity is time-limited. Buyers see the data anonymously and are introduced only after an agreement is signed. Site shows "40+ Active Buyers" (self-reported). Maryah (maryah.ai) describes a partner program paid on "5% of Troveo net sales" and links businesses to a page it describes as "the Troveo business data licensing agreement"; Troveo's own pages do not mention Maryah. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://www.troveo.ai/business-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "You share in the revenue on every sale" - https://www.troveo.ai/business-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "Typical full-company deals start at six figures" - https://www.troveo.ai/business-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "No fees, no setup costs, no deductions from your payouts" - https://www.troveo.ai/business-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "No OAuth into your systems. No platform to install. We guide you through the export and handle the anonymization, packaging, and every buyer conversation." - https://www.troveo.ai/business-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "Troveo licenses it on your behalf under terms that you sign off on; ownership never transfers." - https://www.troveo.ai/business-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "It's time-limited and it has to be earned." - https://www.troveo.ai/business-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "Buyers evaluate your data anonymously and are confidentially introduced only after an agreement is signed." - https://www.troveo.ai/business-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "$20M+ Paid to Licensors 40+ Active Buyers" - https://www.troveo.ai/legal/privacy-policy (accessed 2026-10-18): "the types of personal information that Troveo AI, Inc." - https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/troveo.ai (accessed 2026-10-18): ""eventAction": "registration", "eventDate": "2024-08-15T16:43:00Z"" - https://maryah.ai/business-partners (accessed 2026-10-18): "Earn a $2,500 approved-sample advance credited against 5% of Troveo net sales under the partner terms." - https://maryah.ai/business-contract (accessed 2026-10-18): "Securely review and sign the Troveo business data licensing agreement through Maryah." ### Turing (Project Lazarus) - URL: https://lazarus.turing.com - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/turing - Type: AI data company - Tier: established (Turing Enterprises, Inc. named in the Lazarus site footer; co-founder and CEO Jonathan Siddharth named on turing.com; the turing.com domain was first registered 1996-01-04, before the current company. No completed company data deals published for this program.) - Legal entity: Turing Enterprises, Inc. - Domain first registered: 1996-01-04 - Payout model: one-time license - Published range (as published by the company): Single payout of up to $1M - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: No minimum stated - Data types: Communications (threads and channels), Tickets, Wikis and knowledge bases, Runbooks and schemas, Databases, Source code (not bought on its own) - Geography: Most regions; strongest demand in the US, UK, Canada and the EU - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: 'Refer & Earn up to $10k' shown on the site; no written referral terms published. - Pays us: none - Notes: Turing acquires from operating companies and from teams winding down or already closed. It returns one valuation after sampling, usually within a week. The company keeps ownership of its underlying data; Turing acquires defined rights to the prepared record under a single agreement. Source code alone is not bought. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://lazarus.turing.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "Frontier AI labs train on how real companies operate, not the polished product. Lazarus turns that operating record into a single payout of up to $1M, and handles everything else." - https://lazarus.turing.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "One payment. No retainer, no recurring commitment." - https://lazarus.turing.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "No. We acquire from operating companies and from teams winding down or already closed." - https://lazarus.turing.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "The operating record of how your company works: communications, tickets, wikis, knowledge bases, databases, and source code." - https://lazarus.turing.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "No. Communications, tickets, wikis, and databases stand on their own and are often the most valuable part. Code is one data type among many: welcome when it's there, never bought on its own." - https://lazarus.turing.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "You retain ownership of your underlying data. We acquire defined rights to the prepared record under a single agreement, with rights transfer handled on our side." - https://lazarus.turing.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "Any company with a real operating history and someone authorized to transfer the data." - https://lazarus.turing.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "Most regions, with strongest demand in the US, UK, Canada, and the EU." - https://lazarus.turing.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "Refer & Earn up to $10k" - https://lazarus.turing.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "Turing Enterprises, Inc." - https://www.turing.com/company (accessed 2026-10-18): "Jonathan Siddharth Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer" - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/turing.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"1996-01-04T05:00:00Z"}" ### Actual Data - URL: https://actualdata.ai/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/actual-data - Type: AI data company - Tier: new (No legal entity or named people on the pages read; actualdata.ai registered 2026-09-30.) - Legal entity: Not published - Domain first registered: 2026-09-30 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): No fixed range; its homepage estimator shows $285,896 to $604,463 for its default inputs (50 employees, 10 years of data, US headquarters), labelled an indicative estimate only - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: 30 to 200 employees - Data types: Internal documentation, SOPs and playbooks, Knowledge bases, Process documentation, Project management workflows, Internal communications, CRM and workflow metadata, Task execution histories - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Self-described as "We Buy Enterprise Data". States compensation depends on dataset size, workflow complexity, uniqueness, data quality and domain expertise. The estimator uses a fixed formula in the page script, so the same inputs give the same range on every load. Its requirements block ("30-200 employees Mature workflows Documented processes") matches micro1's Enterprise Data Partnership post word for word. An archived copy from Oct 3, 2026 showed different copy ("Powering the frontier with actual data") and a strip of AI lab and vendor logos; the live page on Oct 18, 2026 shows neither. The site timed out from some networks on Oct 18, 2026 and loaded through others. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://actualdata.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We Buy Enterprise Data" - https://actualdata.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Estimated payout range: $285,896 to $604,463 Indicative estimate only." - https://actualdata.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Requirements 30-200 employees" - https://actualdata.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Internal documentation SOPs and playbooks Knowledge bases Process documentation Project management workflows Internal communications" - https://actualdata.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Selected partners receive significant compensation based on: Dataset size/Volume Workflow complexity Uniqueness of operational knowledge Data quality Domain expertise represented" - https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/actualdata.ai (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-09-30T10:54:45.89Z"}" - https://actualdata.ai/estimate/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "What is your company data worth? Six questions, about a minute." - https://web.archive.org/web/20261003053602/https://actualdata.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Powering the frontier with actual data" ### AI26 - URL: https://ai26.net/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/ai26 - Type: broker or intermediary - Tier: new (Trading brand of Stoa Labs FZ-LLC (Ras Al Khaimah, UAE); ai26.net was registered 2025-01-12, but archived copies from January to July 2025 return 404 (no site), so we cannot confirm 12 months of public history; no individuals or completed deals named.) - Legal entity: Stoa Labs FZ-LLC, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (trading as AI26) - Domain first registered: 2025-01-12 - Payout model: one-time license - Published range (as published by the company): Up to $500k, with "no fixed payout" - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: 50+ employees and 5+ years of operations - Data types: Email, Slack, Teams and business WhatsApp conversations, Reports, presentations, SOPs and knowledge bases, Spreadsheets and planning models, Project histories, CRM records and support tickets, Code repositories and technical documentation, Meeting notes and handover documents - Geography: India, Singapore, UAE and Germany - Ingestion: owner export - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Payment depends on buyer approval and a completed licensing agreement; homepage cites a 60-day turnaround. Its terms say AI26 bears reasonable, pre-approved export and delivery costs unless the order says otherwise. Buyers: AI research labs, unnamed. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://ai26.net/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "upto $500k in payouts" - https://ai26.net/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "There is no fixed payout." - https://ai26.net/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "The opportunity described here is a one-time license of an approved historical data package." - https://ai26.net/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We prioritize active businesses with at least 50 employees and five years of operations." - https://ai26.net/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We work with companies based in 🇮🇳 India, 🇸🇬 Singapore, 🇦🇪 UAE, and 🇩🇪 Germany." - https://ai26.net/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "60 days turnaround" - https://ai26.net/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "The intended buyers are AI research labs seeking enterprise data for training or evaluation." - https://ai26.net/terms/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "AI26 is a trading brand of Stoa Labs FZ-LLC, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates" - https://ai26.net/terms/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "You will deliver the agreed data and supporting provenance records on the agreed timetable using an approved secure method. AI26 bears reasonable, pre-approved export and delivery costs" - https://rdap.verisign.com/net/v1/domain/ai26.net (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2025-01-12T14:28:55Z"}" - https://web.archive.org/cdx/search/cdx?url=ai26.net (accessed 2026-10-18): "net,ai26)/ 20250716103025 http://ai26.net/ unk 404" ### AIData.Broker - URL: https://aidata.broker/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/aidata-broker - Type: broker or intermediary - Tier: new (Operated by O-mega Enterprise, Inc; aidata.broker registered 2026-10-11; no individuals or completed sales through it published.) - Legal entity: O-mega Enterprise, Inc - Domain first registered: 2026-10-11 - Payout model: commission on sale - Published range (as published by the company): Not published - Seller fee: 15% of the first $250,000 the seller is paid, less above that; only if a sale closes - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Tickets, Email, Chat, Code, Documents, Footage, speech, archives and datasets - Geography: Holders based in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada - Ingestion: owner export - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: One third of its fee on sales that close within 12 months - Pays us: none - Notes: Lists 37 buyer programs and their published terms (including Mode, Handshake AI, Polyshares, micro1, Scale AI, SuperAnnotate, Turing and Ooak) and says it puts data before every buyer that fits; names no completed sales through it. Says it declines buyer-paid introducer fees in sales it runs and asks buyers to add that amount to the seller's price. Same owner as AITraining.jobs. Does not take health, children's, biometric or financial account data to market. Price: Publishes market figures, for example company records at $174K to $693K per company. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://aidata.broker/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "The fee is 15% of the first $250,000 you are paid, less above that." - https://aidata.broker/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Only the holder pays us, a fee fixed in the mandate, and only if a sale closes." - https://aidata.broker/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We sell for holders based in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada." - https://aidata.broker/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "your records are de-identified on your own computer to a published standard" - https://aidata.broker/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Introduce them and earn one third of our fee on their sales that close within 12 months." - https://aidata.broker/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "37 buyers and what they publish" - https://aidata.broker/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "we decline the fee some buyers pay whoever introduces a company, asking them to put it into your price." - https://aidata.broker/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "$174K to $693K per company" - https://aidata.broker/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "The holder, or a provider it chooses, delivers the data to the buyer, and the buyer pays the holder." - https://aidata.broker/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "AIData.Broker is operated by O-mega Enterprise, Inc, the party to our terms and agreements." - https://aidata.broker/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "Health, children's, biometric or financial account data" - https://aidata.broker/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "through AITraining.jobs, a job board for AI training work with the same owner as this site." - https://aidata.broker/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "we put it before every buyer that fits" - https://aidata.broker/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "micro1 $100k+ for a qualified partnership" - https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/aidata.broker (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-10-11T10:20:55.758Z"}" ### Anthroly - URL: https://www.anthroly.com/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/anthroly - Type: AI data company - Tier: new (No legal entity published; only a booking link and a first-name email identify a contact; anthroly.com registered 2025-10-15; footer reports $900K+ in data bought, sold and brokered (self-reported).) - Legal entity: Not published - Domain first registered: 2025-10-15 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): Not published - Seller fee: None: no listing fee, no commission charged to the seller and no auction - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Team chat (Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat), Email, Support and service tickets, CRM history, Calls and meetings, Code and engineering history, Documents and wikis, Finance and operations exports, Field and frontline records, Design and creative files - Geography: Companies headquartered and operating in the United States only - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Claims, unverified, that data it licensed sits in the training pipelines of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta, xAI, Microsoft, Amazon, NVIDIA, Mistral AI and Cohere. No lab has confirmed this; its footer puts total volume at $900K+. - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Describes itself as both buyer and broker: usually it licenses the data itself and supplies AI labs; for some lab requests it brokers a direct license. Deals run under a separate written agreement. Price: Each record is priced after a de-identified sample review. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://www.anthroly.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We sell to every major AI lab. Data we've licensed sits in the training and evaluation pipelines of the labs below." - https://www.anthroly.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "OpenAI Anthropic Google DeepMind Meta xAI Microsoft Amazon NVIDIA Mistral AI Cohere" - https://www.anthroly.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Most of the time we are the buyer: we license the data directly from the company that produced it, pay for it ourselves and supply the AI labs." - https://www.anthroly.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Nothing. There is no listing fee, no commission charged to you and no auction." - https://www.anthroly.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We only buy from companies headquartered and operating in the United States." - https://www.anthroly.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Every record is priced individually, after we have read a de-identified sample." - https://www.anthroly.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "$900K+ in data bought, sold, and brokered" - https://www.anthroly.com/terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "Any data license, purchase or brokerage engagement with Anthroly is governed by a separate written agreement" - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/anthroly.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2025-10-15T16:04:56Z"}" ### Aribase - URL: https://aribase.com/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/aribase - Type: marketplace - Tier: new (Aribase LLC; aribase.com registered 2026-04-14; no individuals or completed deals named.) - Legal entity: Aribase LLC - Domain first registered: 2026-04-14 - Payout model: commission on sale - Published range (as published by the company): Workflows and conversations $200 to $1,000,000; code repositories $100 to $100,000; documents and knowledge $100 to $250,000; structured and financial $500 to $1,000,000; all figures are estimates - Seller fee: Free to consign; Aribase earns a share of each closed license (percentage not published) - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Code repositories, Documents and knowledge bases, Support tickets, Chat logs, Emails, Work records, Structured and financial records, Images, audio and video - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Assets are offered privately to matched buyers under NDA; the seller is paid when a license closes. Buyers: Says it has direct relationships with AI labs and model teams, unnamed. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://aribase.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "$200 to $1,000,000 Workflows & Conversations Support tickets, chat logs, emails, and the step-by-step records of real work being done." - https://aribase.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "$100 to $100,000 Code Repositories" - https://aribase.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "$500 to $1,000,000 Structured & Financial" - https://aribase.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Nothing up front. Valuation, preparation guidance, and buyer matching are free. Aribase earns a share only when your asset actually licenses." - https://aribase.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "You are paid when the license closes." - https://aribase.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Your asset is offered to matched buyers under NDA." - https://aribase.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We maintain direct relationships with AI labs and model teams that purchase across all seven departments" - https://aribase.com/terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "This website is operated by Aribase LLC" - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/aribase.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-04-14T16:32:17Z"}" ### BuyMyDeadStartup - URL: https://www.buymydeadstartup.com/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/buymydeadstartup - Type: marketplace - Tier: new (No legal entity or named people published; domain registered Aug 2026; price figures cited from press, not its own deals.) - Legal entity: Not published - Domain first registered: 2026-08-26 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): $10,000 to $100,000 typical range, cited from press reports rather than its own deals - Seller fee: None for sellers; buyers pay $1,500 per month for access - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Source code and Git repositories, Jira or other issue trackers, Slack, Company email, Drive and internal documents, Notion or other wikis, Support logs - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Listing board for companies that have stopped trading; only the company itself may list. No upload: a listing describes what exists, and buyers contact the seller directly. It is not a broker or escrow and takes no part in price, terms, legal or privacy questions. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://www.buymydeadstartup.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "No fee, no commission. Whatever a buyer pays, they pay you." - https://www.buymydeadstartup.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "$10,000–$100,000 Typical range, across roughly 100+ reported deals within a single year." - https://www.buymydeadstartup.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Reported market figures, not an estimate of your assets." - https://www.buymydeadstartup.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Buyers pay $1,500 a month for access to the listings, which is how the site is funded. We are not a broker and not an escrow, and no sale money passes through us." - https://www.buymydeadstartup.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "There is no upload. A listing is a description of what exists, written by you." - https://www.buymydeadstartup.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Only a company may list itself." - https://www.buymydeadstartup.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Price, terms, legal questions and privacy questions are handled between buyer and seller." - https://www.buymydeadstartup.com/privacy (accessed 2026-10-18): "Last updated 26 August 2026." - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/buymydeadstartup.com (accessed 2026-10-18): ""eventAction": "registration", "eventDate": "2026-08-26T07:28:02Z"" ### Corpus (datacorpus.ai) - URL: https://datacorpus.ai/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/corpus-data - Type: AI data company - Tier: new (Corpus Data, Inc.; datacorpus.ai registered 2026-08-07; no individuals named; payout examples are anonymous.) - Legal entity: Corpus Data, Inc. - Domain first registered: 2026-08-07 - Payout model: one-time license - Published range (as published by the company): $100,000 to $2 million - Seller fee: None: no fee, retainer or percentage - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Email and chat threads, Meeting transcripts, Documents, Tickets, CRM notes, Project histories - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: States its payout ranges "reflect closed engagements between 2023 and 2026"; datacorpus.ai was registered 2026-08-07. Says intake to wire takes 30 to 60 days and payment clears on delivery confirmation. Size: Its payout table starts at 25 to 100 employees. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://datacorpus.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Engagements start at $100,000 and run up to $2 million." - https://datacorpus.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Payment clears on delivery confirmation." - https://datacorpus.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Ranges reflect closed engagements between 2023 and 2026." - https://datacorpus.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Operational business exhaust: email and chat threads, meeting transcripts, documents, tickets, CRM notes, project histories." - https://datacorpus.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Encrypted one-way transfer into our secure enclave." - https://datacorpus.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "© 2026 Corpus Data, Inc." - https://datacorpus.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "25 – 100 $100K – $500K" - https://datacorpus.ai/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "You license it to us, once, and it goes nowhere else." - https://datacorpus.ai/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "You never pay Corpus a fee, a retainer, or a percentage." - https://datacorpus.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Intake to wire 30 – 60 days" - https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/datacorpus.ai (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-08-07T20:53:36.047Z"}" ### Corpus Bridge - URL: https://corpusbridge.com/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/corpus-bridge - Type: broker or intermediary - Tier: new (No legal entity or named people published; corpusbridge.com registered 2026-09-05; works through an unnamed brokerage partner.) - Legal entity: Not published - Domain first registered: 2026-09-05 - Payout model: commission on sale - Published range (as published by the company): Not published - Seller fee: Success fee after an accepted offer closes; the percentage is agreed before work starts (not published) - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Work conversations (Slack, Teams, Gmail, Outlook), Documents and files, CRM records, call notes and support tickets, Code, issues and release history, Invoices, orders, ERP and logistics records - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: An unnamed brokerage partner approaches buyers, prepares the agreed copy and delivers it; buyers pay on the milestones in the agreement. Price: Cites Forbes, April 2026: about $10,000 to several hundred thousand dollars for ordinary companies. Buyers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and xAI are shown as examples of labs its partner may approach, with no partnership implied. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://corpusbridge.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We assess what you have, and our brokerage partner finds the buyers." - https://corpusbridge.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "You pay no upfront fee. A success fee is due only after you accept an offer and the deal closes. We agree the percentage" - https://corpusbridge.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Licences for ordinary companies range from about $10,000 to several hundred thousand dollars (Forbes, April 2026)." - https://corpusbridge.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Examples of labs that may be approached. Names and logos do not imply partnership, endorsement, or current buyer interest." - https://corpusbridge.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Our partner prepares the agreed copy, removes personal data and delivers it. You are paid on the agreed milestones." - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/corpusbridge.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-09-05T18:50:40Z"}" ### Databounties - URL: https://databounties.com/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/databounties - Type: broker or intermediary - Tier: new (No legal entity or named people published; terms governed by the laws of England and Wales; databounties.com registered 2025-09-16.) - Legal entity: Not published - Domain first registered: 2025-09-16 - Payout model: commission on sale - Published range (as published by the company): Not published - Seller fee: Commission when a sale completes; no upfront fees or retainers (rate not published) - Minimum company size: 11+ employees - Data types: Transaction data, Pricing histories, Supply-chain records, Maintenance records, Insurance and claims data, Property data, Lab and process data, Accounting ledgers, CRM records, Code repositories and tickets, Documents, reports and email, Support tickets and call logs - Geography: United States and United Kingdom only - Ingestion: owner export - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Gives valuations on a call under NDA; says it vets buyers and that each license bans re-identification and resale. Price: States it does not publish price ranges. Buyers: AI labs and data buyers it works with, unnamed. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://databounties.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Databounties currently works only with companies based in the United States and the United Kingdom that have 11 or more employees, and we can't take enquiries from other countries." - https://databounties.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Nothing up front. We take a commission when a sale completes, so we only get paid when you do." - https://databounties.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We guide you through exporting from Xero, Salesforce, your LIMS or wherever your data lives." - https://databounties.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We present your anonymised dataset to the AI labs and data buyers we work with, negotiate the licence and get you the best price." - https://databounties.com/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "We don't publish price ranges or quote numbers from a form." - https://databounties.com/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "We vet every buyer and every licence restricts how the data can be used, including bans on re-identification and resale." - https://databounties.com/terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales, and its courts have exclusive jurisdiction." - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/databounties.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2025-09-16T00:12:36Z"}" ### DataDeals - URL: https://datadeals.ai/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/datadeals - Type: broker or intermediary - Tier: new (Founder named (Ola Rask) but no legal entity published; datadeals.ai registered 2026-09-24.) - Legal entity: Not published - Domain first registered: 2026-09-24 - Payout model: commission on sale - Published range (as published by the company): Not published - Seller fee: 10% of seller cash proceeds, capped at $100,000, only if a deal closes; any buyer or referral payment on the same deal is credited against the fee - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Support tickets, Code history, Service records, Sales calls, Work orders, Internal operating records - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Represents the seller; also reviews offers a seller already has. Website terms are governed by Florida law. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://datadeals.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We represent the seller." - https://datadeals.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "$0 upfront. 10% only if a deal closes. Capped at $100K." - https://datadeals.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Support tickets. Code history. Service records. Sales calls." - https://datadeals.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Already have an offer? Review it before you sign" - https://datadeals.ai/terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida" - https://datadeals.ai/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "Success fee 10% of seller cash proceeds Maximum success fee $100,000" - https://datadeals.ai/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "If DataDeals receives compensation from a buyer or referral partner on the same transaction, we disclose it and credit it against the seller’s fee." - https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/datadeals.ai (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-09-24T20:48:04.089Z"}" - https://datadeals.ai/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "DataDeals was founded by Ola Rask" ### DataPaid - URL: https://datapaid.ai/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/datapaid - Type: broker or intermediary - Tier: new (No legal entity or named people on the pages read (home, about, apply); datapaid.ai registered 2026-10-13.) - Legal entity: Not published - Domain first registered: 2026-10-13 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): $100K to $2M per company, presented as published buyer payout tiers ($100K+, $500K+, $1M+) for a buyer it does not name - Seller fee: Free to apply; AI data buyers in its network may pay DataPaid a fee when a company it introduces signs - Minimum company size: 20+ full-time office employees (accounting firms 10+, law firms 6+); smaller companies reviewed case by case - Data types: SOPs and playbooks, Knowledge bases, CRM data, Project history, QA processes, Slack data, Email archives, Support tickets, Jira and project data, Source code, Call recordings - Geography: US first, then the UK, Canada and other Western markets - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: States it is not a buyer: "Is DataPaid a buyer? No." The company signs with, and is paid by, the buyer. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://datapaid.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "What they pay $100K-$2M per company" - https://datapaid.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Published buyer payout tiers." - https://datapaid.