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The best platforms to sell your company's data to AI

The best platforms to sell company data to AI, by our ranking, are micro1, Ventra and Polyshares. SuperAnnotate, Ooak Data and Mercor come next. micro1 publishes tiers from $100K to $3M+ for companies with 30+ staff, Ventra shops your records to several labs, and Polyshares licenses the data itself and pays you directly.1,2,3,4

By Brandon Kuipers, founder and editor · published · updated

The platforms, side by side

Every platform below pays a business to license a copy of its email, chat, files and records to AI companies, and you keep the originals. They're listed in our ranking order, each name links to our full review, and the pay figures are the platforms' own published ranges, so your offer depends on your records.5,6,7

Platforms that pay businesses for their records, in our ranking order
PlatformHow it worksPublished payWho it takesWhen you're paid
micro1Licenses your records directly8Tiers of $100K-$500K, $500K-$3M and $3M+130+ full-time staff, mostly English, US first2Within 30 days of accepting your data9
VentraBroker that takes your records to several labs and shows you the best offer3$100K-$2M named as potential deals1030+ staff and 3+ years in six English-speaking countries; CAD, video and game files at any size11,12Usually net 30 or 60 after signing13
PolysharesBuys the license itself, then supplies AI labs4$100K-$2M+ typical deal14No minimum on its public pages; asks brokers for 50+ staff and 3+ years15,16Net 30-60 after approval17
SuperAnnotateLicenses for a set period, and you approve each buyer18,19$100K-$1M+, indicative20Any size, any industry21On delivery and on each relicense22
Ooak DataLicenses your records for training only23Up to $1M; closed deals from $20K to several hundred thousand24Operating, winding down or closed, no size floor25Described only as "We pay fast"26
MercorConnects to your tools, then licenses and packages the data27,28Not published29No headcount or years minimum stated30Wire on delivery, typically 2-4 weeks after signing31
NyneA scoped export under a paid agreement, after a 15-minute call32Not published20+ US W-2 staff and 3+ years33Not stated
Labelbox PrismAn upfront fee at signing plus a share of later use34About $50K for smaller sets to $1M+34Includes distressed and wound-down companies35Under 21 days from first call to first wire, its own figure36
ModeBuys a copy directly, with no broker fee6$100K-$5M, indicative376+ staff for law firms, 10+ for accounting, finance and medical, 30+ for others38About three months from the first conversation39
AppenQuotes each partnership on its own40Not published40No size, years or region floor stated41On acceptance, not submission42
ReplayUpfront cash plus an ongoing revenue share43$10K-$100K at 20-50 staff, $100K-$1M at 50-250, $1M+ at 250+4420+ full-time staff, English, US preferred45Not stated
Patronus AIA non-exclusive license with Patronus itself46Not published; priced after a sample review47No size, years or region floor published48On acceptance, after up to 30 days of review49

Four kinds of platform, and what changes for you

The biggest difference between these platforms is who you sign with and who pays you, because that decides whether anyone is competing for your records. Some buy the license themselves, some shop your records around, and some just give you a place to list them.4,3,50

  1. Buyer programs license the records and pay you directly. micro1 runs Company Data Partnerships, Polyshares says "You are selling to us, not through us", and Mode buys an agreed copy and resells a filtered version for AI training.8,4,6
  2. Brokers bring your records to several buyers. Ventra takes the opportunity to multiple AI labs and lab partners and shows you the best offer, while Pewter runs the deal with a licensing partner that makes the offer, signs with you and pays you.3,51
  3. Marketplaces let you list and negotiate yourself. HUD's DataVendor says well-documented codebases have licensed for up to $20,000 each, which is a different market from a full company archive.50
  4. Wind-down channels sell a closing company's assets alongside the shutdown. SimpleClosure reports 150+ data deals for wound-down startups, typically $10K to $100K each, and companies closing through it use its AssetHub at no cost.52,53

Which platform fits your business

Your headcount rules out more platforms than anything else. micro1 asks for 30+ full-time staff, Nyne and Replay start at 20, Mode drops to 6 for law firms and 10 for accounting, finance and medical, and SuperAnnotate says any size.2,33,45,38,21

If your company has closed, look at the platforms that say so. micro1 runs a partnership for companies no longer operating that had 30+ employees, Labelbox Prism says wound-down companies are among its most active sellers, and Ooak Data takes closed companies with its estimate capped at $200,000.54,35,55