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Is DataPaid a buyer? No. DataPaid is an independent data licensing partner." - https://datapaid.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Disclosure: DataPaid is an independent data licensing partner. AI data buyers in our network may pay us a fee when a company we introduce signs with them." - https://datapaid.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Strongest fit: US companies and nonprofits with 20+ full-time office employees, accounting firms with 10+, law firms with 6+. Smaller companies are reviewed case by case. US first, then the UK, Canada and other Western markets." - https://datapaid.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "The AI data company you sign with." - https://datapaid.ai/apply/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Applying is free. If you sign with a buyer, that buyer may pay DataPaid a fee." - https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/datapaid.ai (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-10-13T05:34:31.161Z"}" ### DataReferrals - URL: https://datareferrals.com/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/datareferrals - Type: broker or intermediary - Tier: new (Honey Financials LLC (Wyoming) with a named founder; datareferrals.com registered 2026-10-08; refers companies to one AI data lab it does not name.) - Legal entity: Honey Financials LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company operating as DataReferrals - Domain first registered: 2026-10-08 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): $100,000 to $2M+ paid to the company, per the unnamed lab's published tiers - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: 20+ full-time desk employees (full-time contractors count) and at least 2 years of operating history - Data types: Support logs, Operations records, Documents, Internal messages, CRM history - Geography: US first; Canada and Europe also qualify, with most of the team there - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: Fixed $25,000 per signed company, paid within 10 business days after the lab's program pays DataReferrals (program terms version 2026-10-08.1) - Pays us: none - Notes: Does not receive, store or handle company data; the company signs directly with the lab. Not a fit: staffing or recruiting firms, marketing agencies and media companies. Buyers: One AI data lab whose identity is shared only with referral partners under the partner agreement. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://datareferrals.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "$100,000 to $2M+ paid to the company you introduce, per the lab's published tiers" - https://datareferrals.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "$25,000 fixed, to you, per signed company" - https://datareferrals.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "20+ full-time desk employees (full-time contractors count)" - https://datareferrals.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Based in the US first; Canada and Europe also qualify, with most of the team there" - https://datareferrals.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "At least 2 years of operating history" - https://datareferrals.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Its identity is confidential and is shared with partners under the partner agreement, not on this page." - https://datareferrals.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "DataReferrals does not receive, store or handle the company’s data." - https://datareferrals.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Taylor Tomblin Founder, DataReferrals" - https://datareferrals.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Within 10 business days of our receiving those funds, by ACH." - https://datareferrals.com/qualify (accessed 2026-10-18): "Support logs, operations records, documents, internal messages, CRM history." - https://datareferrals.com/terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "Program terms · version 2026-10-08.1" - https://datareferrals.com/terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "Honey Financials LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company" - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/datareferrals.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-10-08T06:34:32Z"}" ### DataVendor - URL: https://datavendor.ai/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/datavendor - Type: marketplace - Tier: new (No legal entity found on the documentation pages read; datavendor.ai registered 2026-06-07; buyers join by invitation from a waitlist.) - Legal entity: Not published - Domain first registered: 2026-06-07 - Payout model: commission on sale - Published range (as published by the company): Not published - Seller fee: 20% of vendor earnings, charged only on withdrawal to a bank; converting earnings to HUD credits is fee-free; $1,000 minimum withdrawal - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Private codebases, Jira data, Tasksets, evals and RL environments, Enterprise documents and records - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: both - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: Pays a referral fee out of its own share for vendors referred by another vendor (amount not stated in the pages read) - Pays us: none - Notes: Integrates with HUD: earnings convert 1:1 to HUD credits and HUD tasksets import as a built-in connector. Public repositories cannot be listed or estimated. Sales are final. Price: Vendors set their own prices. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://docs.datavendor.ai/overview/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18): "DataVendor’s 20% platform fee applies only when a vendor withdraws to a bank. Converting earnings to HUD credits is 1:1 and fee-free." - https://docs.datavendor.ai/overview/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18): "Vendors set the price" - https://docs.datavendor.ai/overview/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18): "Buyer organizations join a waitlist, and DataVendor invites them at a managed pace." - https://docs.datavendor.ai/sell/connect-your-accounts (accessed 2026-10-18): "Public repositories cannot be listed or estimated, since a buyer can already clone them." - https://docs.datavendor.ai/sell/connect-your-accounts (accessed 2026-10-18): "Repositories from the GitHub accounts and organizations where you install the DataVendor app." - https://docs.datavendor.ai/sell/inventory/add-assets (accessed 2026-10-18): "Upload as files" - https://docs.datavendor.ai/overview/faq (accessed 2026-10-18): "Teams that hold private codebases, tasksets, evals, or RL environments, or raw material such as enterprise documents and records." - https://docs.datavendor.ai/sell/get-paid (accessed 2026-10-18): "The minimum is $1,000 before fees" - https://docs.datavendor.ai/sell/faq (accessed 2026-10-18): "DataVendor pays you a referral fee out of its own share on deals it closes with them." - https://docs.datavendor.ai/overview/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18): "There are no refunds." - https://docs.datavendor.ai/sell/connect-your-accounts (accessed 2026-10-18): "Your HUD tasksets and environments. Built in" - https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/datavendor.ai (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-06-07T20:01:50.714Z"}" ### DillisData - URL: https://dillisdata.com/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/dillisdata - Type: broker or intermediary - Tier: new (Quordx Capital LLC (Wyoming, doing business as DillisData); dillisdata.com registered 2026-10-09; no individuals named.) - Legal entity: Quordx Capital LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company doing business as DillisData - Domain first registered: 2026-10-09 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): Not published - Seller fee: None to the seller; says the matched program pays DillisData a referral fee on top of what it pays the company - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Email, Team chat, Support tickets, Contracts and documents, Work orders and job logs, CRM sales records, Call recordings, Code and how-to guides - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Describes itself as a data agency that never sees company data; the company signs directly with the matched program. Price: Cites published buyer price lists: offers from around $10K up to $4M+. Size: Says most programs start at 20 employees or 3 years of records. Buyers: Matches companies against 5 programs that its homepage does not name. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://dillisdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Nothing. The program pays our referral fee on top of what it pays you. It never comes out of your money." - https://dillisdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We match you with the programs, and you sign with them directly." - https://dillisdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Most programs start at 20 employees or 3 years of records." - https://dillisdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "we never see your data" - https://dillisdata.com/terms/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "DillisData is a data agency." - https://dillisdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Your best matches from 5 programs, scored on 9 factors" - https://dillisdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "The most that AI data buyers say they pay one company. Offers start around $10K." - https://dillisdata.com/terms/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "the introduction service offered by Quordx Capital LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company doing business as DillisData" - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/dillisdata.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-10-09T03:30:59Z"}" ### FileYield - URL: https://fileyield.com/how-it-works - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/fileyield - Type: marketplace - Tier: new (Operated by Dployers LLC (Seller Agreement governed by Arizona law), but no named team found, domain registered Dec 2025 and its seller agreement is labelled an unreviewed draft.) - Legal entity: Dployers LLC, doing business as FileYield (agreements governed by Arizona law; state of organization not stated) - Domain first registered: 2025-12-04 - Payout model: mixed - Published range (as published by the company): Not published - Seller fee: Free to list. Seller Agreement says fees may include listing fees, success fees on closed deals and outreach tiers, with no rates published. - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Code repositories, Conversational logs, Legal documents, Financial data, Structured records - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Listing and introduction platform: buyer and seller negotiate, contract and pay each other directly, and the seller handles data transfer and PII removal. FileYield does not process payments or hold escrow. Its buyer directory pages are not a list of customers. Seller Agreement (updated Oct 11, 2026) bars closing off-platform with buyers met through FileYield. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://fileyield.com/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18): "Listing on FileYield is free. Create a listing with the AI advisor in two minutes. There are no upfront fees, no monthly minimums, and no charges for browsing or messaging." - https://fileyield.com/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18): "Choose your model: one-time sale, recurring license, exclusive deal, or non-exclusive." - https://fileyield.com/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18): "FileYield doesn't touch your data. We don't process payments, host transfers, or hold escrow." - https://fileyield.com/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18): "You handle the data transfer, PII handling, and compliance directly with the buyer once you've agreed to a deal." - https://fileyield.com/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18): "A company appearing in FileYield's research directory does not mean it is a customer, partner, or active buyer on the platform." - https://fileyield.com/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18): "structured records, audio and speech, medical imaging, legal documents, geospatial data, code repositories, conversational logs, financial data, video footage" - https://fileyield.com/seller-agreement (accessed 2026-10-18): "This Seller Agreement governs your participation as a seller on FileYield, operated by Dployers LLC (doing business as FileYield)." - https://fileyield.com/seller-agreement (accessed 2026-10-18): "As of the effective date, fee structures may include listing fees, success fees on closed deals, outreach campaign tier fees, and premium features." - https://fileyield.com/seller-agreement (accessed 2026-10-18): "You may not circumvent FileYield’s fees by agreeing to a deal off-platform with a buyer you first met through FileYield." - https://fileyield.com/seller-agreement (accessed 2026-10-18): "This is a draft agreement that has not been reviewed by legal counsel." - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/fileyield.com (accessed 2026-10-18): ""eventAction": "registration", "eventDate": "2025-12-04T04:41:00Z"" ### Grepped - URL: https://www.grepped.ai/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/grepped - Type: broker or intermediary - Tier: new (Delaware corporation with published terms, but no named team on its own site, domain registered Feb 2026 and no completed deals published.) - Legal entity: Grepped AI, Inc. (Delaware corporation), 564 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA - Domain first registered: 2026-02-12 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): $20K to $5M per company; up to six figures per workspace - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Messages (Slack, Microsoft Teams, Gmail, Outlook), Code (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira), Documents (Google Drive, SharePoint, Notion, DocuSign), Business records (Salesforce, HubSpot, QuickBooks, Xero), Tickets and tasks (Zendesk, Asana, ServiceNow) - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: connector/OAuth - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: 10% of the owner payment, capped at US$100,000 per deal, paid when the owner is paid (Referral Terms effective Oct 13, 2026). - Pays us: none - Notes: Says payment arrives within 7 days of the data passing review. Access to approved sources is read-only and revoked when the project ends; original datasets are deleted after processing. Describes buyers only as AI labs and research teams. Site terms say estimates are indications, not offers. Homepage presents a listing marketplace: owners list assets, Grepped reviews and packages them, and labs buy approved listings. Smelted's homepage uses the same $20K to $5M headline and 7-day payment claim. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://www.grepped.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Your company’s data could be worth $20K–$5M." - https://www.grepped.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Up to 6 figures per workspace" - https://www.grepped.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Your team’s tools, connected read-only." - https://www.grepped.ai/business/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We connect read-only to the approved sources." - https://www.grepped.ai/business/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Within 7 days of your data passing review. Most companies go from filling in the form to payment in two to three weeks." - https://www.grepped.ai/business/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We license de-identified business workflow data to AI labs and research teams training frontier models." - https://www.grepped.ai/security/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Access is read-only, so we can’t change or delete anything in your systems. It is revoked when the project ends." - https://www.grepped.ai/terms/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "The site and services are run by Grepped AI, Inc., a Delaware corporation." - https://www.grepped.ai/terms/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Estimates on the site are indications, not offers." - https://grepped.ai/assets/grepped-referral-terms.pdf (accessed 2026-10-18): "For each Deal that a referred Owner signs during its credit window, Grepped pays you 10% of the Owner Payment, capped at US$100,000 per Deal." - https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/grepped.ai (accessed 2026-10-18): ""eventAction": "registration", "eventDate": "2026-02-12T22:09:40.418Z"" - https://www.grepped.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Approved listings reach AI labs. When they purchase, the money comes to you." - https://www.grepped.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Get paid in 7 days" ### Korra - URL: https://korra.io/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/korra - Type: marketplace - Tier: new (Trades as Korra Data, a business name of an Ontario corporation that is not named; CEO named; says it started in October 2026; korra.io created 2026-04-06.) - Legal entity: Not published - Domain first registered: 2026-04-06 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): $200K to $2M typical range - Seller fee: None to the seller; the buyer pays Korra's fee on top of the agreed price (fee size not published) - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Team conversations, Business email, Sales records, Customer support, Documents and guides, Approved call transcripts, Operational workflows, AI review and feedback - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: owner export - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: Partners share 97% of Korra's buyer-paid fee: 70% to the deal partner, 20% to a partner pool and 7% across the partner line (4%, 2% and 1% to three levels); Korra keeps 3%; no cap (partner terms version partner-2026-10-15) - Pays us: none - Notes: Korra is not a party to the license; seller and buyer agree price, delivery and payment directly. Payment can come in 7 days, usually net 30. Korra does not take, prepare or deliver records. Not related to Korra AI (korra.ai). Legal entity: States that Korra Data is a business name of an Ontario corporation; the corporation is not named. Buyers: Approved buyers price a short description of the records with the business and company name removed. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://korra.io/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18): "The typical range is between $200K and $2M." - https://korra.io/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18): "The buyer pays you the price you agree and pays Korra’s fee on top." - https://korra.io/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18): "If you say yes, you and the buyer sign the terms and you hand over a copy." - https://korra.io/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18): "Buyers never get live access to your systems" - https://korra.io/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18): "Korra is not a party to your agreement." - https://korra.io/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18): "Payment can come as fast as 7 days; usual terms are net 30." - https://korra.io/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "Korra Data is a business name of an Ontario corporation." - https://korra.io/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "Sayed Wayzi, CEO" - https://korra.io/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "Korra started in October 2026." - https://korra.io/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "Korra does not buy data, and it does not take, prepare, clean or deliver records." - https://korra.io/portal/paper/partner-terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "The deal partner: 70%. The partner the business named. The partner pool: 20%. Section 8. The partner line: 7%. Line 1 is paid 4%, line 2 is paid 2%, line 3 is paid 1%. Korra: 3%." - https://korra.io/portal/paper/partner-terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "Version: partner-2026-10-15" - https://korra.io/partners (accessed 2026-10-18): "No cap: a bigger deal pays more." - https://korra.io/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "Korra at korra.io is not Korra AI (korra.ai), a separate company." - https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/korra.io (accessed 2026-10-18): ""eventAction": "registration", "eventDate": "2026-04-06T14:35:47.596Z"" - https://korra.io/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18): "Removing names does not make records anonymous" ### LH2 AI Labs - URL: https://www.lh2.ai/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/lh2-ai-labs - Type: AI data company - Tier: new (No legal entity published; founders shown on its About page; lh2.ai registered 2025-10-06; clients described but not named.) - Legal entity: Not published - Domain first registered: 2025-10-06 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): Not published - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Code repositories, reviews and commits, Company operations workflows and documents, Clinical records, Audio and call recordings, Filings and contracts - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Data owners set the usage scope, model types and exclusivity. Based in San Francisco. Says it is "Trusted by top frontier labs and enterprises" and lists unnamed clients ("Mag 7 frontier lab", "Seattle hyperscaler", "Asian super-app giant", "European frontier lab", "Leading robotics company"); self-reported, none named. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://www.lh2.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Your code, records and recordings can train models. License them on your terms, and we handle the compliance." - https://www.lh2.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Data owners set the terms: usage scope, model types, exclusivity." - https://www.lh2.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Mag 7 frontier lab Seattle hyperscaler Asian super-app giant European frontier lab Leading robotics company" - https://www.lh2.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "© 2026 LH2 AI Labs · San Francisco, CA" - https://www.lh2.ai/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "Second-time founders." - https://www.lh2.ai/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "Upneet Grover" - https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/lh2.ai (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2025-10-06T04:50:53.568Z"}" - https://www.lh2.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Trusted by top frontier labs and enterprises" ### License My Data - URL: https://licensemydata.com/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/license-my-data - Type: broker or intermediary - Tier: new (Operated by Minimus Ventures LLC (Delaware, registered in California); licensemydata.com registered 2026-09-05; no individuals named.) - Legal entity: Minimus Ventures LLC, a Delaware limited liability company registered in California (Newbury Park) - Domain first registered: 2026-09-05 - Payout model: mixed - Published range (as published by the company): Six and seven figures for business-data placements - Seller fee: None to the seller; it is paid out of the transaction by the processor or licensee - Minimum company size: Varies by buyer requirement: 30+ employees, 100+ employees, or 50+ employees at peak for companies that have stopped trading - Data types: Team chat (Slack, Teams), Email and calendar, Support tickets, Finance records, Projects and tasks, Code and documentation, Operational databases, SOPs and knowledge bases - Geography: Varies by buyer requirement; one requires operations outside the EU and UK, another lists the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, France, India, Australia or Singapore - Ingestion: owner export - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: Shares commission with brokers and introducers on transactions they originate, under a written agreement covering origination, split and non-circumvention (split not published). - Pays us: none - Notes: Introduces data holders to companies that process and place the data; for some clinical data it licenses and sublicenses the material itself. Offers either a non-exclusive license placed with several buyers or a one-time exclusive buyout. Buyers: Data is pooled with other sources before it reaches a training team. For business data it acts as a referral partner; the processor or buyer contracts with the seller directly. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://licensemydata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Depending on the buyer, that is a non-exclusive licence you can place again and again, or a one-time exclusive buyout." - https://licensemydata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We are paid out of the transaction, by the processor or licensee, never by you." - https://licensemydata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "A one-time historical export, run by your team or with its sign-off. Nothing is left connected." - https://licensemydata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Placements in this category have reached Six and seven figures" - https://licensemydata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Size 30+ employees 100+ employees 50+ employees at peak" - https://licensemydata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Operations outside the EU and UK" - https://licensemydata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, France, India, Australia or Singapore" - https://licensemydata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "your data is pooled with other sources before it reaches a training team" - https://licensemydata.com/privacy.html (accessed 2026-10-18): "licensemydata.com is operated by Minimus Ventures LLC, a Delaware limited liability company registered in California, based in Newbury Park, California." - https://licensemydata.com/privacy.html (accessed 2026-10-18): "We introduce people who hold licensable material to the companies that process and place it, and for some clinical data we also license the material ourselves and sublicense it." - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/licensemydata.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-09-05T17:38:17Z"}" - https://licensemydata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We share commission on transactions you originate, under a written agreement covering origination, split and non-circumvention." - https://licensemydata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "For business data we act as a referral partner: the processor or buyer contracts with you directly." ### License Your Data - URL: https://www.licenseyourdata.com/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/license-your-data - Type: broker or intermediary - Tier: new (License Your Data LLC (Williamsburg, Virginia); licenseyourdata.com registered 2026-09-04; no individuals named.) - Legal entity: License Your Data LLC (Williamsburg, Virginia) - Domain first registered: 2026-09-04 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): $50,000 to $1,000,000+; homepage states a $50,000 minimum bid for qualifying companies, which its Terms do not guarantee - Seller fee: No fee to submit or talk; compensation on a closed deal is set in a separate written agreement (not published) - Minimum company size: 20+ employees - Data types: Company email, Slack and Microsoft Teams messages, Shared drives (Google Drive, SharePoint, Dropbox), Decks, docs, spreadsheets, PDFs, proposals, reports and SOPs - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Shows OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Meta, SpaceX, Microsoft and Scale AI logos under "The labs buying in this market"; does not say which buy through it - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Terms state: "We are an intermediary. We are not a Buyer and we do not purchase data ourselves." Homepage lists three deals ($1.2 million industrial distributor, $500,000 freight company, $280,000 accounting group) and "$20M+ paid to businesses like yours" (self-reported; no payer or business named; licenseyourdata.com registered 2026-09-04). Homepage says "Minimum bid $50,000, guaranteed", while its Terms say it does not guarantee any offer or amount. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://www.licenseyourdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "AI labs are willing to pay you $50,000 to $1,000,000+ for your old files." - https://www.licenseyourdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Minimum bid $50,000, guaranteed." - https://www.licenseyourdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Are you a business owner with 20+ employees?" - https://www.licenseyourdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "$20M+ paid to businesses like yours" - https://www.licenseyourdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "The labs buying in this market" - https://www.licenseyourdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Your company email, Slack, Microsoft Teams." - https://www.licenseyourdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "DEAL 01 9 days $1.2 million PAID TO THE BUSINESS Industrial distributor" - https://www.licenseyourdata.com/terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "We are an intermediary. We are not a Buyer and we do not purchase data ourselves." - https://www.licenseyourdata.com/terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "If you accept a Buyer's offer and a transaction closes, our compensation is set out in a separate written agreement you will sign before any data is transferred." - https://www.licenseyourdata.com/terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "License Your Data LLC 113 Broadwater Williamsburg, VA 23188" - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/licenseyourdata.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-09-04T15:59:16Z"}" - https://www.licenseyourdata.com/terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "We do not guarantee that you will qualify, receive an offer, or receive any particular amount." ### Longitude Labs (Data licensing desk) - URL: https://datalicensingdesk.com/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/longitude-labs - Type: AI data company - Tier: new (Longitude Labs, Inc. (formerly Meridian) named on the desk site; datalicensingdesk.com registered 2026-09-14; the earliest dated material on longitudelabs.com is Feb 2026; no individuals named; reports about $1m paid to partners in Aug-Sep 2026 (self-reported).) - Legal entity: Longitude Labs, Inc. (formerly Meridian) - Domain first registered: 2026-09-14 - Payout model: one-time license - Published range (as published by the company): $20k to $500k per partnership - Seller fee: None: assessment, quote, redaction and licensing at no cost to the seller - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Deal and process materials (CIMs, management presentations, term sheets), Investment committee memos and research, Credit and financing documents, Fund and diligence materials (QoE reports, LP updates, PPMs) - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: owner export - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Licenses financial-firm documents only: native Word, PDF and PowerPoint files count; scans and emails do not. Quotes the whole archive before files are sent; payment by wire, usually within 10 days of the intro call. Buyers: Says its customers include companies in the Magnificent 7, top five frontier labs and Fortune 500 enterprises, unnamed. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://datalicensingdesk.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "$20k to $500k per partnership, depending on document types, complexity, quality of analysis and page count" - https://datalicensingdesk.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We quote the total deal size for the whole archive." - https://datalicensingdesk.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Once you accept the price, we sign the licensing agreement and you send the files through Google Drive or Box." - https://datalicensingdesk.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Payment by wire, usually within 10 days of the intro call." - https://datalicensingdesk.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Our side Assessment, quote, redaction and licensing, at no cost to you." - https://datalicensingdesk.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Native Word, PDF and PowerPoint files count. Scans and emails do not." - https://datalicensingdesk.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "About $1m was paid out to partners in August and September 2026." - https://datalicensingdesk.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Our customers include companies in the Magnificent 7, multiple top five frontier labs and Fortune 500 enterprises." - https://datalicensingdesk.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "datalicensingdesk.com is operated by Longitude Labs, Inc., formerly Meridian." - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/datalicensingdesk.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-09-14T13:28:31Z"}" - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/longitudelabs.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2023-10-13T20:48:13Z"}" - https://longitudelabs.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "SpreadsheetArena: Decomposing Preference in LLM Generation of Spreadsheet Workbooks" ### Maryah - URL: https://maryah.ai/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/maryah - Type: broker or intermediary - Tier: new (Maryah Global LLC and a New York registered address published, but no named team on its site, domain registered Jun 2026 and no completed deals of its own listed.) - Legal entity: Maryah Global LLC, 447 Broadway, 2nd Floor, 3358, New York, NY 10013 - Domain first registered: 2026-06-13 - Payout model: mixed - Published range (as published by the company): Estimator example: $800K to $1M for 100 employees, labeled illustrative and not an offer - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: More than 30 employees, 3+ years in business, records in English - Data types: Email and team chat (Slack), Sales records (Salesforce, HubSpot), Support tickets (Zendesk), Documents (Google Drive, Notion), Project history (Jira, GitHub), Orders and transactions (QuickBooks), Call transcripts (Zoom) - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: owner export - End buyers named: None named. Its business-partners page says Troveo handles the data process, buyers and licensing, and the licensing agreement linked from its business-data page is described as the Troveo business data licensing agreement. - Referral program: Data-partners page: 10% of the total completed deal for new partners, subject to an unpublished partner agreement. Business-partners page: $2,500 advance on an approved sample, credited against 5% of Troveo net sales, under partner terms not published. - Pays us: none - Notes: Seller chooses a one-time payment or a revenue share. Data is transferred only after the seller agrees to a buyer deal. Site footer gives Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE; its privacy policy names Maryah Global LLC in New York as the operator and says opportunity information may be shared with selected licensing providers. Its business-data page says "Maryah licenses" the records and shows "$20M+ Paid to companies", "100+ Buyers right now" and "4× Average sales per dataset" without saying whose figures they are; Troveo publishes "$20M+ Paid to Licensors", "40+ Active Buyers" and "4× AVG Sales Per Dataset" as its own. The "Review the licensing agreement" link on that page opens a page described as "the Troveo business data licensing agreement", which says after submission that "Troveo will review the submission and begin onboarding." Its business-partners page says Troveo handles the data process, buyers and licensing, and an estimator page on maryah.ai is labeled "Built with Troveo". - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://maryah.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We are looking for businesses with more than 30 employees, at least three years in business and records in English." - https://maryah.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Tell us whether you prefer one payment or income as future deals happen." - https://maryah.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Know your share and any fees upfront" - https://maryah.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Your data is only transferred after you agree to a buyer deal." - https://maryah.ai/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "Maryah Global LLC Registered address: 447 Broadway, 2nd Floor, 3358, New York, NY 10013, United States." - https://maryah.ai/privacy (accessed 2026-10-18): "Maryah is operated by Maryah Global LLC, 447 Broadway, 2nd Floor, 3358, New York, NY 10013, New York, US." - https://maryah.ai/privacy (accessed 2026-10-18): "With the authorization described at submission, relevant opportunity information may be shared with selected licensing providers to assess or arrange a licensing discussion." - https://maryah.ai/data-partners (accessed 2026-10-18): "No passwords or access to live systems." - https://maryah.ai/data-partners (accessed 2026-10-18): "New Maryah partners earn 10% of the total completed deal, subject to their partner agreement." - https://maryah.ai/business-partners (accessed 2026-10-18): "Earn a $2,500 approved-sample advance credited against 5% of Troveo net sales under the partner terms." - https://maryah.ai/company-data-embed?mode=partners (accessed 2026-10-18): "Maryah tracks attribution, while Troveo handles the data process, buyers and licensing." - https://maryah.ai/business-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "Maryah licenses the emails, sales records and support tickets you choose to share, with identifying details removed and terms you approve." - https://maryah.ai/business-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "Lower range $800K to Upper range $1M" - https://maryah.ai/business-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "Illustrative estimate in USD, not an offer." - https://maryah.ai/business-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "$20M+ Paid to companies 100+ Buyers right now 4× Average sales per dataset" - https://maryah.ai/business-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "Written conversations from business calls: the questions, answers and agreed next steps." - https://maryah.ai/business-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "Buyers do not get access to your live business systems." - https://maryah.ai/business-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "Review the licensing agreement" - https://maryah.ai/business-contract (accessed 2026-10-18): "Securely review and sign the Troveo business data licensing agreement through Maryah." - https://maryah.ai/business-contract (accessed 2026-10-18): "Troveo will review the submission and begin onboarding. Your introduction has been connected to the correct Maryah partner." - https://maryah.ai/company-data-embed (accessed 2026-10-18): "This is an estimate. Built with Troveo." - https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/maryah.ai (accessed 2026-10-18): ""eventAction": "registration", "eventDate": "2026-06-13T05:40:39.825Z"" - https://www.troveo.ai/business-data (accessed 2026-10-18): "$20M+ Paid to Licensors 40+ Active Buyers 4× AVG Sales Per Dataset" ### Miro Advisory - URL: https://www.miroadvisory.com/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/miro-advisory - Type: broker or intermediary - Tier: new (No legal entity or named people published; miroadvisory.com registered 2026-04-06.) - Legal entity: Not published - Domain first registered: 2026-04-06 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): Operating datasets $100K to $4M+; private codebases $10K to $1M+ (indicative) - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: Roughly 20 to 700 people and 5+ years of operating history (referral guidance) - Data types: Operating datasets (tickets, reconciliations, dispatches, approvals), Private codebases with issues, commits, reviews and tests - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: Accepts referrals; referral terms are agreed in writing before introductions (not published) - Pays us: none - Notes: States it acts as an advisor and intermediary and does not purchase data itself. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://www.miroadvisory.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Operating datasets $100K–$4M+" - https://www.miroadvisory.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Private codebases $10K–$1M+" - https://www.miroadvisory.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Miro Advisory acts as an advisor and intermediary. We do not purchase data ourselves, and we do not represent every AI developer." - https://www.miroadvisory.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Tickets, reconciliations, dispatches, and approvals." - https://www.miroadvisory.com/faq (accessed 2026-10-18): "Referral terms are agreed in writing before introductions are made." - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/miroadvisory.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-04-06T18:48:18Z"}" - https://www.miroadvisory.com/partners (accessed 2026-10-18): "An established business, roughly 20–700 people" - https://www.miroadvisory.com/partners (accessed 2026-10-18): "Five or more years of operating history in real systems" ### Montlake Licensing - URL: https://www.montlakelicensing.com/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/montlake-licensing - Type: broker or intermediary - Tier: new (Montlake Licensing Co. (Seattle) with a named founder; montlakelicensing.com registered 2026-09-21; no completed deals published.) - Legal entity: Montlake Licensing Co. (Seattle, Washington); entity type not stated - Domain first registered: 2026-09-21 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): $500K to $2.6M headline estimate, not an offer - Seller fee: $0 to the seller - Minimum company size: 20+ full-time employees and 3+ years of records - Data types: Work orders and job notes, Quotes and invoices, Emails and calendars, Project files and drawings, Dispatch and delivery records, Service history - Geography: US businesses only (the business must have a US-based team and customers) - Ingestion: owner export - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: Up to $50,000 per referral, scaled to deal size; no formula published - Pays us: none - Notes: Paid after a buyer signs and accepts the copy, on the schedule in the agreement; usually a few months from first call to payment. Buyers: The copy goes to the one buyer named in the seller's agreement. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://www.montlakelicensing.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Your old business records could be worth $500K – $2.6M" - https://www.montlakelicensing.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "$0 Cost to you, ever" - https://www.montlakelicensing.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "20+ Full-time employees" - https://www.montlakelicensing.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "3+ Years of records" - https://www.montlakelicensing.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "U.S. Based team and customers" - https://www.montlakelicensing.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Anything not on that list stays out, and your team is the one who signs in to export it." - https://www.montlakelicensing.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "The copy goes to the one buyer named in your agreement, for the use the agreement allows." - https://www.montlakelicensing.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "After a buyer signs and accepts the copy. The schedule and conditions are written into your agreement." - https://www.montlakelicensing.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "The fee scales with the size of the deal, up to $50,000." - https://www.montlakelicensing.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Srikar Chava Founder, Montlake Licensing" - https://www.montlakelicensing.com/terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "provided by Montlake Licensing Co." - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/montlakelicensing.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-09-21T07:34:37Z"}" - https://www.montlakelicensing.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Buyers want American business records first" ### Pewter - URL: https://pewterdata.com/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/pewter - Type: broker or intermediary - Tier: new (Run by Buzzlead.io LLC (Florida, doing business as Pewter Labs); pewterdata.com registered 2026-10-10; no individuals named; its deal figures are attributed to an unnamed licensing partner.) - Legal entity: Buzzlead.io LLC, a Florida limited liability company doing business as Pewter Labs (St. Pete Beach, Florida) - Domain first registered: 2026-10-10 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): $350,000 to $650,000 paid by its licensing partner to firms of 60 to 100 people; estimator illustration of $385K to $895K for a 100-person, 10-year firm - Seller fee: None to the owner; the licensing firm pays Pewter a fee when a deal closes - Minimum company size: 20+ full-time staff (now or at peak) and 3+ years of records - Data types: Email, Shared drives and files, Operating system records, Rate quotes and dispatch records, CAD drawings and technical reports, Accounting workpapers - Geography: US-based firms working mainly in English - Ingestion: owner export - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: 10% of the licensing payment the referred business receives, up to $100,000 per business, paid once (terms effective October 2026) - Pays us: none - Notes: States it is not a law firm or a registered broker-dealer. The three deals it attributes to its licensing partner ($650K freight broker, $450K engineering firm, $350K accounting firm) and its $385K to $895K estimator output are the same figures Telegraph Lab publishes as its own past deals and estimator output; Regulr shows the same three deals. Buyers: One unnamed licensing partner licenses the data and pays the business. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://pewterdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "For owners of US firms with 20+ employees" - https://pewterdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Real. Our licensing partner has paid $350,000 to $650,000 to firms of 60 to 100 people." - https://pewterdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "$385K to $895K Estimated licensing payment for your firm" - https://pewterdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Pewter runs data-licensing transactions for business owners in partnership with a licensing firm, which licenses the data and pays the business. The licensing firm pays Pewter a fee when a deal closes; the owner pays nothing." - https://pewterdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Pewter is not a law firm or a registered broker-dealer." - https://pewterdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We coordinate the export with your IT person or provider." - https://pewterdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "20+ people Full-time staff, now or at your peak. 3+ years Of email, files and records still on hand. US-based Working mainly in English." - https://pewterdata.com/privacy (accessed 2026-10-18): "This website, pewterdata.com, is run by Buzzlead.io LLC, a Florida limited liability company doing business as Pewter Labs" - https://pewterdata.com/partners/terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "For each Qualified Referral that closes, Pewter pays the partner 10% of the licensing payment received by the referred business, up to a maximum of $100,000 per business." - https://pewterdata.com/partners/terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "Effective October 2026." - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/pewterdata.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-10-10T15:00:49Z"}" ### Regulr AI - URL: https://regulr.ai/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/regulr - Type: broker or intermediary - Tier: new (Regulr AI, Inc. (Denver, Colorado) with a named founder; regulr.ai registered 2026-03-11; no completed deals of its own published.) - Legal entity: Regulr AI, Inc. (Denver, Colorado) - Domain first registered: 2026-03-11 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): Not published - Seller fee: None to the owner; the buyer pays Regulr a fee when a license closes - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Email, Files, CRM, Operational records - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: Accepts partner introductions from business brokers, M&A advisors, fractional CFOs and consultants; partner terms agreed in writing before any introduction (not published). - Pays us: none - Notes: The seller signs directly with the buyer. Shows the same three deal figures and firm sizes ($650K, 100-person freight broker; $450K, 70-person engineering firm; $350K, 60-person accounting firm) that Pewter and Telegraph Lab publish, though its accounting example describes the firm's own procedures, checklists, close workflows and training material; states its deal examples have not been independently verified. Also describes itself as a customer retention platform for independent operators. Buyers: Its buyer directory labels programs anonymously. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://regulr.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "When a license closes, the buyer pays Regulr a fee; the business owner pays nothing." - https://regulr.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "AI companies are licensing de-identified copies of the email, files, CRM, and operational records of established businesses." - https://regulr.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "You sign directly with the buyer, and the money lands in your account." - https://regulr.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "A freight broker with 100 people got $650K for rate quotes, shipment documents, dispatch records, delivery exceptions and claims." - https://regulr.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Deal examples and buyer figures have not been independently verified and are not a promise of any result." - https://regulr.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Regulr AI, Inc. · Denver, Colorado" - https://regulr.ai/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "Brian Boesen, founder & CEO" - https://regulr.ai/about (accessed 2026-10-18): "Regulr is a customer retention platform for independent operators." - https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/regulr.ai (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-03-11T18:35:58.815Z"}" - https://regulr.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We agree partner terms in writing before you make a single introduction." - https://regulr.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "An accounting firm with 60 people got $350K for five years of its own procedures, checklists, close workflows and training material." - https://regulr.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "An engineering firm with 70 people got $450K for CAD drawings, calculations, technical reports, revisions and specifications." - https://regulr.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Buyer program A, program terms, Regulr buyer directory" ### Scrimdata - URL: https://www.scrimdata.com/partner - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/scrimdata - Type: AI data company - Tier: new (Terms name "Scrim Data" without an entity type; scrimdata.com registered 2026-08-20; no individuals or completed deals named.) - Legal entity: Not published - Domain first registered: 2026-08-20 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): Not published - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Inboxes, Slack workspaces, Ticket queues, Document trees, CRMs, Calendars, Project trackers, wikis and code - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: connector/OAuth - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Builds RL environments from licensed company histories. Non-exclusive by default. Accepts operating, winding-down and exited companies. Terms are governed by Delaware law. Buyers: Frontier AI labs, unnamed. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://www.scrimdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Real companies license their operational history to us: inboxes, Slack workspaces, ticket queues, document trees, CRMs, and calendars." - https://www.scrimdata.com/partner (accessed 2026-10-18): "Access credentials are scoped per extraction session and isolated from the rest of the infrastructure." - https://www.scrimdata.com/partner (accessed 2026-10-18): "Run automated, encrypted, region-locked extraction." - https://www.scrimdata.com/partner (accessed 2026-10-18): "Non-exclusive by default. Exclusivity is your choice." - https://www.scrimdata.com/partner (accessed 2026-10-18): "It depends on breadth, depth, and interconnection. Contact us to discuss the scope and valuation process." - https://www.scrimdata.com/partner (accessed 2026-10-18): "Connected operational history across email, chat, project trackers, documents, wikis, CRM, and code." - https://www.scrimdata.com/terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "provided by Scrim Data" - https://www.scrimdata.com/partner (accessed 2026-10-18): "Operating, pivoting, or winding down." - https://www.scrimdata.com/terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware" - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/scrimdata.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-08-20T19:13:07Z"}" ### Sell Business Data - URL: https://sellmybusinessdata.com/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/sell-business-data - Type: broker or intermediary - Tier: new (No legal entity or named people published; sellmybusinessdata.com registered 2026-09-16.) - Legal entity: Not published - Domain first registered: 2026-09-16 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): Not published - Seller fee: No upfront fee; says it participates only when the seller accepts an offer and the deal closes (terms not published) - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Slack, Teams, internal email and support threads, ERP, WMS, CRM, accounting, ticketing and project systems, Documents, decks, spreadsheets, PDFs, SOPs and reports, Orders, invoices, fulfillment events, customer history, logistics and supplier records - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Packages a de-identified copy and brings competing offers; the seller approves buyer, price and terms, and it handles the data copy and closing. Buyers: AI companies, industry AI, AI research and large enterprises, unnamed. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://sellmybusinessdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We find the valuable data inside your company, package a private copy and bring you offers." - https://sellmybusinessdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "No upfront fee. We participate only when you accept an offer and the deal closes." - https://sellmybusinessdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "You approve the buyer and terms. We handle the data copy and closing." - https://sellmybusinessdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Slack, Teams, internal email and support threads." - https://sellmybusinessdata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "AI COMPANIES INDUSTRY AI AI RESEARCH LARGE ENTERPRISES" - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/sellmybusinessdata.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-09-16T16:42:02Z"}" ### Smelted - URL: https://smelted.ai/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/smelted - Type: broker or intermediary - Tier: new (No legal entity or named people published; smelted.ai registered 2026-10-06.) - Legal entity: Not published - Domain first registered: 2026-10-06 - Payout model: commission on sale - Published range (as published by the company): About $20K to $5M per license (estimate) - Seller fee: Fee comes out of the license; no deal, no fee (amount not published) - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Support tickets, Source code, Docs and SOPs, CRM and sales notes, Chat and email, Ops data and logs - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Says it does the cleaning, packaging and selling; offers usually arrive within a week of intake and payment within 7 days of signing. Sellers can rule out buyers such as competitors. Its headline range ($20K to $5M), "Get paid in 7 days" claim and much of its homepage copy match Grepped's. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://smelted.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Licenses for company data pay from about $20K to $5M each." - https://smelted.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Paid within 7 days of signing. Our fee comes out of the license. No deal, no fee." - https://smelted.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We do the cleaning, packaging and selling." - https://smelted.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Payout ranges and timelines are estimates, not guarantees." - https://smelted.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Support tickets Zendesk · Intercom · Freshdesk" - https://smelted.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Offers usually arrive within a week." - https://smelted.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "rule out any buyers, like competitors." - https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/smelted.ai (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-10-06T21:34:52.271Z"}" - https://smelted.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Get paid in 7 days" ### SourceX - URL: https://sourcex.si/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/sourcex - Type: AI data company - Tier: new (SourceX Inc. (Delaware) names its founder and CEO, but sourcex.si was registered 2026-09-30 and no completed deals are published.) - Legal entity: SourceX Inc., a Delaware corporation headquartered in Los Angeles, California - Domain first registered: 2026-09-30 - Payout model: one-time license - Published range (as published by the company): Up to $4M; non-exclusive licensing is priced at roughly a quarter of the exclusive range - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: 50+ full-time employees at peak (contractors excluded) and several years of operating history - Data types: Customer support conversations, Business workflows, Documents and knowledge, Sales and CRM records, Call recordings, Software engineering records, Legal contracts, Finance, legal and operations records - Geography: US prioritized; also Canada and the EU; UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, South Africa, Latin America, the UAE and Saudi Arabia when at least 90% of the data is in English - Ingestion: owner export - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: 25% of what SourceX actually pays the referred company, up to $100,000 per company; payable after AI-lab approval of the dataset, buyer payment to SourceX and SourceX paying the company (terms version 2026-10-12.2). - Pays us: none - Notes: States it is not a marketplace or broker. Exclusivity for AI training is perpetual by default, or 24 or 12 months if the seller pushes back. Unselected submissions earn no payment. Payment is due Net 60 from SourceX receiving the invoice. Lists OpenAI, Meta, Google, Anthropic and Amazon under "Who builds AI with business data" and states "SourceX is not affiliated with or endorsed by these companies"; it does not say they buy from it. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://sourcex.si/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Earn up to $4M by licensing your data." - https://sourcex.si/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "SourceX usually pays a one-time fee for the dataset in the agreement; some agreements set recurring deliveries, each paid as the agreement states." - https://sourcex.si/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Non-exclusive licensing is available by agreement and is priced substantially lower, roughly a quarter of the exclusive range." - https://sourcex.si/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Best suited to companies with 50+ full-time employees at peak (contractors excluded) and several years of operating history." - https://sourcex.si/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "SourceX prioritizes companies in the U.S. and also works with companies in Canada and the EU, and with companies in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, South Africa, Latin America, the UAE and Saudi Arabia when at least 90% of their data is in English." - https://sourcex.si/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "SourceX is not affiliated with or endorsed by these companies." - https://sourcex.si/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18): "Final agreement signed; we help you export and package the data." - https://sourcex.si/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18): "Unselected submissions earn no payment." - https://sourcex.si/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "payment is due Net 60 from SourceX's receipt of it." - https://sourcex.si/company (accessed 2026-10-18): "SourceX Inc., a Delaware corporation. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California." - https://sourcex.si/company (accessed 2026-10-18): "SourceX is not a marketplace or broker that finds buyers for a company's data." - https://sourcex.si/company (accessed 2026-10-18): "Founder & CEO Noah Loul" - https://refer.sourcex.si/terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "Partners earn 25% of the compensation SourceX actually pays the company they refer" - https://refer.sourcex.si/terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "up to USD 100,000 total per referred company across all installments, agreements, repeat licenses, renewals and transactions" - https://refer.sourcex.si/terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "Version 2026-10-12.2" - https://rdap.register.si/domain/sourcex.si (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-09-30"}" - https://refer.sourcex.si/terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "Payment also requires buyer acceptance, buyer payment received by SourceX in cleared funds, payment of the underlying supplier compensation" - https://sourcex.si/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Who builds AI with business data" - https://sourcex.si/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18): "If you push back, a 24-month or 12-month term can be agreed instead" ### Supersoniq - URL: https://www.sellsidedata.com/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/supersoniq - Type: broker or intermediary - Tier: new (No legal entity or full names published; sellsidedata.com registered 2026-10-06 (supersoniq.co created 2025-07-22); no completed deals published.) - Legal entity: Not published - Domain first registered: 2026-10-06 - Payout model: commission on sale - Published range (as published by the company): Not published - Seller fee: A percentage of the net compensation paid to the seller, after the deal closes; the percentage is set in the engagement and not published - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Operational data, Expert and professional work product, Media and content archives, Behavioral and interaction data, Specialized industry data - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: Not published - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: None found - Pays us: none - Notes: Represents sellers only and runs competitive bids on an anonymous profile. States it is not a data buyer and does not take title to data; discloses any sourcing fee a buyer pays it before the seller approves. Address: Miami, Florida. Buyers: Describes buyers as AI labs, model developers, data intermediaries and strategic acquirers. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://www.sellsidedata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We represent companies licensing their data to AI labs and other buyers. We work only for the seller." - https://www.sellsidedata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Supersoniq is not a law firm or a data buyer." - https://www.sellsidedata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "549 NW 28th Street, Miami, FL 33127" - https://www.sellsidedata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Several buyers bid on an anonymous profile." - https://www.sellsidedata.com/approach (accessed 2026-10-18): "Not the buyer. We never take title to your data." - https://www.sellsidedata.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Operational Data Transactions, workflows, logistics, customer interactions." - https://www.sellsidedata.com/approach (accessed 2026-10-18): "Our fee is a percentage of the net compensation paid to you. The percentage is set in the engagement." - https://www.sellsidedata.com/approach (accessed 2026-10-18): "If a buyer ever pays us a sourcing fee, we disclose it to you before you approve the deal." - https://www.sellsidedata.com/approach (accessed 2026-10-18): "Your data AI labs Model developers Strategic acquirers Data intermediaries" - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/sellsidedata.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-10-06T15:17:02Z"}" - https://rdap.registry.co/co/domain/supersoniq.co (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2025-07-22T10:20:59.0Z"}" ### Telegraph Lab - URL: https://telegraphlab.com/data-partnerships - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/telegraph-lab - Type: AI data company - Tier: new (Telegraph Lab LLC (San Francisco); telegraphlab.com registered 2026-08-30; no individuals named; lists three past deals as paid by it (self-reported).) - Legal entity: Telegraph Lab LLC (San Francisco, California) - Domain first registered: 2026-08-30 - Payout model: Not published - Published range (as published by the company): $100K to $4M target licensing payments; estimator illustration $385K to $895K for its default inputs - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Slack, Teams and Gmail conversations, CRM exports, support tickets and ERP records, Project documents, spreadsheets, designs, CAD and code, Operating records (CSV, databases, scans, reports) - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: owner export - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: $10,000 per eligible completed deal, or 20% of the licensing payments the business receives through its referral partner program - Pays us: none - Notes: Lists three past deals it says it paid: $450K (70-person engineering firm), $650K (100-person freight broker) and $350K (60-person accounting firm). The same three figures appear on Pewter's and Regulr's pages. Buyers: Each agreement names authorized recipients, "including any access by frontier AI labs". - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://telegraphlab.com/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "Data licensing payments $100K–$4M Target licensing opportunities." - https://telegraphlab.com/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "Our past data licensing deals. We paid these businesses to license their data." - https://telegraphlab.com/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "Engineering $450K Paid to the business A 70-person engineering firm." - https://telegraphlab.com/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "Estimated payout range $385K – $895K" - https://telegraphlab.com/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "We coordinate the agreed export and preparation, review the dataset, and complete delivery under those terms." - https://telegraphlab.com/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "The agreement identifies authorized recipients and permitted uses, including any access by frontier AI labs." - https://telegraphlab.com/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "Refer a company for a $10,000 reward on an eligible completed deal, or apply to our referral partner program for 20% of the licensing payments the business receives." - https://telegraphlab.com/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18): "We work across industries and company sizes." - https://telegraphlab.com/terms (accessed 2026-10-18): "These terms govern your use of the Telegraph Lab LLC website." - https://telegraphlab.