If you want offers to compare, a broker or a second buyer helps. Ventra says it shows the best offer, not the first one, and Nyne will look at beating another offer on net contracted cash for the same data and rights.3,56

Who strips out the names on each platform

Every platform here says names and personal details come out before a lab sees anything, but who does it, and when, differs. At Polyshares an outside specialist removes them before Polyshares itself sees the record, Mercor says its extraction is automated and no lab sees raw data, and Ooak Data runs its own engine and lets you review a sample.57,58,59

Ask every platform the same three things before you sign: who sees your raw files, whether you approve a sample, and when the originals are deleted. Ooak Data deletes the raw archive within 30 days of delivery, and micro1's terms delete data within 120 days of final delivery but not the models trained on it.60,5

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Several platforms publish their pay ranges, so you can check an offer against them.1,44,37
  • Most say sellers pay no fee: Polyshares and Mercor charge none, and Mode charges no broker fee.61,62,6
  • Closed and winding-down companies have their own options, from micro1 to SimpleClosure.54,52

Cons

  • Published ranges are the platforms' own figures, and several, like Mercor and Appen, publish no price at all.29,40
  • Terms differ a lot: Polyshares licenses are exclusive by default, while Patronus AI's are non-exclusive.63,46
  • Payment can take months, about three from first conversation at Mode.39

What it means for a business like yours

For a business of 10 to 100 people, start with the platforms whose size rule you clear, then get at least two offers. A 25-person firm already fits Nyne and Replay, and a firm with a CAD or video archive can talk to Ventra at any size.33,45,12

Should your business get in now?

Businesses are already licensing their records: micro1 has committed $1B over 12 months to buying company data, and at least 18 firms started advertising for it between September and mid-October 2026.64,65 Our view, not a promise: the money will not be around forever, because prices tend to come down as more businesses sell.64,66 Take the quiz to see which firms fit your business.

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FAQ

Questions, answered with sources

  • In our ranking, micro1, Ventra and Polyshares lead, followed by SuperAnnotate, Ooak Data and Mercor. Each review covers what the platform pays, who it takes and how it handles your records.1,3,4

  • Mode advertises $100K to $5M and micro1's top tier is $3M+ for highly unique data. Both are the platforms' own ranges, and the final price depends on your records.37,1

  • SuperAnnotate says it takes any size, Ooak Data states no size floor, and Ventra told us CAD, video and game files can come from one person.21,25,12

  • Closed companies can sell on several: micro1 has a partnership for companies no longer operating with 30+ employees, Labelbox Prism says wound-down companies are among its most active sellers, and SimpleClosure reports 150+ deals for wound-down startups.54,35,52

  • Most say sellers pay nothing: Polyshares and Mercor charge no seller fee, and Mode charges no broker fee. Ventra described a broker fee on our call but gave no percentage.61,62,6,67

  • Payment runs from a few weeks to about three months. Mercor wires on delivery, typically 2 to 4 weeks after signing, micro1 pays within 30 days of acceptance, and Mode expects about three months.31,9,39

  • A broker's job is competition: Ventra takes your records to several labs and shows the best offer. Selling directly means one buyer, but platforms like Polyshares pay you themselves and charge no seller fee.3,4,61

  • Every business is different, so this one is best talked through with the buyer you're working with. Their team goes over it with you before anything is signed.

Before you sign

Questions to talk through with your buyer

Every business is different, so these are best talked through with the buyer you're working with. Their team goes over them with you before anything is signed.

Questions for this kind of business

  • Who owns this data: the company, an estate, or someone else?
  • How are employee data, union contracts and NLRA questions handled?

Questions for any buyer

  • Is the license exclusive, and for how long?
  • Can you sublicense the data, and to whom?
  • Which AI labs will receive it, and will you tell us?
  • How long do you keep it, and how is it deleted?
  • What is your liability cap, and who indemnifies whom?
  • Will the contract ban re-identification of people in the data?
  • Who removes personal data, by what method, and do we approve it first?

What changed since we first published

  • 9 Nov 2026 micro1's published tiers now run to $3M+.

How this page was made: drafted with AI help from the sources below, each checked; a buyer's claims about itself are its own. Updated . How we rank.

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