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "© 2026 Telegraph Lab, San Francisco, CA" - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/telegraphlab.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-08-30T00:42:59Z"}" ### The General Data Company - URL: https://thegeneraldata.com/data-partnerships/ - Record: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers/general-data-company - Type: AI data company - Tier: new (General Data Labs, Inc. (Delaware); thegeneraldata.com registered 2026-06-02; no individuals or completed deals named.) - Legal entity: General Data Labs, Inc., a Delaware C corporation (San Francisco); trades as The General Data Company - Domain first registered: 2026-06-02 - Payout model: mixed - Published range (as published by the company): Not published - Seller fee: Not published - Minimum company size: Not published - Data types: Email archives, Order and project files, Quotes and costings, Scanned folders, Complaints and credit notes, Inspection and maintenance records, Tickets and CRM histories, Order and stock system exports, Technical drawings and CAD models, Change requests and commissioning records - Geography: Not published - Ingestion: both - End buyers named: Not published - Referral program: Up to $50,000 per introduction; the amount depends on partnership size and is set in a written referral agreement - Pays us: none - Notes: Focuses on industrial companies and is running a European Data Conference in Berlin on December 12, 2026. Payment follows agreed milestones. Buyers: AI labs and manufacturers that train and test their own models; the seller is told who it is licensed to. - Last checked: 2026-10-18 - Sources: - https://thegeneraldata.com/data-partnerships/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "As a one-off price or as a share of what we earn from licensing." - https://thegeneraldata.com/data-partnerships/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "No. An export or access to your storage is enough. We take care of sorting, cleaning and anonymizing." - https://thegeneraldata.com/data-partnerships/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "We license the operating records of industrial companies to AI labs and to manufacturers that use them to train and test their own models." - https://thegeneraldata.com/data-partnerships/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Payment follows the agreed milestones." - https://thegeneraldata.com/data-partnerships/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "You know who it is licensed to." - https://thegeneraldata.com/data-partnerships/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Earn up to $50,000 for an introduction." - https://thegeneraldata.com/data-partnerships/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "The reward depends on the size of the partnership and is set out in a written referral agreement." - https://thegeneraldata.com/data-partnerships/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Email archives Order and project files Quotes and costings Scanned folders" - https://thegeneraldata.com/data-partnerships/ (accessed 2026-10-18): "Berlin · Saturday, December 12, 2026" - https://thegeneraldata.com/privacy.html (accessed 2026-10-18): "The General Data Company is the trading name of General Data Labs, Inc., a registered Delaware C corporation and the entity responsible for this notice." - https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/thegeneraldata.com (accessed 2026-10-18): "{"eventAction":"registration","eventDate":"2026-06-02T11:19:00Z"}" ## How to read a data licensing offer before you sign URL: https://datalicensingindex.com/guides/data-licensing-offer-checklist Updated: 2026-10-18 Published offers for company data differ most on six terms: exclusivity, what triggers payment, who de-identifies the data, how it leaves your systems, what happens to it afterward and who in the chain is paid for the introduction. Two offers with the same headline number can pay different amounts at very different times. This checklist walks through each clause with examples from buyers' own published terms, then gives you a printable checklist and the questions to ask every buyer. ### Read this first This guide is not legal advice. Data Licensing Index is an independent index, not a law firm. Use this page to find the clauses that need attention, then have a lawyer who knows your customer contracts review the offer before anyone signs. The headline number sits on page one of an offer. What it is worth sits in about a dozen clauses further down: what you grant, for how long, to whom, when money actually moves, who touches the raw data and what happens to it afterward. Every company example below quotes that company's own published page as we read it on October 18, 2026. We quote terms to show what to look for, not to rank anyone. Full rows for each buyer are on [the buyer index](/buyers), and how we collect and date them is on [our methodology page](/methodology). Terms change often, so check the live page before relying on any of them. ### 1. License or sale: what you are granting Start with the grant clause. It tells you whether you are licensing a copy, which normally leaves you free to license again, or transferring rights outright. Published language varies: - [Troveo](https://www.troveo.ai/business-data) says of the data: "ownership never transfers." - [SuperAnnotate](https://www.superannotate.com/data-partnerships): "You're licensing rights for a set period, not selling the data." - [Polyshares](https://polyshares.com/) describes "A license to defined operational data" and "Defined material for a defined term." - [Mode](https://data.mode.inc/): "Mode buys the agreed, filtered copy directly from you; the agreement defines its scope and any exclusivity." - [SourceX](https://sourcex.si/how-it-works): "You retain ownership of your original licensed data," but "SourceX owns the deidentified dataset," and its license "is permanent and survives termination of the agreement, and models already trained on it aren't retrained or deleted." Labels can mislead, so read what the buyer may actually do: 1. **Ownership.** You keep title to the underlying records. The buyer gets rights to a copy. 2. **Sublicensing.** Can the buyer pass the copy on? To whom, and does that pay you again? 3. **Derived works.** Deleting a dataset at the end of a term does not remove what a model already learned from it. Ask whether the buyer may keep using models, embeddings or synthetic data made from your data after the license ends. 4. **Your own use.** Nothing in the license should limit how you keep using your own records. ### 2. Exclusivity Exclusivity is the clause most likely to cost you money you never see, because it shuts out every later buyer. - [SourceX](https://sourcex.si/how-it-works): "As standard, exclusivity is perpetual." "If you push back, a 24-month or 12-month term can be agreed instead," and "non-exclusive licensing is available at a substantially lower price." It adds: "The restriction binds you; SourceX's own right to distribute or sublicense the deidentified dataset is unaffected." - [Labelbox Prism](https://prism.labelbox.com/): "Licenses are structured as exclusive by default." Exclusivity has a price, and the offer should show it. Ask for the non-exclusive figure next to the exclusive one, then narrow the grant: - **What:** the dataset you deliver, or all data of that type, including records you create next year? - **Against whom:** every buyer, or only the buyer's direct competitors? - **How long:** a fixed number of months is easier to price than "perpetual." - **Use it or lose it:** exclusivity ends if the buyer has not used or paid for the data within a set period. ### 3. Field of use and the end buyer The field-of-use clause says what the buyer may do with the data. "Training and evaluating machine learning models" is much narrower than "any lawful purpose." Look for permitted uses, prohibited uses (re-identifying people, contacting anyone named in the data, competing with you, targeting your customers) and whether the buyer may resell or share the copy with affiliates and customers. Then ask who the end user is. Many companies in this market sit between you and the AI lab that finally uses the data, and some do not name labs. [Polyshares](https://polyshares.com/) says "we do not disclose which labs take which data." [Troveo](https://www.troveo.ai/business-data) says your company is never named publicly and that buyers are introduced confidentially after an agreement is signed. [Maryah's privacy policy](https://maryah.ai/privacy) says that, with the authorization given at submission, opportunity information "may be shared with selected licensing providers." Keeping end buyers private is a legitimate choice, but it stops you from checking the end user against your own restrictions. Ask for a right to approve each end licensee, or at least a written list of excluded parties. Each row in [the buyer index](/buyers) shows whether the company names its end buyers. ### 4. Term and renewal The term sets how long the buyer may hold and use the copy. [Ooak Data](https://ooakdata.com/partner) says "Only the anonymized dataset is retained for the licence term." [SuperAnnotate](https://www.superannotate.com/data-partnerships) says data is "Retained for an agreed period, then deleted." Check what starts the clock (signing, delivery or acceptance), whether the term renews automatically and whether a renewal pays you again. If no term is stated, ask for one in writing. ### 5. One-time payment or revenue share [Maryah](https://maryah.ai/) sets out the trade-off on its homepage: a one-time payment is "Usually a lower total than the potential from revenue share," while revenue share has "Potential to earn more, but no guaranteed amount or timing." Published structures include: | Structure | Published wording | Source | |---|---|---| | One payment | "One payment. No retainer, no recurring commitment." | [Turing](https://lazarus.turing.com) | | Upfront plus revenue share | "an upfront licensing fee at signing plus a revenue share on downstream use" | [Labelbox Prism](https://prism.labelbox.com/) | | Revenue share on each sale | Pays "on every sale, not just the first." | [Troveo](https://www.troveo.ai/business-data) | | Delivery plus relicensing | "Payment on delivery, and on each relicense." | [SuperAnnotate](https://www.superannotate.com/data-partnerships) | | Seller chooses | Offers "One-time payment" or "Revenue share" | [Maryah](https://maryah.ai/) | Which is better depends more on your situation than on the buyer. A revenue share needs a company that still exists to receive payments and enforce the agreement for years, which suits an operating company. A company that is winding down usually needs money now and an entity that can close; read [what to do with company data when you shut down](/guides/shutting-down-company-data) first. If you take a revenue share, pin down: - **The base:** gross receipts, or a net figure after a closed list of deductions? - **Duration:** every sale forever, or a set number of years? - **A floor:** a minimum guarantee, or an upfront payment credited against future shares. - **Counterparty risk:** if an intermediary collects the money and passes your share on, you carry its credit risk. ### 6. Payment triggers and timing The trigger clause decides when money moves, and whether it moves at all. Published triggers differ widely: | Company | Payment trigger, in the company's words | Published timing | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Mercor | "upon delivery of the anonymized dataset to the buyer" | Typically "within 2-4 weeks of the signed agreement" | [Mercor](https://www.mercor.com/data/) | | Grepped | "Within 7 days of your data passing review" | 7 days after review | [Grepped](https://www.grepped.ai/business/) | | SourceX | You invoice "After SourceX's written selection"; "Unselected submissions earn no payment." | Net 60 from receipt of the invoice; 30 days to select | [SourceX](https://sourcex.si/how-it-works) | | Appen | "payment is on acceptance rather than submission" | Not published | [Appen](https://www.appen.com/enterprise-data) | | Polyshares | "once the data has been approved, shared, and anonymized" | "Net 30 to 60" | [Polyshares](https://polyshares.com/) | | Mode | "Your written agreement sets the amount and payment schedule before export." | "about three months from the first conversation through payment" | [Mode](https://data.mode.inc/) | Words like "acceptance," "review" and "selection" each hide a test you have to pass. Get these in writing: - **Criteria.** Format, volume, date range and de-identification standard, not "satisfactory to buyer." - **A deadline.** A delivery not rejected with reasons within a set number of days counts as accepted. - **Partial acceptance.** You are paid for the part that is accepted. - **Pay-when-paid.** If an intermediary pays you only after its customer pays it, set an outside date after which payment is due regardless. - **Payee.** The company's account, never an individual's. [Ooak Data](https://ooakdata.com/partner) states "Payment goes to the entity, not to individuals." This matters most when creditors or a liquidator have a claim. Treat estimator output as a range, not an offer. [Mode's](https://data.mode.inc/) own FAQ calls its calculator "illustrative, not a guaranteed offer." Only the written offer counts. ### 7. Who extracts the data and who de-identifies it Someone has to pull records out of your systems and strip names, contact details, credentials and client identities. The offer should say who does each step, where it happens and to what standard. Published approaches: - [Scale AI](https://scale.com/data-partnership): "Scale anonymizes everything inside your environment, before any data is extracted," with "0 bytes shared without your explicit, per-package approval." - [Mercor](https://www.mercor.com/data/): "The extraction and anonymization process is fully automated," and its engineering team "does not manually review your data." - [Grepped](https://www.grepped.ai/business/): "We handle extraction, cleaning, and de-identification," connecting "read-only to the approved sources." - [Appen](https://www.appen.com/enterprise-data): "Appen covers extraction, anonymisation and transfer." - [SourceX](https://sourcex.si/how-it-works) "de-identifies the data, directly or through its processing partner, before it is used or shared." - [Labelbox Prism](https://prism.labelbox.com/): "we first remove all personally identifiable information (PII)" before data moves to its infrastructure. - [SuperAnnotate](https://www.superannotate.com/data-partnerships) removes identifying detail "to the standard your team sets." The questions that separate these: - **Where:** inside your environment before anything leaves, or on the buyer's systems after a raw copy has left? - **Which standard,** in writing, covering customers, vendors and guests in shared channels, not only employees? - **Who else** handles raw data: named subprocessors and their locations. - **Sample approval** of de-identified output before each package ships. - **Access:** read-only, limited to approved sources and revoked when delivery ends. ### 8. Ingestion method and platform terms Data leaves your systems one of two ways. In an **owner export**, your own administrator runs the platform's export tool and hands over the files. With a **connector**, the buyer's app connects through the platform's API after an admin approves access. Connectors are governed by the platform's developer terms, which bind the buyer's app. What three major workplace platforms say, as of October 18, 2026: | Platform | What the developer terms say | Source | |---|---|---| | Slack | Third-party providers may not "use API Data to train a large language model" or "bulk export Slack message and file data except where expressly allowed by an additional agreement," and may not "use data collected from one organization to directly benefit a different organization or any third party." Under the Data Access API, "you may not create persistent copies, archives, indexes, or long-term data stores of other organizations' API Data." Effective October 10, 2025. | [Slack API Terms of Service](https://slack.com/terms-of-service/api) | | Google Workspace | Google's Workspace API User Data and Developer Policy prohibits "Transferring, selling, or using user data to create, train, or improve a machine learning or artificial intelligence model beyond that specific user's personalized model" and "Transferring or selling user data to third parties like advertising platforms, data brokers, or any information resellers." Google's Cloud Console Help adds that the AI restriction "applies equally to the raw data obtained from the scopes AND data aggregated, anonymized, or derived from the scopes." Policy last updated September 3, 2026. | [Workspace API User Data and Developer Policy](https://developers.google.com/workspace/workspace-api-user-data-developer-policy); [Google Cloud Console Help](https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/13805798) | | Microsoft 365 | The terms do not mention AI training. They bar apps from creating "copies of any data accessed or obtained using the Microsoft APIs, except as necessary to enable an intended usage scenario for your Application," and from redistributing, reselling or sublicensing that data. Last updated October 2025. | [Microsoft APIs Terms of Use](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/microsoft-apis/terms-of-use) | Owner exports have their own rules: - Google's [Data Export tool](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data) exports "your organization's data to a Google Cloud Storage archive." It needs a super administrator account "that is at least 30 days old," organizations with more than 1,000 users should contact support first, and files in Google's bucket are deleted 60 days after the export begins. - On Slack's Business+ plan, exporting private channels and DMs takes an application that the Workspace Primary Owner must approve and Slack then reviews, and [Slack](https://slack.com/help/articles/201658943-Export-your-workspace-data) presents this export as "For legal and regulatory compliance." On Enterprise plans, Org Owners must ask Slack Support to enable it. On Free and Pro plans, private channels and DMs are not available for export. Ask every buyer in writing which route it uses for each system, and get a warranty that its collection method complies with each platform's terms. Read your own agreement with each platform before relying on an export for a licensing deal. We have not yet reviewed the developer terms of Atlassian, Zendesk, HubSpot or Salesforce; ask any buyer that wants to connect to them to show you the clause it relies on. [Each buyer's Ingestion column](/buyers#index) shows its published method. Cancelling Google Workspace? Export first: see [how to cancel Google Workspace without losing your data](/guides/cancel-google-workspace-keep-data). ### 9. Warranties, indemnities and liability caps The seller warrants that it has the right to license the data, so most of the legal risk starts with you. Before you give that warranty, check: - **Customer contracts and data processing agreements,** which can restrict customer data sitting in your email and tickets. - **Third parties in the data:** vendors, customers and guests in shared channels. - **Employee privacy law where your staff sit.** Employee email or chat from staff based in the EU, UK or Canada, and client data from law, accounting, tax or health firms, usually need consent or anonymization first, and some cannot be licensed at all. - **Regulated data.** One US example: [26 U.S.C. § 7216](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/7216) makes it a misdemeanor for anyone in the business of preparing income tax returns to knowingly or recklessly disclose information furnished for a return, or use it for any other purpose, unless a listed exception or Treasury regulation permits it. - **Bankruptcy.** Under [11 U.S.C. § 363(b)(1)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/11/363), if a debtor gave individuals a policy against transferring their personally identifiable information to unaffiliated parties, and that policy was in effect when the case began, the trustee may sell or lease that information only consistently with the policy, or after a consumer privacy ombudsman is appointed and the court approves following notice and a hearing. Then balance the contract: - **Knowledge qualifiers.** Your warranties hold "to the seller's knowledge" and cover only the data you deliver. - **A cap on your liability,** for example the amount you received, with a fixed survival period. - **Mutual indemnities.** The buyer covers claims from its own misuse, any re-identification, its security breaches and any breach of platform terms by its collection method. - **Insurance.** Ask your broker whether your policies respond to claims arising from a data license. ### 10. Retention and deletion A license should say what happens to each copy: the raw extract, the de-identified dataset, subprocessor copies, backups and trained models. [Ooak Data](https://ooakdata.com/partner) publishes a specific clause: the raw archive "is deleted within 30 days of delivery," described as "a contract obligation, not a policy," with written confirmation, while "Only the anonymized dataset is retained for the licence term." Ask for a deletion deadline for raw data, deletion of the de-identified set at the end of the term, the same duties for subprocessors, a backup purge schedule and a signed certificate of deletion. Track your own copies too: an export file in a shared drive is still your responsibility. ### 11. Audit and reporting rights A promise you cannot check is worth less. Platform owners write these clauses for themselves: [Microsoft's API terms](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/microsoft-apis/terms-of-use) let it audit apps that use its APIs, including through "an independent auditor acting on our behalf." Ask for proportionate versions: - **Revenue share:** periodic statements and an audit right, with the buyer paying for the audit if it underpaid beyond an agreed margin. - **Use restrictions:** written compliance confirmation on request, incident notice within a fixed number of days and the deletion certificate. - **Onward transfers:** a current list of end licensees. ### 12. Confidentiality Confidentiality runs both ways. You want the buyer to keep your data, your name and the deal confidential. The buyer will usually want the same for its price and terms. Read that second part closely. A broad clause can stop you from showing the offer to your lawyer, accountant, board, investors, lenders, or a liquidator or trustee, and from comparing offers. Ask for carve-outs for advisers and anyone with a legal right to see the deal. If you send us an existing offer through [/get-offers](/get-offers), the form asks you to confirm you are allowed to share its terms. If you are not sure, describe the structure instead. ### 13. Referral fees in the chain Introductions in this market are often paid. Several buyers publish programs that pay whoever introduces a company: | Buyer | Published referral fee | Effect on your price | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Grepped | 10% of the Owner Payment, capped at US$100,000 per Deal | "never reduces the amount paid to the Owner" | [Grepped Referral Terms](https://grepped.ai/assets/grepped-referral-terms.pdf) | | Mode | Greater of 6% or $50,000 on a referrer's first five qualified deals, rising to 6.25% or $52,500 and then 6.5% or $55,000; 6% with no minimum for companies headquartered outside the US; only full-corpus licenses qualify | Fees "are not deducted from the Referred Company's offer" | [Mode Affiliate Referral Agreement](https://data.mode.inc/api/legal/pdf?id=c5662683-ba79-48df-b1c4-a4b5f0e14760) | | SourceX | 25% of the compensation SourceX actually pays the company, up to $100,000 per referred company | Reward "is never deducted from the supplier's agreed compensation" | [SourceX partner terms](https://refer.sourcex.si/terms) | | micro1 | Headline "earn $50,000"; FAQ "up to $50K per referral, depending on the size and value of the partnership" (the page also says "No cap on payouts") | Not stated | [micro1](https://www.micro1.ai/company-referral) | | Scale AI | "up to $50,000 bonus," paid only if Scale signs a partnership agreement | Not stated | [Scale AI](https://scale.com/data-partnership) | | Handshake AI | $10K, "paid when their deal closes" | Not stated | [Handshake AI](https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/referral/) | | Maryah | "10% of the total completed deal, subject to their partner agreement" | Not stated | [Maryah: Data partners](https://maryah.ai/data-partners) | | Turing | "Refer & Earn up to $10k"; no written terms published | Not stated | [Turing](https://lazarus.turing.com) | | Mercor | No amount on the public page: "When they become a paid partner, you get rewarded too." | Not stated | [Mercor](https://www.mercor.com/data/) | Referral fees are common. They do mean the person introducing you may earn different amounts depending on where you sign. Some programs require disclosure: [Grepped's terms](https://grepped.ai/assets/grepped-referral-terms.pdf) (clause 2.3) require referrers to tell the owner "that you may be paid for the introduction," and [Mode's agreement](https://data.mode.inc/api/legal/pdf?id=c5662683-ba79-48df-b1c4-a4b5f0e14760) (section 4.2) requires written disclosure before the company signs. Ask anyone in your chain, whether adviser, broker or comparison site: which buyers pay you for this introduction, how much, and does any of it come out of my price? An intermediary may itself be paid by a vendor or lab above it, so ask one level up too. Our own revenue model works the same way: buyers may pay us a referral fee when a company we introduced signs. The "Pays us" column in [the buyer index](/buyers) shows the status for every row, we name a paying buyer to you before any introduction, and [our disclosure page](/disclosure) has the full rules. ### Red flags None of these is proof of bad faith. Each is a reason to stop and ask before you sign. - No legal entity, address or governing law in the offer. - Payment on "acceptance," "review" or "selection" with no written criteria and no deadline. - Payment that waits on someone else paying first, with no outside date. - Exclusive, perpetual and one-time, with no non-exclusive price to compare. - A field of use of "any purpose," or unlimited resale and sublicensing. - Raw data leaves your environment before de-identification, and no one will name the standard or the subprocessors. - Requests for admin passwords, or for API access to Slack, Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 without addressing those platforms' terms. - No deletion deadline for the raw extract. - An uncapped indemnity from you while the buyer's liability is capped at a token amount. - Payment directed to a personal account instead of the company. - Someone in the chain will not say who pays them. - A signing deadline that leaves no time for a lawyer. ### Printable checklist Print this page or copy the table, then mark each line against the written offer, not the sales call. | Done | Clause | What a clear offer states in writing | |---|---|---| | ☐ | Grant | License to a copy; you keep ownership; sublicensing rules | | ☐ | Exclusivity | Exclusive or not, scope, duration, and the price of each option | | ☐ | Field of use | Permitted and prohibited uses; no re-identification | | ☐ | End buyer | Named end users, or your right to approve them; excluded parties | | ☐ | Term | Start, end, renewal, and what happens to trained models | | ☐ | Price structure | One-time, revenue share or both; base and deductions defined | | ☐ | Payment trigger | The exact event; acceptance criteria; deemed-acceptance deadline | | ☐ | Timing | Days from trigger to payment; outside date if pay-when-paid | | ☐ | Payee | The company's account; currency; tax treatment | | ☐ | Extraction | Who does it, with what access, at whose cost | | ☐ | De-identification | Written standard; where it happens; sample approval | | ☐ | Ingestion | Owner export or connector, per system; platform-terms warranty | | ☐ | Your warranties | Knowledge-qualified; limited to data delivered | | ☐ | Liability | Cap on your side; buyer indemnity for misuse and breaches | | ☐ | Deletion | Raw-data deadline; end-of-term deletion; certificate | | ☐ | Audit and reporting | Statements; audit right; incident notice | | ☐ | Confidentiality | Carve-outs for advisers, board, investors and creditors | | ☐ | Referral fees | Who is paid by whom, and whether it touches your price | | ☐ | Counterparty | Buyer's legal entity, governing law and dispute forum | ### Questions to ask every buyer Send these in writing and keep the answers with the offer. 1. What is your legal entity, where is it registered, and which law governs the agreement? 2. Who will use our data in the end, and may we approve each end user? 3. Is this offer exclusive? What is the non-exclusive price? 4. What exactly triggers payment, who decides it has happened, and by when? 5. If someone else pays you first, what is the latest date you will pay us regardless? 6. For each system, will you use our admin export or an API connection, and which platform terms does that rely on? 7. Where does de-identification happen, to which written standard, and can we approve a sample? 8. Which subprocessors will see raw data, and where are they? 9. When will the raw extract be deleted, and will you certify it? 10. May you keep using models trained on our data after the term ends? 11. May you resell or sublicense the data, and are we paid when you do? 12. For revenue share: a share of what, after which deductions, with what statements and audit rights? 13. What must we warrant, and what is our maximum liability? 14. What will you warrant about security, re-identification and platform compliance? 15. Can we share this offer with our lawyer, accountant, board and creditors? 16. Does anyone in this chain receive a referral fee, from whom, and how much? 17. How many companies like ours have you paid, and how long did signing to payment take? ### Next steps - Compare every buyer's published terms side by side in [the buyer index](/buyers). - If your company is closing, read [what to do with company data when you shut down](/guides/shutting-down-company-data) before you sign anything. - To compare offers, tell us what you have on [/get-offers](/get-offers). We never ask for data, credentials or exports. This checklist is general information as of October 18, 2026. It is not legal, tax or financial advice. Have a qualified lawyer review any data licensing agreement before you sign it. ### FAQ - Q: Is licensing company data the same as selling it? A: Not usually. In a license you keep ownership and the buyer gets defined rights to a copy, for a defined use and term. Some offers are written as a purchase of a copy, so read the grant, exclusivity and term clauses rather than the label on the first page. - Q: Should I take a one-time payment or a revenue share? A: A one-time payment suits a company that is winding down or needs cash now. A revenue share can pay more over time, but it needs an entity that can receive payments, read statements and enforce audit rights for years. When a buyer offers both, ask for both figures in writing. - Q: When does a data licensing buyer actually pay? A: When the trigger in the agreement is met. Published triggers include delivery, acceptance, review and written selection, and a revenue share pays only when the data is licensed onward. Get the trigger, the acceptance criteria and a payment deadline in writing before you sign. - Q: Can a buyer collect our data by connecting to Slack or Google Workspace? A: Ask before you allow it. Slack, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 each publish developer terms that limit what third-party apps may do with data pulled through their APIs, and an export run by your own administrator follows different rules. The ingestion section of this guide quotes those terms and links to each one. - Q: Does Data Licensing Index earn referral fees from buyers? A: That is our revenue model: a buyer may pay us a referral fee when a company we introduced signs a license. A paying buyer is marked on its row and named to you before any introduction, and fees never change a row's order or wording. Our disclosure page has the full rules. - Q: Is this guide legal advice? A: No. It is general information to help you find the clauses that decide what an offer is worth. Have a qualified lawyer review any data licensing agreement before you sign it. ### Sources - Slack: API Terms of Service (effective October 10, 2025): https://slack.com/terms-of-service/api (accessed 2026-10-18) - Slack Help Center: Export your workspace data: https://slack.com/help/articles/201658943-Export-your-workspace-data (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google Cloud Console Help: Application use cases (AI/ML and Workspace APIs): https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/13805798 (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google for Developers: Google Workspace API User Data and Developer Policy (last updated September 3, 2026): https://developers.google.com/workspace/workspace-api-user-data-developer-policy (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google Workspace Help: Export all your organization's data: https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data (accessed 2026-10-18) - Microsoft: Terms of Use for Microsoft APIs (last updated October 2025): https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/microsoft-apis/terms-of-use (accessed 2026-10-18) - Scale AI: Data Partnerships: https://scale.com/data-partnership (accessed 2026-10-18) - Mercor: Data: https://www.mercor.com/data/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Grepped: For businesses: https://www.grepped.ai/business/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Grepped: Referral Terms (effective October 13, 2026): https://grepped.ai/assets/grepped-referral-terms.pdf (accessed 2026-10-18) - SourceX: How it works: https://sourcex.si/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18) - SourceX: Partner terms (version 2026-10-12.2): https://refer.sourcex.si/terms (accessed 2026-10-18) - Appen: Enterprise Data: https://www.appen.com/enterprise-data (accessed 2026-10-18) - Labelbox Prism: https://prism.labelbox.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - SuperAnnotate: Data Partnerships: https://www.superannotate.com/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18) - Ooak Data: Partner: https://ooakdata.com/partner (accessed 2026-10-18) - Troveo: Business data: https://www.troveo.ai/business-data (accessed 2026-10-18) - Polyshares: https://polyshares.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Maryah: Homepage: https://maryah.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Maryah: Privacy policy: https://maryah.ai/privacy (accessed 2026-10-18) - Maryah: Data partners: https://maryah.ai/data-partners (accessed 2026-10-18) - Mode: Data: https://data.mode.inc/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Mode: Affiliate Referral Agreement v1.0: https://data.mode.inc/api/legal/pdf?id=c5662683-ba79-48df-b1c4-a4b5f0e14760 (accessed 2026-10-18) - Turing: Project Lazarus: https://lazarus.turing.com (accessed 2026-10-18) - micro1: Company referral: https://www.micro1.ai/company-referral (accessed 2026-10-18) - Handshake AI: Refer a company: https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/referral/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - 26 U.S.C. § 7216 (Cornell LII): https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/7216 (accessed 2026-10-18) - 11 U.S.C. § 363 (Cornell LII): https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/11/363 (accessed 2026-10-18) ## Cancel Google Workspace without losing your data URL: https://datalicensingindex.com/guides/cancel-google-workspace-keep-data Updated: 2026-10-18 Google's documentation says to export before you cancel: once a subscription is canceled or suspended, Gmail, Drive and Chat data is excluded from the admin Data Export tool, and Google warns the data is deleted and can't be restored. An export is ready no earlier than 48 hours after you start it, typically takes 72 hours and can take up to 14 days, and Google deletes its copy 60 days after the export starts. Start at least four weeks before your cancel date: the export alone can take 14 days, and you need time to fix errors and download the archive to storage you control. Then cancel. ### The short answer Export first, keep paying until the archive sits on storage you control, and only then cancel. Google's [Cancel Google Workspace](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/cancel-google-workspace) page warns that after you cancel, "your users' Google Workspace data will be deleted and can't be restored." The admin [Data Export tool](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data) needs "an active Google Workspace subscription" to export core services such as Gmail, Drive and Chat, and that data "is excluded from the export if your Google Workspace subscription is canceled or suspended." Timing is the part people underestimate. Google says an export is available [no earlier than 48 hours after you start it, typically takes 72 hours, and can take up to 14 days](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data). If you are on a monthly plan and want to cancel at the end of the month, start the export at least four weeks before that date. The export can take 14 days by itself, and you still need time to remediate errors and download the archive. Every requirement on this page comes from Google's own help centers, checked on October 18, 2026. Google's Workspace admin help now lives at knowledge.workspace.google.com, and older support.google.com/a links redirect there. If Google changes a rule, the linked page wins. Our [methodology](/methodology) explains how we check sources. ### Data Export tool, Takeout or Vault: which one to use Google offers three ways to get data out of Workspace. Only one of them is built to export a whole organization in one run. | | Data Export tool | Google Takeout | Google Vault | |---|---|---|---| | Who runs it | A [super admin account at least 30 days old, with 2-Step Verification on](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data) | [Each user, for their own account](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/users/advanced/allow-or-block-google-takeout) | A user assigned [Manage Matters, Manage Searches and Manage Exports privileges](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/vault/exports/export-data-from-vault), with a [Vault license](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/vault/getting-started/vault-overview) | | What it covers | The [whole organization](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data), including shared drives and admin-only data. [Exports for selected users leave out shared drives, Chat spaces and group messages](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/choose-the-workspace-data-you-want-to-export), and on most editions cover one user at a time | [One user's own data](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190) | [Copies of data that matched a search](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/vault/exports/export-data-from-vault) | | Edition | [All Google Workspace editions](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data) | [Allowed by default for Google Workspace](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/users/advanced/allow-or-block-google-takeout) | [Requires a Vault license](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/vault/getting-started/vault-overview) | | Output | [Zip files in a Google Cloud Storage bucket](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data) | [An archive delivered by email link, Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive or Box](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190) | [PST or mbox for Gmail, Groups and Chat](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/vault/exports/export-data-from-vault) | | How long it takes | [48 hours minimum, typically 72 hours, up to 14 days](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data) | [A few minutes to a few days](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190) | [Large exports can take hours; any export not done in 24 hours stops with partial results and can be continued](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/vault/exports/export-data-from-vault) | | How long you can download | [Deleted 60 days from the start of the export](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data) (Google-provided bucket) | [About 7 days and 5 downloads for an emailed link](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190); Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive and Box copies stay where they were saved | [15 days after you start the export](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/vault/exports/export-data-from-vault) | **The Data Export tool is the one for a company that is closing or leaving Google.** On the cancellation page, Google says ["the easiest way to download and export your users' data is to use the Data Export tool."](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/cancel-google-workspace) It exports [the same data users get from Takeout, plus data that only admins can reach](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data): files in shared drives, chat messages in rooms created by your users, data of ownerless groups, messages in admin quarantine, and deleted data that Vault retained or held. **Takeout is a personal tool.** It is useful when a founder or an employee wants a copy of their own account. It is not an organization export: a 40-person company would need 40 people to run it, and [suspended users can't use Takeout at all](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/users/advanced/allow-or-block-google-takeout). **Vault is for legal holds and eDiscovery, not backups.** Google's own overview says ["Vault isn't a data archive"](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/vault/getting-started/vault-overview) and that Vault doesn't retain anything until you set up retention rules. Since November 1, 2025, [admins need a Vault license to use it](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/vault/getting-started/vault-overview). It is included in Business Plus, Enterprise Standard and Enterprise Plus, among other editions. Use Vault when a lawyer needs specific mailboxes in PST format. Use the Data Export tool for the full archive. ### Prerequisites to check before you start Google lists these [requirements for the Data Export tool](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data). Check all of them on day one, because two cannot be fixed quickly: the 30-day age of the super admin account, and the support contact Google requires for more than 1,000 users. 1. **An active subscription.** Gmail, Drive and Chat data is excluded if the subscription is canceled or suspended. A card that stops working counts too: Google [suspends service if a monthly payment isn't fixed within 30 days](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/restore-a-suspended-subscription). So does an Annual Plan contract you do not renew, storage over your limit, or a domain bought through Google that expires: each can [suspend the subscription](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/restore-a-suspended-subscription). 2. **A super admin account at least 30 days old**, unless the whole organizational account is younger than 30 days. If the only person left to do the work has a brand-new account, use an older super admin account instead. 3. **2-Step Verification turned on** for the admin who starts the export. Only that admin needs it. 4. **Google Cloud turned on** for the admin accounts that will open the archive. The export lands in Google Cloud Storage, and Google says [you must have Google Cloud turned on to access exported data](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data). 5. **Contact Google support first if you are large.** Organizations with FedRAMP Authorization or [more than 1,000 users must contact Google Workspace support](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data) before using the tool. Also note the edition limits. On most editions you can run either [one full export plus one single-user export, or two single-user exports, at the same time, and you must wait 30 days between full exports](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/choose-the-workspace-data-you-want-to-export). Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Essentials Plus, Education Standard, Education Plus and Assured Controls have no minimum interval. That interval is one more reason to start early: on a Business edition there may be no quick second attempt at a full export. ### Step by step: export, verify, then cancel #### Phase 1: Protect the data you already have 1. **Keep the subscription paid.** Do not cancel, downgrade or let the card lapse until Phase 3 is done. Google says subscriptions [suspended for more than 60 days might be cancelled, and you might lose associated user data](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/restore-a-suspended-subscription). 2. **Do not delete departed employees yet.** A full export includes [licensed, suspended, archived and Vault Former Employee accounts](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data), but not deleted data unless Vault retained or held it. To transfer a deleted user's data, Google says you must [restore that user within 20 days of deletion](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/getting-started/options-to-preserve-former-employee-data), and it warns that deleting a user or a required license can mean [their data is irreversibly purged and no longer available to Vault](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/vault/getting-started/vault-overview). Suspend instead of delete. 3. **Do not create new accounts right before the export.** The tool skips [data for user accounts created within 24 hours before the export starts](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data). #### Phase 2: Run the export 4. **Confirm the prerequisites above**, including 2-Step Verification and Google Cloud access for the admin. 5. **Start the export.** In the Google Admin console, go to Menu > Data > Data import & export > Data export, click Set up new export, name it, and choose the scope: all user data for the entire organization, or specific users. Pick the entire organization. Google says exports for specific users [skip data that no single user owns](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/choose-the-workspace-data-you-want-to-export), such as shared drives, Chat spaces, group direct messages, Sites and secondary calendars, and on most editions a filtered export covers only one user. If you are asked for a bucket location, choose United States, Europe or No preference; EU companies usually pick Europe. Then click Start export. These are [Google's steps](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data), and Google says they work in all editions. 6. **Leave it running.** Once you click Start export, it [cannot be canceled or stopped in the Admin console](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data). Do not remove super admin rights from the person who started it: if that account loses them, ["the export may be canceled"](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data) and no data is exported. All super admins get an email when the export starts and when it completes. 7. **Read the status.** Google uses three: Failed means no data was exported, Errors means [some data is missing from the archive](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data), Complete means everything was exported. If you see Errors, run a remediation from Actions > Remediate. You can do that [for 20 days after the export completes, with a limit of three attempts](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/troubleshoot-a-data-export), and remediation does not reset the 60-day deletion clock. #### Phase 3: Download and check the archive 8. **Download everything to storage you control.** The Cloud Storage page only downloads one object at a time. For whole folders, Google points to the [gcloud storage command line tool](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data), for example `gcloud storage cp --continue-on-error --recursive` followed by your bucket's URI. Keep two copies in two places. 9. **Work out your real deadline.** Google deletes the exported data [60 days from the beginning of the export](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data), and some packets can be deleted before others. Google's rule: subtract the number of days the export took from 60. An export that took 10 days leaves you 50 days after it completes. 10. **Spot-check the contents.** The archive has [one folder per user, with zip files split by service and size](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data), such as Drive (Part 1) and Gmail (Part 1). Shared drive files belong to a service account named "Resource." Open a few users and the Resource folder before you go further. 11. **Export third-party app data separately.** Data in apps your team signs in to with Google [isn't deleted automatically when you cancel](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/cancel-google-workspace). Google says that if you will stop using those apps, export the user data you need from them and then delete it there; if you will keep using them, make sure people can still sign in after Workspace is canceled. 12. **Save billing records.** After you delete the organization's Google Account, [you can't access your billing records](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/delete-your-organizations-google-account). Download invoices and receipts now. #### Phase 4: Cancel 13. **Cancel the subscription.** In the Admin console, go to Menu > Billing > Subscriptions, click your subscription, then More > Cancel Subscription. Select a reason, click Continue, confirm, enter your email address and click Cancel My Subscription. You need the [Billing management privilege](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/cancel-google-workspace). If you bought through a reseller, signed up with a Gmail address, or pay through Google Play or Apple, Google sends you to a [different cancellation path](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/cancel-google-workspace). 14. **Decide whether to delete the organization's Google Account.** Cancelling [doesn't remove user accounts, groups or your organizational structure](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/cancel-google-workspace). Deleting the account [frees your domain within 24 hours](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/delete-your-organizations-google-account) and deletes all user accounts, groups and organizational units, which can't be restored. If you bought your domain while signing up for Workspace, [transfer its management to Squarespace before deleting](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/cancel-google-workspace), or you lose access to it. ### Timeline: from first export to deleted data Day 0 is the day you click Start export. | When | What happens | Source | |---|---|---| | Before day 0 | Super admin account must be at least 30 days old; 2-Step Verification and Google Cloud on | [Export all your organization's data](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data) | | Day 0 | Export starts; all super admins get an email; it can't be stopped in the Admin console | [Export all your organization's data](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data) | | Day 2 (48 hours) | Earliest the export becomes available | [Export all your organization's data](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data) | | Day 3 (72 hours) | Typical completion | [Export all your organization's data](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data) | | Day 14 | Longest duration Google states | [Export all your organization's data](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data) | | Up to 20 days after completion | Window to remediate errors, three attempts | [Troubleshoot a data export](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/troubleshoot-a-data-export) | | Day 30 | Earliest next full export on most editions | [Choose the Workspace data you want to export](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/choose-the-workspace-data-you-want-to-export) | | Day 60 | Google's deletion date for the export in its bucket, counted from the start of the export, not from completion; packets may be deleted at different times | [Export all your organization's data](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data) | | Cancel day | Gmail, Calendar and Meet stop; core data no longer exportable | [Cancel Google Workspace](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/cancel-google-workspace), [Export all your organization's data](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data) | | Cancel + 51 days | Last day to add a new subscription, if you kept the organization's account | [Cancel Google Workspace](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/cancel-google-workspace) | | Cancel + 84 days | Cancellation process finishes; resubscribing possible again (if you kept the account) | [Cancel Google Workspace](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/cancel-google-workspace) | | Up to 90 days | Deletion period if you chose "Delete users' data" (email-verified subscriptions) | [Cancel Google Workspace](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/cancel-google-workspace) | | Account deletion + 24 hours | Domain free for a new Google Account | [Delete your organization's Google Account](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/delete-your-organizations-google-account) | If the cause is an unpaid bill rather than a deliberate cancellation, a different clock runs: [30 days of failed monthly payment leads to suspension, and a subscription suspended for more than 60 days might be cancelled](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/restore-a-suspended-subscription). While suspended, the Data Export tool [excludes core service data](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data). ### What happens after you cancel **Services.** You [lose access to core services such as Gmail, Calendar and Meet](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/cancel-google-workspace). If you have Cloud Identity, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Keep stay available, but admin controls such as audits, reporting, sharing policies and alerts are removed, and shared drives become view-only. **Billing.** On the Flexible Plan, cancelling [immediately stops new charges](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/cancel-google-workspace). Google's example: cancel on the 15th and you are billed for half a month. On an Annual/Fixed-Term Plan, you are charged for the remaining balance of the contract. Outstanding charges are billed at the start of the next month. **Data.** Google's cancellation page says that after you cancel, [your users' Workspace data "will be deleted and can't be restored."](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/cancel-google-workspace) If you keep the organization's account and resubscribe within 51 days, Google says user accounts, groups and organizational units will still be available. It does not say that deleted mail or files return. Treat cancellation as the point of no return. **Email-verified subscriptions** get a choice during cancellation. ["Let users keep their data and delete my organization's account"](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/cancel-google-workspace) turns users into unmanaged consumer accounts that keep their My Drive data, deletes shared drives, groups and billing records, and means the organization waives any rights to own and manage the data. "Delete users' data" removes My Drive and shared drive data, a process that can take up to 90 days. Neither option gives the company a copy. The export does. ### Mistakes that lose data - **Cancelling, letting the annual contract lapse, or leaving a failed payment unfixed for 30 days before the export finishes.** Each cuts off core data from the [Data Export tool](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data). - **Deleting former employees to save license fees.** Deleted data is not exported unless Vault kept it. [Suspend or archive instead](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/getting-started/options-to-preserve-former-employee-data). - **Using Takeout as the company backup.** It covers one user, and it [doesn't include the admin-only data](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data) the Data Export tool adds. - **Treating Vault as an archive.** [Google says it isn't one](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/vault/getting-started/vault-overview), and deleting a user or a required license can make their data unavailable to Vault. - **Leaving the archive in Google's bucket.** It is [deleted 60 days after the export starts](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data), and [remediation does not extend that deadline](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/troubleshoot-a-data-export). If the company is closing, the Workspace export is one item on a longer list. Our guide to [what to do with company data when shutting down](/guides/shutting-down-company-data) applies the same export-first rule to Slack, Microsoft 365, Jira and Confluence, and code repositories. ### Your exported archive may have licensing value The archive you just downloaded holds years of email, chat, documents and calendars. Some AI data companies, brokers and marketplaces pay companies to license that kind of internal operating data. Our [buyers index](/buyers) lists who they are, with the payout model, the price range as published by the company, seller fees, minimum company size and how each one takes in data, with a source for every figure. Three things to know before you talk to anyone: 1. **Export first, decide later.** Nothing can be licensed once Google has deleted it, and Google's own copy of the export is [deleted 60 days after the export starts](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data). The copy you keep is the one that keeps the option open. 2. **How the data reaches a buyer matters.** Google's [Workspace API User Data and Developer Policy](https://developers.google.com/workspace/workspace-api-user-data-developer-policy) bars apps from using, transferring or selling data from Workspace APIs to create, train or improve any machine learning or AI model beyond that specific user's personalized model, and Google's [verification guidance](https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/13805798) says the restriction covers data that is aggregated, anonymized or derived. That is one reason the index records each buyer's ingestion method, owner export or connector. Ask any buyer in writing how they ingest Google data, and have counsel review your Google agreement, customer contracts, data processing agreements and employee notices. Our [offer checklist](/guides/data-licensing-offer-checklist) lists the questions. 3. **Some data needs extra care.** Employee email or chat from staff based in the EU, UK or Canada, and client data from law, accounting, tax or health firms, usually need consent or anonymization before anyone can license them. If you want to know what your archive could be worth, [take the free value check](/get-offers): headcount, systems, years of history and timeline. We never ask for data, credentials or exports. We estimate a range, name the buyers that fit, and you choose who, if anyone, gets an introduction. Our [disclosure](/disclosure) explains how we make money and what buyers can never buy, and our [methodology](/methodology) explains how the index is checked. ### FAQ - Q: Can I export Google Workspace data after I cancel? A: Not from the core services. Google's Data Export tool needs an active subscription to export Gmail, Drive and Chat data, and excludes that data if the subscription is canceled or suspended. Run and download the export first. - Q: How long does a Google Workspace data export take? A: Google says the export is available no earlier than 48 hours after you start it. It typically takes 72 hours but can take up to 14 days, depending on the size of the export. Plan for the full 14 days, plus time to fix errors and download the archive, before you cancel. - Q: How long can I download the export? A: If you use the Google-provided Cloud Storage bucket, Google deletes the exported data 60 days from the beginning of the export. Large exports are written in packets over several days, so Google tells you to subtract the number of days the export took from 60 to find your real deadline. - Q: Is Google Takeout enough to back up a company account? A: Takeout downloads one user's own account, and each user has to run it. The admin Data Export tool covers the whole organization and adds data only admins can reach, such as shared drives, chat rooms created by users, ownerless groups and Vault-retained data. For a company shutting down, Google points to the Data Export tool. - Q: What happens to my data when I cancel Google Workspace? A: You lose access to core services such as Gmail, Calendar and Meet, and Google says your users' Workspace data will be deleted and can't be restored. User accounts, groups and organizational units stay until you delete the organization's Google Account. If you choose to delete users' data on an email-verified subscription, deletion can take up to 90 days. - Q: Can I resubscribe after cancelling? A: If you keep the organization's Google Account, Google says you can add a new subscription within 51 days of canceling, or after 84 days when the cancellation process finishes. Google says user accounts, groups and organizational units will still be available. It does not say deleted mail or files come back. - Q: Can a Google Workspace export be licensed to AI companies? A: Some companies pay to license internal archives such as email, chat and documents; our buyers index lists their published terms, payout models and fees. Check customer contracts, data processing agreements and employee notices first. Employee email or chat from staff based in the EU, UK or Canada, and client data from law, accounting, tax or health firms, usually need consent or anonymization first, and we flag them before any introduction. ### Sources - Google Workspace Help: Export all your organization's data: https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google Workspace Help: Choose the Workspace data you want to export: https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/choose-the-workspace-data-you-want-to-export (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google Workspace Help: Troubleshoot a data export: https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/troubleshoot-a-data-export (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google Workspace Help: Cancel Google Workspace: https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/cancel-google-workspace (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google Workspace Help: Delete your organization's Google Account: https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/delete-your-organizations-google-account (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google Workspace Help: Restore a suspended subscription: https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/restore-a-suspended-subscription (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google Workspace Help: Allow or block Google Takeout: https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/users/advanced/allow-or-block-google-takeout (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google Account Help: How to download your Google data: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190 (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google Vault Help: Google Vault overview: https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/vault/getting-started/vault-overview (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google Vault Help: Export data from Vault: https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/vault/exports/export-data-from-vault (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google Workspace Help: Options to preserve former employee data: https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/getting-started/options-to-preserve-former-employee-data (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google for Developers: Google Workspace API User Data and Developer Policy: https://developers.google.com/workspace/workspace-api-user-data-developer-policy (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google Cloud Platform Console Help: Application Use Cases (Workspace API limited use and AI models): https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/13805798 (accessed 2026-10-18) ## Shutting down? What your Slack, email, Jira and code are worth, and who buys them URL: https://datalicensingindex.com/guides/shutting-down-company-data Updated: 2026-10-18 The most-reported shutdown data deals paid $10,000 to $100,000 per company, a range SimpleClosure gave Forbes in April 2026, though SimpleClosure now cites deals in the tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars and buyers publish their own ranges from $10,000 up to $5 million. Buyers want linked records of real work, such as Slack threads, tickets and code history, to build training environments for AI agents. The board, investors and creditors usually have a say, and once a company is in an ABC or Chapter 7, the assignee or trustee decides. Export first: Google's organization-wide Data Export needs an active subscription, and free Slack workspaces lose history older than one year. ### Why AI labs want a closing company's records A closing startup's Slack, email and code now have buyers. Demand for real company archives surged in 2025 as AI labs hit the limits of public and synthetic datasets, [MIT Technology Review reported on October 13, 2026](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/13/1145755/ai-labs-buying-data-from-dead-startups-to-train-models/). The main use is training AI agents to do office work. Labs build **reinforcement learning (RL) environments**, which TechCrunch describes as ["training grounds that simulate what an AI agent would be doing in a real software application"](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/21/silicon-valley-bets-big-on-environments-to-train-ai-agents/). The money behind them is large: in September 2025, [The Information reported, via TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/21/silicon-valley-bets-big-on-environments-to-train-ai-agents/), that Anthropic leaders had discussed spending more than $1 billion on RL environments over the following year. Epoch AI, which interviewed 18 people across environment startups and labs, calls enterprise workflows "a major growth area," puts typical task costs at [$200 to $2,000 per task](https://epoch.ai/gradient-updates/state-of-rl-envs), and cites one interviewee's estimate of around $300,000 for a high-fidelity replica of a product like Slack. A real archive is what makes those simulations realistic. Surge AI uses company data to build RL gyms where agents practice tasks such as debugging IT architecture or drafting appellate briefs, and its lead for this work told MIT Technology Review he looks for archives that include [disagreements and tricky judgment calls](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/13/1145755/ai-labs-buying-data-from-dead-startups-to-train-models/). SimpleClosure, which sells shutdown assets through its AssetHub, lists its buyers as including ["leading AI foundation labs, reinforcement learning environment builders"](https://simpleclosure.com/product/assethub/). One caveat belongs up front. The same MIT Technology Review piece notes that real archives avoid errors common in synthetic data, but that the size of the performance gain is unclear and no company has published comparison tests. Buyers quote wildly different numbers, Surge's lead told the magazine, because valuations rest on each buyer's "research theses". ### What sells and what does not SimpleClosure says buyers want [assets that "reflect how real products and services get built"](https://simpleclosure.com/product/assethub/): the spec, the ticket, the pull request, the release, the customer email. The more of that chain you can deliver, the more useful it is. | Usually sells | Usually does not, or is excluded | |---|---| | Slack or Teams history with real debate and decisions | HR files, performance reviews, medical leave threads | | Jira or Linear tickets linked to code | Data you processed for customers as their vendor | | Git repositories with full commit history | Privileged legal communications | | Docs, wikis, runbooks, SOPs | Tax, health or legal client files | | CRM and support tickets (de-identified) | Free Slack history already deleted | | Several years of history, mostly in English | Archives mostly in other languages, for buyers that require English | What the buyers say they value, in their own words: - **Variety and depth over volume.** Surge's lead told MIT Technology Review that one company's Slack history with enough variety [can be worth more than another company's Slack, email and calendars combined](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/13/1145755/ai-labs-buying-data-from-dead-startups-to-train-models/). - **Headcount, years and tool use.** Sunset, a wind-down service, values archives on headcount, years in operation, data volume and how the team used its tools, [per the same article](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/13/1145755/ai-labs-buying-data-from-dead-startups-to-train-models/). - **Reasoning, not just output.** Turing's Project Lazarus lists [decision-making, meaning the trade-offs and reasoning behind choices](https://lazarus.turing.com), next to code, tickets and runbooks. - **Size and language thresholds.** micro1 asks for [at least 30 employees and data that is mostly in English](https://www.micro1.ai/company-referral); its program for closed companies asks for [50+ peak employees and Slack or Teams data](https://jobs.micro1.ai/post/681c84e1-2628-4382-aeca-a50433f2f72d). Mode sets its floor at [30+ employees for most businesses](https://data.mode.inc/). Scale calls 40+ employees its ["preferred starting point"](https://scale.com/data-partnership). - **Code by volume.** Code-only buyers can price mechanically. pre.dev publishes [$100 per million source tokens and $40 per million git-history tokens](https://pre.dev/), with a worked example of $6,000 for one repository. MIT Technology Review reports that the firms supplying the data [employ data scientists to scrub personal information and exclude HR records](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/13/1145755/ai-labs-buying-data-from-dead-startups-to-train-models/), and that buyers say they scrub too. ### Published price ranges versus what shutdown deals close at Two sets of numbers circulate, and they measure different things. **What buyers publish.** These are ranges stated by each company on its own site, checked on October 18, 2026. They are ceilings and illustrations, not offers, and most are pitched at operating companies. | Buyer | Published range (as stated by the company) | Size stated | Payment timing stated | Winding-down or closed companies | |---|---|---|---|---| | [micro1](https://www.micro1.ai/company-referral) ([row](/buyers#micro1)) | $100K to $2M+ "for approved data packages" | 30+ employees | Not stated | Yes, separate [Defunct Company Data Partnership](https://jobs.micro1.ai/post/681c84e1-2628-4382-aeca-a50433f2f72d): 50+ peak employees, no longer operating | | [Mode](https://data.mode.inc/) ([row](/buyers#mode)) | $100K to $5M; its calculator "is illustrative, not a guaranteed offer" | 30+ (6+ legal; 10+ accounting, finance, medical) | About three months from first call to payment | Not stated | | [Handshake AI](https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/) ([row](/buyers#handshake-ai)) | $100K to $4M+ | [20+ full-time employees, 3+ years in operation](https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/license/) | Tied to delivery milestones | Not stated | | [Scale AI](https://scale.com/data-partnership) ([row](/buyers#scale-ai)) | $10K to $1M+ "illustrative value per data partnership" | 40+ preferred | Not stated | Not stated | | [Grepped](https://www.grepped.ai/) (New; [row](/buyers#grepped)) | $20K to $5M; "up to 6 figures per workspace" | Not stated | "As little as 7 days" | Not stated | | [Ooak Data](https://ooakdata.com/partner) ([row](/buyers#ooak-data)) | Up to $1M; closed deals from $20K to "several hundred thousand dollars" | Not stated | "2 to 4 weeks" (headline, process length not defined) | Yes, signed by directors, liquidators and administrators | | [Turing Project Lazarus](https://lazarus.turing.com) ([row](/buyers#turing)) | "Single payout of up to $1M" | Not stated | Not stated (valuation after sampling "usually within a week") | Yes, "operating and winding-down companies" | | [pre.dev](https://pre.dev/) (code only; [row](/buyers#pre-dev)) | $100 per million source tokens; $6,000 example per repo | Not stated | Net 15 after funds land | Not stated | | [SimpleClosure AssetHub](https://simpleclosure.com/product/assethub/) ([row](/buyers#simpleclosure-assethub)) | Deals "in the tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars" | Not stated | Not stated | Yes, and operating companies too | The full, sortable comparison with fees, ingestion method and sources for every cell is on [the buyer index](/buyers). **What shutdown deals have actually paid.** Reported transactions sit mostly at the low end of the published ranges: - SimpleClosure told Forbes it processed [nearly 100 deals in the prior year, with payouts of $10,000 to $100,000 per company](https://gizmodo.com/failed-companies-are-selling-old-slack-chats-and-email-archives-to-train-ai-2000747916) (as summarized by Gizmodo); [Forbes' lead example](https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2026/04/16/ais-new-training-data-your-old-work-slacks-and-emails/), cielo24, sold 13 years of Slack, Jira and email for ["hundreds of thousands of dollars"](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/04/18/014244/shuttered-startups-are-selling-old-slack-chats-emails-to-ai-companies). - One crypto founder received [about $25,000 for a codebase](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/13/1145755/ai-labs-buying-data-from-dead-startups-to-train-models/), with a workspace-data sale pending at an estimated $15,000. - SimpleClosure says AssetHub has handled [more than 150 deals and expects to return over $10 million](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/13/1145755/ai-labs-buying-data-from-dead-startups-to-train-models/) to startups by the end of 2026, and that [47% of its deals now include code or data sales](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/13/1145755/ai-labs-buying-data-from-dead-startups-to-train-models/). - Ooak Data says its closed deals range from [$20,000 to "several hundred thousand dollars"](https://ooakdata.com/partner) (company figures, not limited to shutdowns). Even the low end matters at closure. SimpleClosure's [H1 2026 Shutdown Report](https://simpleclosure.com/blog/insights/state-of-shutdowns-h1-2026) puts median cash at closure, among companies it closed, at $13,000 for non-AI companies and $30,000 for AI companies. The pool of sellers is also growing: estimates from Carta and AngelList show [shutdowns rising 26% to 56% a year](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/13/1145755/ai-labs-buying-data-from-dead-startups-to-train-models/); Carta alone counted [966 US startup shutdowns in 2024, up from 769 in 2023](https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/26/2025-will-likely-be-another-brutal-year-of-failed-startups-data-suggests), among its own customers. SimpleClosure's own CEO warns sellers that a headline figure ["doesn't tell you what this buyer will pay"](https://simpleclosure.com/blog/guides/how-real-are-those-million-dollar-data-offers/). Treat published ranges as a reason to ask, not a valuation. ### Who decides: board, investors, creditors, trustees The founder rarely decides alone. Who signs depends on where the company is in its wind-down. | Company status | Who approves or signs | Who gets paid first | |---|---|---| | Operating or winding down outside court (Delaware corporation) | The board. If the data and code are close to everything the company still owns, a sale may need stockholder approval: [section 271](https://delcode.delaware.gov/title8/c001/sc10/index.html) requires a majority of outstanding voting stock for a sale of all or substantially all assets. If you have venture debt or another secured loan, the lender's lien likely covers data and code, so get its written consent. | Creditors. On dissolution, [section 281(b)](https://delcode.delaware.gov/title8/c001/sc10/index.html) requires paying or reserving for claims before anything goes to stockholders. | | Venture-backed, any stage | The board plus any investor consent rights. In NVCA-form deals, preferred investors' class consent rights [typically cover "conducting any liquidation event"](https://www.faegredrinker.com/en/insights/publications/2022/9/cashing-in-getting-ready-for-your-series-a-round). | Creditors, then preferred holders per the charter. | | Assignment for the benefit of creditors (ABC) | The assignee. The company transfers ["all of its right, title, interest in, and custody and control of its property"](https://businesslawtoday.org/2015/11/assignment-for-the-benefit-of-creditors-effective-tool-for-acquiring-and-winding-up-distressed-businesses/) to the assignee, who acts as a fiduciary for creditors. | Creditors. | | Chapter 7 bankruptcy | The trustee, whose first duty is to ["collect and reduce to money the property of the estate"](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/11/704). If your privacy policy bars transfers, selling personal data needs a consumer privacy ombudsman and court approval under [11 U.S.C. 363(b)(1)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/11/363). | Creditors, in bankruptcy priority order. | Dissolving a Delaware corporation itself needs a board resolution and [a vote of a majority of the outstanding stock](https://delcode.delaware.gov/title8/c001/sc10/index.html) (section 275). If a data sale is on the table, put it on the same agenda so the approvals line up. Two practical points follow. First, MIT Technology Review reports that proceeds [typically go to senior creditors and investors, not employees](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/13/1145755/ai-labs-buying-data-from-dead-startups-to-train-models/); founders holding common stock are paid only after creditors and any preferred liquidation preference. Second, buyers check authority. Ooak Data says the signer is ["whoever holds signing authority for the entity at that moment"](https://ooakdata.com/partner) and asks for the authority document up front. Bankruptcy sales draw scrutiny. MIT Technology Review reported that Google outbid Mercor in Spirit Airlines' bankruptcy with a [$10 million bid for the airline's data, including 100 million emails, 500 million Teams messages and 176,000 employee records](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/13/1145755/ai-labs-buying-data-from-dead-startups-to-train-models/). [The Next Web reported on October 9, 2026](https://thenextweb.com/news/google-spirit-airlines-data-ombudsman-approval) that the sale still needed the bankruptcy court's approval, with a hearing set for October 14, after a consumer privacy ombudsman reviewed it and micro1 filed notice of a competing bid. Frankfurt Kurnit described the proposed sale as drawing [objections from the flight attendants' union and from a software vendor that says some of the data belongs to it](https://www.mondaq.com/selling-company-data-for-ai-training-what-to-know-before-you-say-yes/1851302). ### Timing: export before you cancel anything The most avoidable way to lose a data sale is to cancel the tools before exporting. Each platform has its own clock. | Platform | What happens when you cancel or downgrade | Source | |---|---|---| | Google Workspace | Core data is excluded from the organization-wide Data Export once the subscription is canceled or suspended. The export needs a super admin account at least 30 days old with 2-Step Verification, "typically takes 72 hours but can take up to 14 days," and is deleted 60 days after it starts. Organizations with more than 1,000 users should contact support first. | [Google Workspace Help](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data) | | Google Workspace (cancellation) | Step 1 of Google's own cancellation page is to download user data. Data "will be deleted and can't be restored." Resubscribing within 51 days keeps user accounts, groups and organizational units, not the deleted data; otherwise you wait until the process finishes at 84 days. | [Cancel Google Workspace](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/cancel-google-workspace) | | Slack, free plan | Since August 26, 2024, messages and files older than one year are deleted on a rolling basis, and Slack says they cannot be restored. | [Slack Help](https://slack.com/help/articles/29414264463635) | | Slack, export scope | Free and Pro exports cover public channels only; free exports include file links from the last 90 days only. Private channels and DMs need Business+ with an approved application, or Enterprise via Support. | [Slack Help](https://slack.com/help/articles/201658943-Export-your-workspace-data) | | Microsoft 365 | For most offers, a lapsed subscription is Expired for 30 days, then Disabled for 90 days with admin-only access; since February 9, 2026, license-based subscriptions bought directly under a Microsoft Customer Agreement skip Expired, so users lose access on the end date. After cancellation, data "might be deleted after 90 days and will be deleted no later than 180 days." Deleting the subscription outright removes SharePoint and OneDrive data immediately. | [Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/commerce/subscriptions/what-if-my-subscription-expires) | | Jira and Confluence (Atlassian Cloud) | After the paid period ends, the site stays accessible for 15 more days, then deactivates. Free plans deactivate immediately. | [Atlassian Support](https://support.atlassian.com/subscriptions-and-billing/docs/cancel-a-subscription/) | The rule is simple: keep every subscription active until you have a complete export, a signed license or a decision not to sell. A few more weeks of subscription fees cost far less than the smallest deals reported above. For the Google steps in detail, see [how to cancel Google Workspace and keep your data](/guides/cancel-google-workspace-keep-data). ### Step-by-step checklist 1. **Pause every cancellation.** Tell finance not to cancel Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack, Atlassian, GitHub or your CRM yet. Check that no auto-renewal is about to lapse. 2. **Confirm who can sign.** Get a board resolution that authorizes exploring a data license. Read your charter and investor agreements for consent rights. If an ABC or Chapter 7 filing is coming, talk to the assignee or trustee before you contact buyers. 3. **Inventory what you have.** List each system, its plan level, the years of history, peak headcount and the main language. This is what every buyer asks first. 4. **Read your own promises.** Pull the privacy policy and employee handbook in force when the data was collected, plus customer contracts, DPAs and NDAs. Mark anything that restricts transfer. 5. **Export with native admin tools.** Use Google's Data Export, Slack's own export (public channels on Free and Pro; Slack grants private-channel and DM exports on Business+ or Enterprise only on application, described as for legal and regulatory compliance, so state your purpose accurately), the Microsoft 365 admin tools, Atlassian backups and full git clones with history. Keep the exports encrypted and limit access to one or two people. 6. **Set aside what you will not sell.** HR and legal folders, customer data you processed as a vendor, and anything regulated. It is easier to exclude it now than to argue about it in diligence. 7. **Get several written offers from different end buyers.** Two intermediaries may resell to the same lab, so ask each one who the end buyer is. You can [ask us to compare buyers for you](/get-offers); we never ask for data, credentials or exports. 8. **Compare on terms, not headline price.** Use the comparison grid under How to compare offers below, or our [data licensing offer checklist](/guides/data-licensing-offer-checklist). 9. **Have counsel review the license and get final approval.** The board approves the signed version, and proceeds go through the creditor waterfall. 10. **Close out cleanly.** After delivery, get written confirmation that raw data was deleted on the agreed schedule, then cancel the subscriptions. ### Legal blockers to clear before you sign This is a map of the issues, not legal advice. Frankfurt Kurnit's October 2026 client note is a clear public summary, and most points below come from [that note](https://www.mondaq.com/selling-company-data-for-ai-training-what-to-know-before-you-say-yes/1851302). - **Your own privacy statements.** Companies "must comply with the privacy statements in effect when the data was collected." Quietly adopting looser terms may be "unfair or deceptive" in the FTC's eyes. - **California employees.** The CCPA covers employees, applicants and contractors, and transferring workplace data for money is a sale unless it meets the CCPA's de-identification definition. - **Labor law.** Employee chats about pay, scheduling and working conditions may be protected concerted activity under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act, unionized or not. - **Other companies' secrets.** Email and chat carry partners' and customers' confidential information under NDAs you may not be free to license. - **Customer contracts and DPAs.** If you processed data as a service provider, your customer agreements and DPAs decide whether it can be sold. Check them before anything else. - **Privilege and trade secrets.** A sale can waive privilege over legal communications and weaken trade secret protection. - **De-identification limits.** Scrubbing names from millions of messages is far harder than from a database, and a disciplinary thread stays sensitive without a name on it. **Platform terms decide how data should leave.** Slack's API terms bar third-party app providers from using API data ["to train a large language model"](https://slack.com/terms-of-service/api) and from bulk-exporting message data without an additional agreement. Google's [Workspace API User Data and Developer Policy](https://developers.google.com/workspace/workspace-api-user-data-developer-policy) bars using Workspace API data to "create, train, or improve a machine learning or artificial intelligence model beyond that specific user's personalized model", and Google's [verification guidance](https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/13805798) says this covers data that is aggregated, anonymized or derived. Ask every buyer in writing whether it ingests through your own admin export or through an API connection, and keep the answer with your records. **Regulated professions.** Tax preparers who knowingly or recklessly disclose return information commit a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of [up to $1,000 (up to $100,000 in identity-theft cases) and up to one year in prison](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/7216) under 26 U.S.C. 7216. Law firms risk privilege, and health businesses hold patient data. Data Licensing Index does not route client data from law, accounting, tax or health firms. **Staff in the EU, UK or Canada.** Sweden's data protection authority says an employer normally cannot use employee consent as a legal basis, because employees are not free to refuse ([IMY, in Swedish](https://www.imy.se/verksamhet/dataskydd/dataskydd-pa-olika-omraden/arbetsliv/tillaten-behandling--vilka-krav-galler/rattslig-grund/)). The EDPB's [Opinion 28/2024](https://www.edpb.europa.eu/documents/opinion-of-the-board-art-64/opinion-282024-on-certain-data-protection-aspects-related-to_en) addresses the processing of personal data in the context of AI models. Data Licensing Index does not route employee email or chat from staff based in the EU, UK or Canada. Code and documentation without personal data are a separate question for local counsel. ### How to compare offers Founders have little visibility into who buys their data and [little assurance that offers are fair](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/13/1145755/ai-labs-buying-data-from-dead-startups-to-train-models/). The fix is to put every offer on the same grid. | Term | What to ask | Why it matters | |---|---|---| | Counterparty | Which entity signs, which entity owes the money, and where the funds come from | SimpleClosure's CEO [recommends checking all three](https://simpleclosure.com/blog/guides/how-real-are-those-million-dollar-data-offers/), because a new company can borrow credibility from headline numbers | | End buyer | Who receives the data after the intermediary | Two intermediaries may resell to the same lab | | Payment trigger | Signature, delivery, acceptance or the buyer's own resale | SourceX states ["unselected submissions earn no payment"](https://sourcex.si/how-it-works); after written selection you invoice, and payment is due Net 60 from receipt | | Timing | Days from delivery to cash | Published timing runs from ["as little as 7 days"](https://www.grepped.ai/) (Grepped) to [about three months](https://data.mode.inc/) (Mode) | | Exclusivity | Exclusive or not, and for how long | SourceX makes exclusivity [perpetual by default](https://sourcex.si/how-it-works); pre.dev licenses code [non-exclusively by default](https://pre.dev/) | | De-identification | Who scrubs, where, and before or after data leaves you | Scale says it anonymizes ["inside your environment, before any data is extracted"](https://scale.com/data-partnership) | | Ingestion | Your admin export or an API connector | See the Slack and Google terms above | | Retention | When raw data is deleted, with written confirmation | Ooak Data deletes the raw archive [within 30 days of delivery](https://ooakdata.com/partner) | | Fees | What comes off your number, including any intermediary margin | Mode states it [charges no broker fee](https://data.mode.inc/); listing boards such as BuyMyDeadStartup charge sellers nothing and [buyers $1,500 a month](https://buymydeadstartup.com) | Also ask who is paid for the introduction. Several buyers pay referral fees to whoever brings them a company; micro1, for one, publishes [up to $50K per referral](https://www.micro1.ai/company-referral). That means an adviser steering you to one buyer may be paid by that buyer. Our own revenue model works the same way, so we mark every paying buyer on its row and name it to you before any introduction. See our [disclosure](/disclosure). ### How this guide was built Every figure above links to the page it came from, checked on October 18, 2026. Ranges are published by the companies themselves, and we have not verified any company's payout history. Our criteria and update schedule are on the [methodology page](/methodology). When you are ready, [tell us what you have](/get-offers) and we will compare buyers for your company. We never touch your data. ### FAQ - Q: Can a company that has already shut down still sell its data? A: Often yes, as long as the legal entity still exists, someone holds signing authority, and the data was exported before the tools were canceled. Ooak Data, for example, says it has closed deals signed by directors, liquidators and administrators. If the company is in an ABC or Chapter 7, the assignee or trustee signs, not the founder. - Q: How much does a shutting-down startup typically get for its data? A: SimpleClosure told Forbes its nearly 100 deals in the prior year paid out $10,000 to $100,000 per company, while Forbes' lead example, cielo24, sold 13 years of Slack, Jira and email for 'hundreds of thousands of dollars'. MIT Technology Review described one founder receiving about $25,000 for a codebase. Buyer websites publish higher ranges, but those are ceilings stated by the companies themselves, usually aimed at operating companies with 30 or more staff. - Q: Should we export Google Workspace before we cancel it? A: Yes. Google's Data Export tool excludes core services data once the subscription is canceled or suspended, needs a super admin account at least 30 days old with 2-Step Verification, and can take up to 14 days to finish. Run it while the subscription is active. - Q: Our Slack is on the free plan. Is our history still there? A: Only the last year, at most. Since August 26, 2024, Slack deletes messages and files older than one year from free workspaces on a rolling basis, and it says deleted content cannot be restored. Free and Pro exports also cover public channels only. - Q: Do employees have to consent before we license their Slack messages? A: In the US no federal law bans the sale, but you are bound by the privacy statements in force when the data was collected, the CCPA covers California employees, and some chats can be protected under the National Labor Relations Act. In the EU, regulators such as Sweden's IMY say employers normally cannot rely on employee consent. Data Licensing Index does not route employee email or chat from EU, UK or Canada-based staff. - Q: Can we license the same archive to more than one buyer? A: Only if the license is non-exclusive. Terms differ: SourceX makes exclusivity perpetual by default, while pre.dev licenses code non-exclusively by default. Check the exclusivity clause before you compare prices. - Q: Does Data Licensing Index get paid by the buyers in this guide? A: That is our revenue model: a buyer may pay us a referral fee when a company we introduced signs a license. A paying buyer is marked on its row and named to you before any introduction. Our disclosure page has the full rules. ### Sources - MIT Technology Review: AI labs are buying data from dead startups to train their models (Oct 13, 2026): https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/13/1145755/ai-labs-buying-data-from-dead-startups-to-train-models/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Forbes: AI's New Training Data: Your Old Work Slacks And Emails (Apr 16, 2026): https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2026/04/16/ais-new-training-data-your-old-work-slacks-and-emails/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Gizmodo: Failed companies are selling old Slack chats and email archives to train AI (Apr 17, 2026): https://gizmodo.com/failed-companies-are-selling-old-slack-chats-and-email-archives-to-train-ai-2000747916 (accessed 2026-10-18) - TechCrunch: Silicon Valley bets big on environments to train AI agents (Sep 2025): https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/21/silicon-valley-bets-big-on-environments-to-train-ai-agents/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Epoch AI: An FAQ on reinforcement learning environments (Jan 12, 2026): https://epoch.ai/gradient-updates/state-of-rl-envs (accessed 2026-10-18) - TechCrunch: 2025 will likely be another brutal year of failed startups (Carta data): https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/26/2025-will-likely-be-another-brutal-year-of-failed-startups-data-suggests (accessed 2026-10-18) - SimpleClosure: The H1 2026 Shutdown Report: https://simpleclosure.com/blog/insights/state-of-shutdowns-h1-2026 (accessed 2026-10-18) - SimpleClosure AssetHub product page: https://simpleclosure.com/product/assethub/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - SimpleClosure: How real are those million-dollar data offers? (Oct 1, 2026): https://simpleclosure.com/blog/guides/how-real-are-those-million-dollar-data-offers/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Slashdot, summarizing Forbes: Shuttered startups are selling old Slack chats and emails to AI companies (Apr 18, 2026): https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/04/18/014244/shuttered-startups-are-selling-old-slack-chats-emails-to-ai-companies (accessed 2026-10-18) - The Next Web: Privacy official recommends approval of Spirit Airlines data sale to Google (Oct 9, 2026): https://thenextweb.com/news/google-spirit-airlines-data-ombudsman-approval (accessed 2026-10-18) - Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz via Mondaq: Selling Company Data For AI Training (Oct 6, 2026): https://www.mondaq.com/selling-company-data-for-ai-training-what-to-know-before-you-say-yes/1851302 (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google Workspace Help: Export all your organization's data: https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google Workspace Help: Cancel Google Workspace: https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/cancel-google-workspace (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google for Developers: Google Workspace API User Data and Developer Policy: https://developers.google.com/workspace/workspace-api-user-data-developer-policy (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google Cloud Console Help: Workspace API user data policy (AI model training restriction): https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/13805798 (accessed 2026-10-18) - Slack Help: Updates to message and file history on free workspaces: https://slack.com/help/articles/29414264463635 (accessed 2026-10-18) - Slack Help: Export your workspace data: https://slack.com/help/articles/201658943-Export-your-workspace-data (accessed 2026-10-18) - Slack API Terms of Service (effective Oct 10, 2025): https://slack.com/terms-of-service/api (accessed 2026-10-18) - Microsoft Learn: What happens to my data when my Microsoft 365 for business subscription ends?: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/commerce/subscriptions/what-if-my-subscription-expires (accessed 2026-10-18) - Atlassian Support: Deactivate a subscription: https://support.atlassian.com/subscriptions-and-billing/docs/cancel-a-subscription/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - 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EDPB Opinion 28/2024 on personal data in AI models (Dec 18, 2024): https://www.edpb.europa.eu/documents/opinion-of-the-board-art-64/opinion-282024-on-certain-data-protection-aspects-related-to_en (accessed 2026-10-18) - micro1: Company data partnership referral page: https://www.micro1.ai/company-referral (accessed 2026-10-18) - micro1: Defunct Company Data Partnership (posted Oct 8, 2026): https://jobs.micro1.ai/post/681c84e1-2628-4382-aeca-a50433f2f72d (accessed 2026-10-18) - Mode: data licensing page: https://data.mode.inc/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Handshake AI: Data Partnerships: https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Handshake AI: License your data: https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/license/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Scale AI: Data Partnership: https://scale.com/data-partnership (accessed 2026-10-18) - Grepped: homepage: https://www.grepped.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Ooak Data: Partner page: https://ooakdata.com/partner (accessed 2026-10-18) - Turing: Project Lazarus: https://lazarus.turing.com (accessed 2026-10-18) - pre.dev: Code licensing: https://pre.dev/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - SourceX: How it works: https://sourcex.si/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18) - BuyMyDeadStartup: homepage: https://buymydeadstartup.com (accessed 2026-10-18) ## Who buys company data for AI training: the 2026 buyer index URL: https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers Updated: 2026-10-18 Published ranges are set by the companies themselves: [Scale AI](https://scale.com/data-partnership) states "$10K–$1M+ illustrative value per data partnership", [micro1](https://www.micro1.ai/company-referral) "$100K-$2M+ for approved data packages" and [Mode](https://data.mode.inc/) "$100K–$5M". Two companies that publish figures from closed deals report lower numbers: [Ooak Data](https://ooakdata.com/partner) says its deals "range from $20K, the smallest closed, to several hundred thousand dollars", and [SimpleClosure](https://simpleclosure.com/product/assethub/) says it has helped facilitate deals "in the tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars for unique assets". None of these ranges is an offer, and no buyer can pay to appear here or to change its row. ### How to read the index Each row below is one company that says, on its own website, that it buys, brokers or lists internal operating data from businesses: team chat, email, support tickets, code, CRM records and documents. We record what the company publishes, link the page we read and date the check. Every row was last checked on October 18, 2026. We do not grade offers we have not seen, and we do not estimate what your data is worth. The columns, types and tiers are explained under the table. ### Columns, types and tiers #### The columns | Column | What it records | | --- | --- | | Buyer | The company's name, linked to the page we read. Each row has its own anchor, so you can link straight to it. | | Type | AI data company, broker or intermediary, marketplace, or shutdown service. Definitions below. | | Tier | Established or new, with a short factual reason. A track-record label, not a rating. | | Payout model | One-time license, revenue share, commission on sale, mixed, or not published. | | Published range | The payout range in the company's own words, exactly as it states it. | | Seller fee | What the company says it charges you, the seller. | | Min size | The smallest company it says it works with, usually by headcount. | | Ingestion | How data reaches the buyer: your own export, a connector or OAuth link, both, or not published. | | Pays us | Whether the company pays Data Licensing Index a referral fee. See [disclosure](/disclosure). | #### The four types - **AI data company.** Licenses data from businesses and supplies it to AI labs, usually after removing names and identifiers. It is the counterparty on the contract you sign. - **Broker or intermediary.** Finds a buyer for your data and manages the deal. The company that ends up with your data may not be named. - **Marketplace.** You list a description of your data and buyers license it through the platform. The marketplace takes a commission or charges buyers for access. - **Shutdown service.** Helps companies wind down and sells or licenses what is left, including code and workspace data. Some companies describe more than one role. [Anthroly](https://anthroly.com), for example, calls itself "Data lab · Buyer · Broker". When that happens we use the role the company states for the contract you would sign. #### Tiers "Established" and "new" describe how much public track record a company's seller program has, not how good its offers are. "New" is not a warning in itself. Each row gives its reason in a few words, such as the year the domain was registered or whether a legal entity is named. The full test is on [our methodology page](/methodology). #### Every range is self-reported Every figure in the Published range column is published by the company. We have not seen the contracts or bank records behind them. Several come from calculators that the companies themselves call non-binding. [Mode](https://data.mode.inc/) says its calculator "is illustrative, not a guaranteed offer", and [Nyne](https://nyne.ai/data-partnerships) says of its estimate: "This figure is indicative and not an offer." Nyne's estimator also shows a different range each time the page loads, even for the same inputs, so we do not list its output as a range. [Handshake AI's estimator](https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/), for the same default company of 100 employees and 10 years, shows bands from "up to $100,000" to "$684,000–$2,174,000+" depending on the country selected. "Not published" means we looked for the figure on the company's own pages on the check date and did not find it. It does not mean the company refuses to say. Ask. ### Payout models compared Payout models in the index fall into three groups, plus mixes of them. The headline number matters less than three other things: when the money arrives, what you give up to get it, and what has to happen between signing and payment. | | One-time license | Revenue share | Marketplace or listing board | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | How you are paid | A fixed sum for a defined dataset | A share of each license the intermediary sells | The sale price, minus the marketplace's cut, or the buyer pays a fee on top or a subscription for access | | When money arrives | On the contract schedule, usually after delivery and acceptance | Each time a license sells, with no fixed date | When a sale closes | | What is certain | The amount, once signed | Your percentage, not the total | Nothing until a buyer commits | | Published examples | [Mode](https://data.mode.inc/), [SourceX](https://sourcex.si/how-it-works), [Polyshares](https://polyshares.com/) | [Troveo](https://www.troveo.ai/business-data), [Maryah](https://maryah.ai/) (as an option) | [Aribase](https://aribase.com/sell), [BuyMyDeadStartup](https://buymydeadstartup.com), [SimpleClosure](https://simpleclosure.com/product/assethub/), [Korra](https://korra.io) | #### One-time license You agree a price for a defined set of records, deliver it, and get paid once. [Mode](https://data.mode.inc/) states: "Mode buys the agreed copy directly and charges no broker fee. Your written agreement sets the amount and payment schedule before export." [Mercor](https://www.mercor.com/data/) says payment "is issued via wire transfer upon delivery of the anonymized dataset to the buyer" and that Mercor covers extraction, anonymization and transfer, with "no upfront costs, setup fees, or deductions from the payment." [SourceX](https://sourcex.si/how-it-works) "usually pays a one-time fee for the dataset in the agreement" and adds: "There are no royalties or usage fees." [Polyshares](https://polyshares.com/) states that "Typical deals run $100K to $2M and above." The fixed sum is fixed only for what the buyer accepts. [Nyne](https://nyne.ai/data-partnerships) states: "Once your dataset is delivered and accepted, you receive payment as outlined in your partnership agreement." SourceX is explicit about the downside: "Unselected submissions earn no payment," and "Partial selection requires a mutually agreed reduced fee." Read the acceptance clause before you read the price. #### Revenue share An intermediary licenses your data to several buyers and pays you a share of each sale. [Troveo](https://www.troveo.ai/business-data) describes its model as "paying you on every sale, not just the first", and states that "ownership never transfers". The page we read does not give the percentage split. [Maryah](https://maryah.ai/) offers both models and describes the trade-off in its own words. A one-time payment is "Usually a lower total than the potential from revenue share." A revenue share has "Potential to earn more, but no guaranteed amount or timing." If you are offered a share, get these in writing: the percentage, what counts as revenue, who sets the price of each resale, how often you receive statements, whether you can audit them, and how long the share lasts. #### Hybrid models Some programs combine an upfront fee with later payments. [Labelbox Prism](https://prism.labelbox.com/) states: "You receive an upfront licensing fee at signing plus a revenue share on downstream use." [SuperAnnotate](https://www.superannotate.com/data-partnerships) pays "on delivery, and on each relicense." [Scale AI](https://scale.com/data-partnership) answers its own question "Is this revenue recurring?" with "Yes, Scale designs its partnerships so there's opportunity for recurring revenue." Labelbox Prism and SuperAnnotate appear as "mixed" in the index. Scale's row stays "Not published" because it does not say how the recurring part is paid. #### Marketplaces and listing boards On a marketplace or listing board you describe what you hold, and the platform puts it in front of buyers. Who pays the platform varies, and several do not publish a percentage: - [Aribase](https://aribase.com/sell): "Free until you license. Aribase is paid out of a closed license." No percentage on the page we read. - [SimpleClosure AssetHub](https://simpleclosure.com/product/assethub/): "There's no upfront cost to use AssetHub. SimpleClosure only takes a percentage if your assets are successfully sold or licensed." No percentage stated. - [Korra](https://korra.io): "No fees to you. The buyer pays." - [BuyMyDeadStartup](https://buymydeadstartup.com): "No fee, no commission" for sellers, and it says no sale money passes through it. Buyers pay "$1,500 per month" for access to listings. General dataset marketplaces outside this index publish rate cards that give a reference point. [Opendatabay's schedule](https://www.opendatabay.com/legal/fees) runs from 30% on sales of $1 to $100 down to 5% on sales of $250,001 and above, and [Datarade's](https://providers.datarade.ai/apply) commission-only plan is "$0 / year + 30% commission". #### Exclusivity changes the price Two offers for the same records are not comparable if one is exclusive and the other is not. [SourceX](https://sourcex.si/how-it-works) states: "As standard, exclusivity is perpetual," adds that if you push back "a 24-month or 12-month term can be agreed instead," and says "non-exclusive licensing is available at a substantially lower price." Labelbox Prism licenses are "exclusive by default." [pre.dev](https://pre.dev/) takes the opposite default for code: "Non-exclusive by default," so a repository "can pay more than once." [Aribase](https://aribase.com/sell) puts the trade-off plainly: non-exclusive licenses "can go to several buyers, and each deal pays you again," while "Exclusive terms command higher prices." Before comparing prices, line up exclusivity, term, territory and what happens after termination. [Our offer checklist](/guides/data-licensing-offer-checklist) walks through each clause. ### Who fits which buyer Buyers publish entry criteria: headcount, years of history, country, language and company status. Check yourself against them before you book a call. | Your situation | Published criteria match | What they publish | | --- | --- | --- | | Shut down or winding down | SimpleClosure AssetHub, Ooak Data, BuyMyDeadStartup (New: no legal entity published) | SimpleClosure: companies winding down "may choose to pursue licensing or sale" ([source](https://simpleclosure.com/product/assethub/)). Ooak: deals signed by "a director, a liquidator or an administrator" ([source](https://ooakdata.com/partner)). BuyMyDeadStartup: listings from companies "that have stopped trading" ([source](https://buymydeadstartup.com)). | | Operating, 20 to 29 full-time staff | Handshake AI, Nyne | Handshake: "20+ full time employees & 3+ years in operation" ([source](https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/license/)). Nyne: "20+ full-time U.S. W-2 employees" ([source](https://nyne.ai/data-partnerships)). | | Operating, 30 or more staff | micro1, Maryah (New), Mode | micro1: "30+ employees" ([source](https://www.micro1.ai/data-partnerships)). Maryah: "more than 30 employees, at least three years in business and records in English" ([source](https://maryah.ai/)). Mode: "30+ for all other businesses or nonprofits" ([source](https://data.mode.inc/)). | | 40+ staff (Scale, preferred) or 50+ at peak (SourceX) | Scale AI, SourceX (New) | Scale: "40+ employees is our preferred starting point", assessed "case-by-case" ([source](https://scale.com/data-partnership)). SourceX: "50+ full-time employees at peak (contractors excluded)" ([source](https://sourcex.si)). | | Fewer than 20 people | Polyshares, SuperAnnotate, Ooak Data | Polyshares: "The length and texture of the record matter more than headcount or revenue" ([source](https://polyshares.com/)). SuperAnnotate: "Any size, any industry, anywhere" ([source](https://www.superannotate.com/data-partnerships)). Ooak's estimator starts at "1-10" people at peak ([source](https://ooakdata.com/partner)). | | Code only | pre.dev | "$100 /M tokens" of source and "$40 /M tokens" of git history, with an example of "$6,000 per repo" on a non-exclusive license ([source](https://pre.dev/)). | | You want income over time | Troveo, Labelbox Prism, Maryah (New), Scale AI | Revenue share or upfront fee plus share, as quoted in the payout section above. | | Headquartered outside the US | micro1, SourceX (New) | micro1: "current demand is strongest for companies based in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada" ([source](https://www.micro1.ai/data-partnerships)). SourceX "prioritizes companies in the U.S." and also works with Canada and the EU, and with the UK and other listed countries "when at least 90% of their data is in English" ([source](https://sourcex.si)). For staff in the EU, UK or Canada we route only code and records without personal data (see below). Anthroly (New): "We do not buy from companies headquartered outside the United States" ([source](https://anthroly.com)). | | Records mostly not in English | Ask first | micro1 is "primarily looking for companies that operate in English" ([source](https://www.micro1.ai/data-partnerships)). Maryah (New): "Other languages are welcome alongside English" ([source](https://maryah.ai/)). | A match is not a recommendation. Check the tier and its reason in the index before you share anything. Mode also lists lower minimums for regulated professions: "6+ for legal; 10+ for accounting, finance, and medical" ([source](https://data.mode.inc/)). Read the next section before you act on that. Three cautions apply to every row in this table. 1. **A fit on paper is not an offer.** Published criteria are a filter, not a promise. [Maryah](https://maryah.ai/), for one, says it reviews each business before approaching buyers "and an offer is not guaranteed." 2. **Different intermediaries can lead to the same end buyer.** Three offers may trace back to one AI lab or data company. [Polyshares](https://polyshares.com/) states that "we do not disclose which labs take which data". Ask each party who will end up with the data before you treat their offers as competing. 3. **In a wind-down, the company signs and the company is paid.** [Ooak Data](https://ooakdata.com/partner) states: "Payment goes to the entity, not to individuals." [Our shutdown guide](/guides/shutting-down-company-data) covers the order of steps. ### What disqualifies data Some data should not be licensed at any price, and some needs work before it can be. Employee email or chat from staff based in the EU, the UK or Canada, and client data from law, accounting, tax or health firms, are the hardest cases. The rest is law and contract that apply to you no matter who you work with. This section explains what we flag. It is not legal advice. #### Employee communications from staff in the EU, the UK or Canada A Slack thread or an email chain holds the personal data of everyone in it, including people who never agreed to its reuse. In the EU, reusing personal data for a purpose other than the one it was collected for has to pass a compatibility test under [Article 6(4) of the GDPR](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj). The European Data Protection Board's [Opinion 28/2024](https://www.edpb.europa.eu/documents/opinion-of-the-board-art-64/opinion-282024-on-certain-data-protection-aspects-related-to_en) addresses when legitimate interest can support AI development and whether models trained on personal data can be treated as anonymous. The UK applies its own version of the GDPR, with [specific guidance on employment data](https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/employment/) from the ICO. In Canada, private-sector privacy is split between federal and provincial law, as the [Office of the Privacy Commissioner explains](https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/privacy-topics/privacy-laws-in-canada/the-personal-information-protection-and-electronic-documents-act-pipeda/pipeda_brief/). We have not found a regulator decision that clears licensing workplace messages for AI training in any of these places, so we leave them out. Code, product documentation and records that contain no personal data are a separate question, and we do route those. #### Client data in law, accounting, tax and health firms These firms hold client information under duties that do not end because the data is old: - **Tax.** Under [26 U.S.C. § 7216](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/7216), a tax preparer who "knowingly or recklessly" "discloses any information furnished to him for, or in connection with, the preparation of any such return" is guilty of a misdemeanor. - **Health.** Under [45 CFR § 164.502](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/45/164.502), a covered entity or business associate "may not use or disclose protected health information, except as permitted or required by this subpart". - **Law.** [ABA Model Rule 1.6(a)](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_6_confidentiality_of_information/) states that "A lawyer shall not reveal information relating to the representation of a client unless the client gives informed consent", subject to narrow exceptions. From these firms we route only the firm's own internal operations data, never client files, client correspondence or return information. #### Privileged material in any company Legal advice also sits in ordinary inboxes, board threads and Slack channels. Sharing privileged communications with a third party can waive the privilege. [Federal Rule of Evidence 502](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/rule_502) limits the scope of a waiver only for disclosures made in a federal proceeding or to a federal agency, so it offers no protection for a data sale. Carve out legal, HR investigation and board material before anything is exported. #### Data that is not yours to license - **Customer data under contract.** If your customer agreements or data processing agreements limit how you may use their data, those limits apply to every support ticket and shared file that contains it. - **Shared channels.** Channels shared with other organizations contain their messages, not only yours. - **Client-owned work.** Code and deliverables built for clients under work-for-hire or assignment terms may belong to the client. - **Bankruptcy estates.** Under [11 U.S.C. § 363(b)(1)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/11/363), if the debtor's privacy policy prohibited transferring personally identifiable information, the trustee "may not sell or lease personally identifiable information" unless the sale is consistent with that policy or a court approves it after a consumer privacy ombudsman is appointed. ### Platform terms: ask how the buyer ingests your data How data leaves your systems matters as much as who receives it. Two widely used sources, Google Workspace and Slack, restrict how third-party apps may use data obtained through their APIs for AI training. Google's [Workspace API User Data and Developer Policy](https://developers.google.com/workspace/workspace-api-user-data-developer-policy), last updated September 3, 2026, lists among prohibited uses: > "Transferring, selling, or using user data to create, train, or improve a machine learning or artificial intelligence model beyond that specific user’s personalized model for the appropriate use case or user-facing feature." Google's [help page for apps under OAuth verification](https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/13805798) adds that the restriction covers "a foundational machine learning or artificial intelligence model" and that it "applies equally to the raw data obtained from the scopes AND data aggregated, anonymized, or derived from the scopes." Anonymizing data obtained through these APIs does not take it outside the rule. Slack's [API Terms of Service](https://slack.com/terms-of-service/api), effective October 10, 2025, say that a provider of an app offered for use outside its own organization may not "use API Data to train a large language model" or "bulk export Slack message and file data except where expressly allowed by an additional agreement". For the Data Access and Real-Time Search APIs, a third-party app provider "may not create persistent copies, archives, indexes, or long-term data stores of other organizations’ API Data." #### What these terms cover Both documents govern apps that reach your data through the platforms' APIs. A company's own admin export, such as [Google's Data Export tool for Workspace](https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data) or [Slack's workspace export](https://slack.com/help/articles/201658943-Export-your-workspace-data), is a different route. Whether licensing that export for AI training is permitted under your own customer agreement with Google or Slack is a question for your counsel. We have not found a public statement from either company that answers it. Exports also have plan limits. On Slack's Free and Pro plans, the standard export covers messages and file links from public channels. Private channels and direct messages require Business+ or Enterprise, and the owner must apply to Slack to use those exports. On the Free plan, file links cover only the last 90 days ([Slack](https://slack.com/help/articles/201658943-Export-your-workspace-data)). If you are closing a Google Workspace account, [our guide](/guides/cancel-google-workspace-keep-data) covers what to export before you cancel. #### How buyers describe ingestion Buyers describe their pipelines in different ways: - [Mercor](https://www.mercor.com/data/): "Choose from 100+ supported tools and link your accounts." - [Grepped](https://www.grepped.ai/): "Your team’s tools, connected read-only." - [Labelbox Prism](https://prism.labelbox.com/): "Read-only connectors to your existing stack", and also "Most teams can export the needed operational data with existing tools." - [Scale AI](https://scale.com/data-partnership): "Scale anonymizes everything inside your environment, before any data is extracted." A connector alone does not tell you whether a platform term is affected. That depends on which API it calls, under which terms, and whether the buyer holds a separate agreement with the platform. None of that is on these pages, which is why the index has an Ingestion column. We are not saying that any listed buyer breaches these terms. We have not seen their agreements with Google or Slack. We have not yet reviewed the API terms of Microsoft 365 and Teams, Atlassian, Zendesk, HubSpot or Salesforce for similar clauses. Until we have, treat each as an open question. #### Questions to ask any buyer before you sign 1. Will our data reach you through our own admin export or through a connector you operate? Which systems go which way? 2. If a connector: whose credentials, which permission scopes, and do you have an agreement with that platform that allows AI training use? 3. Who receives the data after you, and do they get raw or de-identified records? 4. Is the license exclusive, for how long, and does it survive termination? SourceX, for example, states that its license "is permanent and survives termination of the agreement" once the fee is paid ([source](https://sourcex.si/how-it-works)). 5. What happens to the raw copy after delivery? Ooak Data says it is "deleted within 30 days of delivery" ([source](https://ooakdata.com/partner)). 6. Are we paid on signature, on delivery, on acceptance, or when your end buyer pays you? If you want help putting these questions to several buyers at once, [tell us what you have](/get-offers). We compare the buyers that fit, you choose who hears from you, and we never ask for data, credentials or exports. How we pick and check rows is on [our methodology page](/methodology), and who pays us, which today is no one, is on [our disclosure page](/disclosure). ### FAQ - Q: Does any buyer in this index pay Data Licensing Index? A: Some may. Our revenue model is referral fees that buyers pay when a company we introduced signs a license. The Pays us column shows the current status on every row, a fee never changes a row's order or wording, and [our disclosure](/disclosure) explains the rules. - Q: Are the published ranges offers? A: No. Each range is published by the company itself and copied as written. Several companies label their calculators as non-binding: [Mode](https://data.mode.inc/) calls its calculator "illustrative, not a guaranteed offer". What you are offered depends on what you have, how far back it goes, what you are allowed to license and on what exclusivity terms. - Q: Which pays more, a one-time payment or a revenue share? A: No public data answers this yet. [Maryah](https://maryah.ai/), which offers both, describes a one-time payment as "usually a lower total than the potential from revenue share" and a revenue share as having "no guaranteed amount or timing". A fixed sum is certain once signed. A share depends on how many licenses sell. - Q: How long does it take to get paid? A: Published timelines differ. [Mercor](https://www.mercor.com/data/) says payment "typically occurs within 2-4 weeks of the signed agreement". [Mode](https://data.mode.inc/) expects "about three months from the first conversation through payment". [SourceX](https://sourcex.si/how-it-works) pays "Net 60" from receipt of an invoice, which you can send only after its written selection of your data. - Q: Can we license the same data to more than one buyer? A: Only if your contract is non-exclusive. [SourceX](https://sourcex.si/how-it-works) states: "As standard, exclusivity is perpetual," though it adds that if you push back "a 24-month or 12-month term can be agreed instead." By contrast, [pre.dev](https://pre.dev/) licenses code "non-exclusive by default". Compare offers on the same exclusivity terms, or you are comparing different products. - Q: Our staff work in Europe. Can we still take part? A: Often, but employee email or chat written by staff based in the EU, the UK or Canada needs extra care: it usually needs consent or anonymization first, and some of it cannot be licensed at all. Code, product documentation and other records without personal data are a separate, easier question. The details are in the section on what disqualifies data, below the index. - Q: Is it legal to license our company's Slack and email? A: It depends on where your staff are, what your customer contracts say, what kind of firm you are and how the data leaves your systems. This page explains the rules the index applies. It is not legal advice, so talk to your own counsel before you sign. - Q: Do you need access to our data? A: No. We never ask for data, credentials or exports. [The intake form](/get-offers) asks only about your company, your systems, your constraints and your timeline, and we share your details only with buyers you approve. ### Sources - Scale AI, Data Partnerships: https://scale.com/data-partnership (accessed 2026-10-18) - micro1, referral program page (the only page stating the $100K-$2M+ company range): https://www.micro1.ai/company-referral (accessed 2026-10-18) - micro1, Enterprise Data Partnerships: https://www.micro1.ai/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18) - Mode, data licensing page: https://data.mode.inc/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Handshake AI, License your data: https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/license/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Handshake AI, Data Partnerships: https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Mercor, Data: https://www.mercor.com/data/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Ooak Data, Partner: https://ooakdata.com/partner (accessed 2026-10-18) - SimpleClosure, AssetHub: https://simpleclosure.com/product/assethub/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Maryah, home page and FAQ: https://maryah.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Troveo, Business data: https://www.troveo.ai/business-data (accessed 2026-10-18) - SourceX, How it works: https://sourcex.si/how-it-works (accessed 2026-10-18) - SourceX, home page and FAQ: https://sourcex.si (accessed 2026-10-18) - Polyshares, home page: https://polyshares.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - SuperAnnotate, Data Partnerships: https://www.superannotate.com/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18) - Labelbox Prism: https://prism.labelbox.com/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - pre.dev, code licensing: https://pre.dev/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Nyne, Data Partnerships: https://nyne.ai/data-partnerships (accessed 2026-10-18) - Anthroly, home page and FAQ: https://anthroly.com (accessed 2026-10-18) - Grepped, home page: https://www.grepped.ai/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Opendatabay, Platform fees and commission schedule: https://www.opendatabay.com/legal/fees (accessed 2026-10-18) - Datarade, provider plans: https://providers.datarade.ai/apply (accessed 2026-10-18) - Aribase, License your data: https://aribase.com/sell (accessed 2026-10-18) - Korra, home page: https://korra.io (accessed 2026-10-18) - BuyMyDeadStartup, home page and FAQ: https://buymydeadstartup.com (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google, Workspace API User Data and Developer Policy (last updated 2026-09-03): https://developers.google.com/workspace/workspace-api-user-data-developer-policy (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google Cloud Platform Console Help, Application use cases (OAuth verification): https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/13805798 (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google Workspace Help, Export all your organization's data: https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/migrate/export-all-your-organizations-data (accessed 2026-10-18) - Slack, API Terms of Service (effective October 10, 2025): https://slack.com/terms-of-service/api (accessed 2026-10-18) - Slack Help Center, Export your workspace data: https://slack.com/help/articles/201658943-Export-your-workspace-data (accessed 2026-10-18) - 26 U.S. Code § 7216 (Cornell LII): https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/7216 (accessed 2026-10-18) - 45 CFR § 164.502 (Cornell LII): https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/45/164.502 (accessed 2026-10-18) - ABA Model Rule 1.6, Confidentiality of Information: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_6_confidentiality_of_information/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Federal Rule of Evidence 502 (Cornell LII): https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/rule_502 (accessed 2026-10-18) - 11 U.S. Code § 363 (Cornell LII): https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/11/363 (accessed 2026-10-18) - Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), EUR-Lex: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj (accessed 2026-10-18) - EDPB, Opinion 28/2024 on data protection aspects of AI models: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/documents/opinion-of-the-board-art-64/opinion-282024-on-certain-data-protection-aspects-related-to_en (accessed 2026-10-18) - ICO, Employment guidance (UK GDPR): https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/employment/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, PIPEDA in brief: https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/privacy-topics/privacy-laws-in-canada/the-personal-information-protection-and-electronic-documents-act-pipeda/pipeda_brief/ (accessed 2026-10-18) ## About Data Licensing Index URL: https://datalicensingindex.com/about Updated: 2026-10-18 Data Licensing Index is an independent, dated index of who pays companies to license their internal data to AI labs, with sources for every figure. It is published by AC0 AI, S.L.U. and edited by David Persson. Sellers pay nothing; buyers may pay us a referral fee when an introduced company signs. ### What the index is Data Licensing Index tracks the companies that buy, broker or list licenses to a company's internal operating data: chat in Slack or Microsoft Teams, email, support tickets, code, CRM records and internal documents. Some sell straight to AI labs. The rest are brokers, marketplaces or shutdown services that sit between the seller and the lab. [The buyer index](/buyers) shows each one's type. Data Licensing Index covers the market for a business's internal operating data. It is not a benchmark of open-data or AI-transparency policies, and it is not affiliated with the Open Data Institute, the Data Provenance Initiative or any financial index provider. Every row in [the buyer index](/buyers) shows what the company itself publishes: how it pays, the range it states, what it charges the seller, the smallest company it works with, how it takes in data and whether it pays us. Each row lists the pages its figures come from, with the exact quote and the date we read them. Where a company publishes nothing, the row says Not published. We do not estimate. The index is written for three situations: | Your situation | Start here | |---|---| | Shutting down, or already shut down | [Selling company data when you shut down](/guides/shutting-down-company-data) | | Operating, with roughly 30 to 200+ staff | [The buyer index](/buyers) and [how we check it](/methodology) | | Already holding an offer | [The offer checklist](/guides/data-licensing-offer-checklist) | When you are ready to hear from buyers, [ask for offers](/get-offers). We never ask for data, exports, samples or passwords. ### Who runs it The index is published by AC0 AI, S.L.U., Calle Maestranza 25, planta 1, 29016 Málaga, Spain, tax ID (NIF) B26808741. David Persson is the editor. The editor decides what goes into each row, signs off on every change and answers corrections and replies from listed companies. Write to hello@datalicensingindex.com for corrections, replies from listed companies, privacy requests and anything else. ### What we do, and what we never do | We do | We never do | |---|---| | Publish dated rows with a primary source for every figure | Accept payment for placement, tier or wording | | Introduce a company to the buyers it picks, when it asks | Receive, store or transfer a company's data | | Tell you before each introduction whether that buyer pays us | Ask for exports, samples, passwords or admin access | | Publish corrections and listed companies' replies, with dates | Negotiate price or sign anything on your behalf | | Log every change on [the changelog](/changelog) | Charge sellers for the index, the value check or introductions | We are a finder, not your agent, broker or adviser. Any license is agreed directly between you and the buyer. ### What needs extra care - Employee email or chat from staff based in the EU, the UK or Canada. - Client data from law, accounting, tax or health firms. Their internal operating data is usually easier. Their clients' files are the hard part. These are the cases where the seller carries the most legal risk and where clearing the rights is hardest. They usually need consent or anonymization first, and some cannot be licensed at all. Tell us anyway, and we will flag it to you before any introduction. ### How it is funded Our revenue model is referral fees that buyers pay when a company we introduced signs a license. A buyer that pays us is marked on its row, in line with the FTC's Endorsement Guides, which say a [material connection must be disclosed clearly and conspicuously](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/16/255.5). Fees never change a row's order, tier or wording. [The disclosure page](/disclosure) has the full rules. ### Corrections and replies Anyone can report an error, and every listed company can add a dated reply to its row. [The methodology](/methodology) explains how rows are checked and how we fix what is wrong. ### FAQ - Q: Who runs Data Licensing Index? A: AC0 AI, S.L.U. publishes the index. David Persson is the editor and is responsible for every row, the methodology and replies to listed companies. You can reach the editor at hello@datalicensingindex.com. - Q: Does Data Licensing Index buy or sell company data? A: No. We never receive, store, transfer or resell a company's data. We publish the index and, when a company asks, introduce it to the buyers it chooses. - Q: How is Data Licensing Index funded? A: From referral fees that buyers pay when a company we introduced signs a license. A buyer that pays us is marked on its row and named to you before an introduction. Fees never change a row's order, tier or wording, and sellers pay nothing. - Q: Can a listed company correct its row? A: Yes. Send the row, the field and a link to a primary source to hello@datalicensingindex.com. Listed companies can also add a short dated reply. The methodology page sets out response times. ### Sources - 16 CFR 255.5, Disclosure of material connections (FTC Endorsement Guides): https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/16/255.5 (accessed 2026-10-18) ## How we build and check the index URL: https://datalicensingindex.com/methodology Updated: 2026-10-18 Every row in the index is built from what the company itself publishes, plus public registries for the legal entity and domain dates, each linked and dated. Each row shows the date it was last checked, an automated check reopens every source each week, tiers come from public facts, and fees never affect order or wording. Listed companies can correct their row or add a dated reply. ### What qualifies for the index A company is listed when all three are true on the check date: 1. It buys, brokers or lists licenses to internal operating data from companies: chat, email, tickets, code, CRM records or documents. 2. It describes that offer on a public page we can link to. 3. The offer is open to companies, not only to individuals selling their own data. We list buyers whether or not they run a referral program and whether or not they could ever pay us. Each row has one of four types: | Type | What it means | |---|---| | AI data company | Licenses data and delivers it to AI labs, or uses it to train models itself | | Broker or intermediary | Introduces sellers to one or more end buyers and takes a fee or a share | | Marketplace | Lists datasets so that several buyers can license them | | Shutdown service | Helps a closing company sell its assets, data among them | ### The primary-source rule - Every figure in a row links to the company's own page (its website, terms, help center or program page), an official filing, a public business registry, RDAP domain records or an accelerator's official company page. We keep the exact sentence and the date we read it. - Figures that appear only in press coverage, social posts, ads or third-party trackers do not go into a field. If the company does not publish it, the field says Not published. - Ranges are shown as published by the company. They are what the company says it may pay, not verified payouts. - We do not estimate, average or fill gaps. - We describe what companies publish. We do not characterize companies, guess at relationships between them or repeat allegations about them. ### What each field means | Field | What it shows | Where it comes from | |---|---|---| | Buyer | Company name and website | The company's site | | Type | One of the four types above | The company's own description of what it does | | Tier | Established or New, with a one-line reason | The tier rules below | | Payout model | One-time license, revenue share, commission on sale, mixed, or Not published. Mixed means the company offers more than one payout model, or an upfront fee plus later payments | The company's own pages | | Published range | The payout range in the company's own words | The company's own pages | | Seller fee | What the company charges or keeps from the seller | The company's pages or terms | | Min size | The smallest company it says it works with | The company's own pages | | Ingestion | Owner export, connector/OAuth, both, or Not published | The company's docs or onboarding pages | | Pays us | Whether the company pays us a referral fee | Our own agreements. See [disclosure](/disclosure) | | Legal entity | The company behind the site, or Not published | The company's terms, privacy policy or imprint, or a public business registry | | Domain first registered | First registration date of the company's domain, or Unknown. An old domain can predate the company itself, so the tier reason gives the founding year where the company publishes one | RDAP records through [ICANN Lookup](https://lookup.icann.org/en) | | Data types, geography | What it licenses, and from where | The company's own pages | | End buyers named | Whether it names who it sells to, or Not published | The company's own pages | | Referral program | A short summary of any public referral program, or None found | The company's referral page or terms | | Last checked | The date of the last full check of that row | Our own check of the row on that date | ### Tiers Tier tells you how much public history there is to check. It is not a rating and not a recommendation. | Tier | Rule | |---|---| | Established | The company names its legal entity, on its own site or in a public business registry, and has at least 12 months of public history under that name or domain on the check date. | | New | Anything else: under 12 months of public history, or no legal entity we can find. | Public history means dated material we can see: archived copies of the site, registry filings or dated pages. A domain registration date alone is not enough, because a domain can sit unused or carry a different site for years. Every row states its tier reason in plain words, for example the month the domain was registered or that no legal entity is published. For a New buyer, ask more before you share anything. [The offer checklist](/guides/data-licensing-offer-checklist) lists the questions. ### Ingestion and platform terms We record how each buyer takes in data, because platform terms treat the two routes differently. - **Owner export:** the company exports its own data with the platform's admin tools and hands over files under the license. - **Connector/OAuth:** the buyer connects to the platform through an app or API that the company authorizes. Two platform policies on API access matter here: - [Slack's API Terms of Service](https://slack.com/terms-of-service/api), effective October 10, 2025, say the provider of an application offered outside its own organization may not "use API Data to train a large language model" or "bulk export Slack message and file data except where expressly allowed by an additional agreement". - [Google's Workspace user data and developer policy](https://developers.google.com/workspace/workspace-api-user-data-developer-policy), last updated September 3, 2026, lists as prohibited "Transferring, selling, or using user data to create, train, or improve a machine learning or artificial intelligence model beyond that specific user's personalized model". We do not judge whether a given buyer's pipeline complies with these terms. We record what the buyer publishes about ingestion, so you can ask the right question before you authorize anything. If you are closing a Google Workspace account, read [how to cancel Google Workspace and keep your data](/guides/cancel-google-workspace-keep-data) first. ### How a row is checked 1. Open every source URL in the row and confirm the quoted sentence still appears. Record the date. 2. Look for new or changed pages: updated terms, new program pages, changed pricing. 3. Check the legal entity in the company's own terms, privacy policy or imprint, and in a public business registry where one is available. 4. Look up the domain registration date in RDAP through [ICANN Lookup](https://lookup.icann.org/en). 5. Compare with the previous check. Every changed field is updated and logged on [the changelog](/changelog) with the date, and the row's sources show the new quote. 6. If a source page disappears or no longer supports a figure, the field changes to Not published until a new primary source exists. ### How often we check - Every week an automated check reopens every cited page and confirms the quoted text is still there. Rows where it is not are flagged for a re-check. - The date in the header is the date of the last full check, and each row shows its own last-checked date. - When a company or a reader reports a change, we re-check that row. - Terms move between checks. [micro1's referral terms](https://www.micro1.ai/legal/referral-terms), for example, carry a "Last Updated: October 14, 2026" date, four days before the first full check of this index. Open the source link before you rely on a figure. ### How the value estimator works The estimator on the home page and the value check is arithmetic on the index, not a valuation of your company. 1. **Filter.** It keeps the buyers whose own published minimums your company meets: employees (now or at peak) and years of history. Buyers that publish no minimum stay in, because they may fit. 2. **Summarize.** From the buyers left, it takes each published dollar range for a whole company and shows the middle of the lower ends and the middle of the upper ends (the medians), plus the lowest and highest figure published. 3. **Leave out what is not comparable.** Per-token prices, per-workflow prices, figures from a company's own calculator, and ranges given only in words ("six figures") are not counted. It never scales a number by company size, and the result is not an offer. A real figure depends on how many years of history you have, how many systems, the language and how much personal data has to come out. The value check gives a closer estimate, with the buyers that fit and the contract terms to watch. ### Order and independence The index does not rank buyers. There are no scores and no "best buyer" list. Rows are sorted by tier, then alphabetically. The six-row preview on the home page shows established rows that publish the most of four fields (payout model, published range, seller fee and minimum size), then alphabetically, so the first table a visitor sees has the most data in it. Fees, paid or unpaid, never change a row's order, tier, fields or wording. [The disclosure page](/disclosure) explains how we earn money and what buyers can never buy. ### Corrections and right of reply - **Report an error.** Email hello@datalicensingindex.com with the row, the field and a link to a primary source. Anyone can do this, including the listed company. - **Fixes.** When a primary source confirms the error, we fix the row and log the fix on [the changelog](/changelog). - **Right of reply.** A listed company can send a reply of up to 150 words. We publish it in the row's notes with its date, edited only for length. A reply cannot change a field without a primary source, and we do not publish claims about other companies. - **Removal.** We do not remove a row because a company asks. We remove it when the company stops offering what qualified it, and we log the removal. ### What the index does not do - It does not value your data or predict what you will be offered. - It does not tell you whether a license is legal for your company. That depends on your contracts, your staff and where they work. See [the terms](/terms). - It does not take or hold data. To hear from buyers, [ask for offers](/get-offers). ### FAQ - Q: Where do the figures in the index come from? A: From the company's own published pages (website, terms, help center, program page), plus public business registries for the legal entity and RDAP for the domain date. Each row lists every source with the exact quote and the date we read it. If the company does not publish a figure, the field says Not published. - Q: How often is the index updated? A: Each row shows the date it was last checked, and the header shows the date of the last full check. Every week an automated check reopens every cited page and flags rows whose quoted text has changed. Changes are logged on the changelog. - Q: What do the Established and New tiers mean? A: Established means the company names its legal entity and has at least 12 months of public history, shown by dated material and not by a domain registration date alone. New means it misses one of those. Tier tells you how much public history there is to check. It is not a rating or a recommendation. - Q: Can a buyer pay to change its row? A: No. Fees never change a row's order, tier, fields or wording. A buyer can request a correction like anyone else, with a primary source. ### Sources - Slack API Terms of Service (effective October 10, 2025): https://slack.com/terms-of-service/api (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google Workspace user data and developer policy (last updated September 3, 2026): https://developers.google.com/workspace/workspace-api-user-data-developer-policy (accessed 2026-10-18) - micro1 referral terms (Last Updated: October 14, 2026): https://www.micro1.ai/legal/referral-terms (accessed 2026-10-18) - ICANN Lookup (RDAP domain registration data): https://lookup.icann.org/en (accessed 2026-10-18) ## How we make money URL: https://datalicensingindex.com/disclosure Updated: 2026-10-18 Sellers pay nothing for the index, the value check or introductions. Our revenue model is referral fees that buyers pay when a company they were introduced to signs a license. A buyer that pays us is marked on its row, and you hear about it before any introduction. As of October 18, 2026, no buyer pays us yet. ### The short version | Question | Answer | |---|---| | How do we make money? | Referral fees from buyers, paid when a company we introduced signs a license. | | Does any buyer pay us today? | Not as of October 18, 2026. The Pays us field on each row of [the buyer index](/buyers) shows the current status. | | Do sellers pay us? | No, not for the index, the value check or introductions. | | Can a buyer pay for placement, tier or wording? | Never. | | Could the site carry sponsored content? | Only labeled as sponsored, and never inside the index order. | ### How we plan to earn money Some buyers in the index run referral programs that pay third parties for introducing companies. The Referral program field on each row of [the buyer index](/buyers) summarizes what each buyer publishes about paying referrers, with a link to where we read it. Some have written terms. Others show only a headline figure or say terms are agreed privately, and the field says so. When we join a program or sign a referral agreement, that buyer pays us a fee when a company we introduced signs a license or gets paid, on the terms of that agreement. Referral fees from buyers are the main way we plan to fund the index. ### What changes when a buyer starts paying us 1. **On the row:** the Pays us field on that buyer's row says that it pays us a referral fee, and the link to its website becomes our referral link, marked as sponsored. Links to buyers pass through our own address (/go/) so we can count visits and swap in a referral link when one exists. 2. **Logged:** the change goes on [the changelog](/changelog) with its date. 3. **Told to you first:** before any introduction to that buyer, we tell you in writing that the buyer pays us a referral fee. You decide whether to go ahead. 4. **Nothing else moves:** the row's order, tier, fields and wording stay as the [methodology](/methodology) sets them. ### What buyers can never buy - Placement, order or tier. - Removal or softening of a published fact. - Changes to their row without a primary source. They request corrections the same way anyone else does. - Access to sellers who did not ask to be introduced to them. - A badge or label inside the index that is not a published fact. ### What sellers pay Nothing for the index, the value check, introductions or a look at an offer you already have, and we take no share of what a buyer pays you. ### Our role in a deal We are a finder, not your agent. We introduce you only to buyers you approve. We do not negotiate, we do not sign anything for you, and we never hold your data or your money. Any license is agreed directly between you and the buyer. If we earn a fee, it is because of an introduction you approved, and you knew the buyer pays us before you approved it. ### Why fees go on the row, not only on this page The FTC's Endorsement Guides, at [16 CFR 255.5](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/16/255.5), say that a material connection between an endorser and a seller must be disclosed clearly and conspicuously. The [FTC's own FAQ](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking) says "A single disclosure on your home page won't be sufficient" and "The closer the disclosure is to your recommendation, the better." So a paying buyer is marked on its own row and in the note before an introduction. This page explains the rules behind it. ### Other ties we will disclose If AC0 AI, S.L.U. or the editor ever holds shares in, works for or advises a listed company, we will say so on that company's row. If we ever offer a paid service of our own in this field, it will be labeled as ours and kept out of the index. Questions about money or conflicts go to hello@datalicensingindex.com. ### FAQ - Q: Does Data Licensing Index get paid by buyers? A: That is our revenue model: a buyer may pay us a referral fee when a company we introduced signs a license. As of October 18, 2026, no buyer pays us yet. A buyer that pays us is marked on its row. - Q: Can a buyer pay to rank higher or get a better tier? A: No. Fees never change a row's order, tier, fields or wording. If we ever run sponsored content, it is labeled as sponsored and kept out of the index order. - Q: Do sellers pay anything? A: No. We do not charge for the index, the value check, introductions or a look at an offer you already have, and we take no share of what a buyer pays you. - Q: Is Data Licensing Index my agent or adviser? A: No. We are a finder. We introduce you to buyers you approve. We do not negotiate, sign anything for you, or hold your data or your money. ### Sources - 16 CFR 255.5, Disclosure of material connections (FTC Endorsement Guides): https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/16/255.5 (accessed 2026-10-18) - FTC, FTC's Endorsement Guides: What People Are Asking: https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking (accessed 2026-10-18) ## Privacy policy URL: https://datalicensingindex.com/privacy Updated: 2026-10-18 This policy covers this website, the buyer index and the offer request form, as of October 18, 2026. AC0 AI, S.L.U. is the controller. We collect business contact and company details, never your company's data, and share them only with buyers you approve for each introduction. ### Who is responsible AC0 AI, S.L.U. (Calle Maestranza 25, planta 1, 29016 Málaga, Spain) is the controller for personal data collected through this website, published in the buyer index and collected through the form at [/get-offers](/get-offers). Send every privacy question or request to hello@datalicensingindex.com. ### What we collect | Category | What it includes | |---|---| | Contact details | Your name, work email and role (owner, CEO, founder, board member or adviser) | | Company details | Company name, website, country of headquarters, headcount now and at peak, years operating, and status (operating, winding down, shut down, or in bankruptcy or an assignment for the benefit of creditors) | | What the company has | Systems it uses, the main language of its data, known blockers, timeline and payout preference | | Deal context | Buyers you are already talking to, and any offer terms you choose to paste after confirming you are allowed to share them | | Offer reviews | If you use the offer review form: your email, the offer text you paste, and optionally the buyer's name and your company's website. We use it only to write your review and never share it with a buyer | | Consent records | Your answers to the two consent checkboxes and to the permission checkbox for offer terms, with the time you submitted | | Technical data | A salted hash of your IP address, not the address itself, and your browser's user agent string, stored with your submission to spot abuse and duplicates | | Emails | What you write to us, and what we write back | We never collect your company's data. We do not ask for, and do not want, exports, samples, files from your systems, passwords or admin access. If you send any of these anyway, we delete them and tell you. ### Why we use it, and the legal basis | Purpose | Legal basis under the [GDPR](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj) | |---|---| | Reply to your request and contact you about it | Your consent, given with the required contact checkbox (Art. 6(1)(a)) | | Review an offer you send us and email you the review | Your consent, given with the checkbox on the offer review form (Art. 6(1)(a)) | | Introduce you to a buyer you approve | Your consent, given with the sharing checkbox and confirmed again, separately for each buyer, before we make that introduction (Art. 6(1)(a)). We keep a dated record of each approval, for example in our email thread with you | | Follow up after an introduction to learn whether a license was signed and paid | Our legitimate interest in knowing whether an introduction worked and, if we ever have a referral agreement with that buyer, whether a fee is owed to us (Art. 6(1)(f)) | | Protect the form from spam and abuse | Our legitimate interest in keeping the service secure (Art. 6(1)(f)) | | Count page views on this site | Our legitimate interest in knowing which pages are used (Art. 6(1)(f)) | | Publish aggregate figures about offer terms | Our legitimate interest in publishing market data, limited to figures built from at least three offers that never name a company or show a single offer (Art. 6(1)(f)) | | Keep accounting records if a buyer pays us a fee linked to your introduction | Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)) | You can withdraw consent at any time by emailing hello@datalicensingindex.com. Withdrawal stops all future contact and introductions. It does not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal (Art. 7(3)). If we have already introduced you to a buyer, we will ask that buyer to delete what we sent. We never sell your details, add you to a marketing list, share your submission with a buyer you have not approved, or use your submission to train AI models. ### Who we share it with **Buyers you approve.** Before each introduction we tell you which buyer, what we will send and whether that buyer pays us. We send only what you approve. We never pass offer terms from one buyer to another unless you tell us to. Once a buyer has your details, it handles them as a separate controller under its own privacy policy. **Service providers.** These companies process data on our behalf under data processing agreements: | Provider | What it does for us | How transfers outside the EEA are covered | |---|---|---| | Vercel Inc., United States | Hosts the website, runs the form and counts page views | The [Vercel Data Processing Addendum](https://vercel.com/legal/dpa) incorporates the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (Commission Decision 2021/914). The [Vercel Privacy Notice](https://vercel.com/legal/privacy-notice) states that Vercel complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. | | Neon, a Databricks company, United States | Stores form submissions in a Postgres database | Neon's [Product Specific Schedule](https://neon.com/platform-terms) is an agreement with Databricks, Inc., the parent company of Neon. The [Databricks Data Processing Addendum](https://www.databricks.com/legal/dpa) incorporates the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (Commission Decision 2021/914). | | Resend (Plus Five Five, Inc.), United States | Sends us an email notice with your answers when you submit | The [Resend Data Processing Addendum](https://resend.com/legal/dpa) incorporates the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (Commission Decision 2021/914) and states that Resend complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. | | Google (Google Workspace), United States | Hosts the mailbox where we receive your submission notice and exchange email with you | The [Google Cloud Data Processing Addendum](https://cloud.google.com/terms/data-processing-addendum) provides for the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for transfers. | | Porkbun LLC, United States | Forwards email sent to hello@datalicensingindex.com to our mailbox | Porkbun's [privacy policy](https://porkbun.com/legal/agreement/privacy_policy) says it uses appropriate safeguards for transfers, such as the Standard Contractual Clauses. | **Authorities**, when the law requires it. **A new owner.** If the index is ever transferred, we will tell you before your details move, and you can ask us to delete them first. ### How long we keep it | Situation | How long | |---|---| | No introduction was made | Deleted 12 months after you submit, including the email copy in our inbox | | An offer review with no follow-up | Deleted 12 months after you send it, including the email copy in our inbox | | An introduction was made | Kept for 24 months after the introduction, so we can follow up on the outcome, then deleted with the email copies | | A buyer paid us a fee linked to your introduction | The records behind the invoice are accounting records. Spanish law requires us to keep them for six years from the last entry in our books ([Código de Comercio, article 30](https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1885-6627#art30)). | You can ask us to delete your details earlier at any time. We will, except for records we must keep by law. ### Your rights Under the [GDPR](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj) you have the right to: - see what we hold about you (Art. 15) - correct it (Art. 16) - have it deleted (Art. 17) - restrict how we use it (Art. 18) - receive it in a portable format (Art. 20) - object to processing based on our legitimate interest (Art. 21) - withdraw consent at any time (Art. 7(3)) Email hello@datalicensingindex.com. We answer within one month, as Art. 12(3) requires. We give the same rights to everyone who uses the form, wherever they live. You can also complain to a supervisory authority (Art. 77). AC0 AI, S.L.U. is established in Spain, so our lead authority is the [Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD)](https://www.aepd.es/). You can also complain to the authority where you live or work, such as the [Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY)](https://www.imy.se/en/individuals/forms-and-e-services/file-a-gdpr-complaint/). ### People named in the index Some rows name a company's founders or executives, taken only from the company's own pages or public registries, so readers can see who stands behind a buyer. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in publishing a verifiable market index (Art. 6(1)(f)). You can object, or ask us to correct or remove your name, at hello@datalicensingindex.com. We keep the company's row but remove the name unless it is needed to identify the legal entity. ### Cookies and technical data This site sets no advertising or cross-site tracking cookies. Our host processes technical request data, such as IP address, browser type and the time of each request, to deliver the site and protect it from abuse. When you follow a link from the index to a buyer's website, the link passes through our own address (/go/) and we record which buyer, the page you came from and a salted hash of your IP address, not the address itself. We use it to count how many visitors each buyer gets from the index. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in knowing how the index is used (Art. 6(1)(f)). We count page views with [Vercel Web Analytics](https://vercel.com/docs/analytics/privacy-policy). It uses no third-party cookies. Vercel identifies a visit by a hash created from the request and discards it after 24 hours, and we see only aggregate figures such as page, referrer, country, browser and device type. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in knowing which pages are used (Art. 6(1)(f)). ### Security The site and the form run over HTTPS. Access to submissions is limited to the editor and the service providers listed above. We never accept company data, so there are no datasets of yours in our systems to expose. ### Changes to this policy When this policy changes, the date at the top changes and the change is logged on [the changelog](/changelog). If a change affects how we use details you already gave us, we will email you before it applies. ### Sources - Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), EUR-Lex: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj (accessed 2026-10-18) - Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD): https://www.aepd.es/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY): file a GDPR complaint: https://www.imy.se/en/individuals/forms-and-e-services/file-a-gdpr-complaint/ (accessed 2026-10-18) - Código de Comercio, article 30 (BOE): https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1885-6627#art30 (accessed 2026-10-18) - Vercel Data Processing Addendum: https://vercel.com/legal/dpa (accessed 2026-10-18) - Vercel Privacy Notice: https://vercel.com/legal/privacy-notice (accessed 2026-10-18) - Product Specific Schedule (Neon), last updated October 14, 2026: https://neon.com/platform-terms (accessed 2026-10-18) - Databricks Data Processing Addendum: https://www.databricks.com/legal/dpa (accessed 2026-10-18) - Resend Data Processing Addendum: https://resend.com/legal/dpa (accessed 2026-10-18) - Google Cloud Data Processing Addendum: https://cloud.google.com/terms/data-processing-addendum (accessed 2026-10-18) - Porkbun Privacy Policy: https://porkbun.com/legal/agreement/privacy_policy (accessed 2026-10-18) - Vercel Web Analytics, privacy and compliance: https://vercel.com/docs/analytics/privacy-policy (accessed 2026-10-18) ## Terms of use URL: https://datalicensingindex.com/terms Updated: 2026-10-18 These terms apply from October 18, 2026 to this website and the offer request form, run by AC0 AI, S.L.U.. The index is information, not legal, tax or financial advice, and we cannot promise that any buyer will make you an offer. Anything you submit is confidential. We share it only with buyers you approve and the service providers listed in the privacy policy. ### Who these terms are with This website and the form at [/get-offers](/get-offers) are run by AC0 AI, S.L.U. ("we"), Calle Maestranza 25, planta 1, 29016 Málaga, Spain, tax ID (NIF) B26808741. By using the site or submitting the form, you accept these terms. If you submit for a company, you confirm that you are allowed to act for it. If the company is in bankruptcy or an assignment for the benefit of creditors, only the trustee, liquidator or assignee can approve an introduction. ### Not advice The index, the guides and anything we tell you by email are information, not legal, tax, financial, investment or valuation advice. Whether your company can license its data depends on its contracts, its customers' data processing agreements, its employees and where they work, the platforms the data sits on and, in a wind-down or bankruptcy, who controls the company's assets. Get your own legal and tax advice before you sign anything. ### No guarantee of offers We do not promise that any buyer will contact you, make an offer, pay a particular amount or pay at all. Ranges in the index are as published by each company. They are not quotes, and they may not apply to your company. ### Accuracy We check every row against the company's own pages on the dates shown, as described in [the methodology](/methodology). Companies change their terms without notice, so a row can be out of date between checks. The company's current page and your signed agreement always override the index. If you find an error, tell us at hello@datalicensingindex.com. ### Our role We are a finder. We introduce you to buyers you approve, and that is all. - We are not a party to any agreement between you and a buyer. - We are not your agent, broker or adviser, and we do not negotiate for you. - We never receive, store or transfer your company's data, and we never hold money for you or a buyer. - Listing a buyer is not an endorsement. Check any buyer yourself before you share anything. [The offer checklist](/guides/data-licensing-offer-checklist) is a place to start. How we may earn referral fees, and how we show them, is set out on [the disclosure page](/disclosure). ### What you agree to when you submit - The information you give us is accurate to the best of your knowledge. - You will not send data from your systems, exports, samples, passwords or admin access. We do not want them and will delete them. - You will only paste offer terms you are allowed to share, and you confirm this with the checkbox on the form. - You are responsible for confirming that your company has the right to license any data it offers. ### Confidentiality of what you submit - We treat everything you submit as confidential. - We share your details with a buyer only when you approve that introduction. The privacy policy lists everyone else who handles them, such as our hosting and email providers. See [the privacy policy](/privacy). - We never pass offer terms from one buyer to another unless you tell us to. - We never publish anything that identifies your company or a single offer. We may publish aggregate figures, only when at least three offers contribute and no company can be identified. ### Using our content You may quote individual rows or short passages if you link to the page you quote and give the check date. Do not copy the whole index or a large part of it into another product or site without our written permission. AI assistants and search engines may read and cite [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) and [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt), provided they link to the page they cite and give its check date. ### Links to other sites The index links to buyers' websites and terms. We do not control those sites and are not responsible for them. ### Limits on our liability To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for decisions you make based on the site, for offers you do or do not receive, or for any loss of profit, revenue or data. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law. ### Changes When these terms change, the date at the top changes and the change is logged on [the changelog](/changelog). The version in force when you submit the form applies to that submission. ### Law and contact Spanish law governs these terms, and the courts of Málaga, Spain, handle disputes, unless mandatory law where you are says otherwise. Questions go to hello@datalicensingindex.com. ## Changelog - 2026-10-18: Index launched with 51 buyers. ## Contact hello@datalicensingindex.com