Updated November 2026
SuperAnnotate Data Partnerships: what it pays and how it works
SuperAnnotate licenses company records to AI labs and enterprise AI teams, and gives an indicative $100K-$1M+ per partnership. SuperAnnotate says "Any size, any industry, anywhere", and that you approve each buyer and license for a set period. Its page states no seller fees, timeline or relicense share.1,2,3,4,5,6
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Write a reviewIts page leaves the standard for stripping out names and personal details to your team, and does not address models already trained.8,9
Key facts
SuperAnnotate in its own words and others'
| Fact | Value and source |
|---|---|
| SuperAnnotate: deal size | Indicative $100K-$1M+, priced on rarity, depth and exclusivity, with a written valuation after the scoping call |
| SuperAnnotate: license | "You're licensing rights for a set period, not selling the data." |
| SuperAnnotate: buyer approval | Buyers are frontier AI labs and enterprise AI teams; you approve each one and can block competitors permanently |
| SuperAnnotate: payment | Payment on delivery and on each relicense |
| SuperAnnotate: certifications | Lists SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR and CCPA |
| SuperAnnotate leadership | Vahan Petrosyan (CEO, co-founder), Davit Badalyan (CTO, co-founder), Jason Liang (CBO, co-founder) and Russel Mathias (COO); founded 2018; $13.5M from Dell Technologies Capital brings its Series B to $50M, with NVIDIA and Databricks Ventures among investors |
How much does it pay?
SuperAnnotate's indicative range starts at $100K
SuperAnnotate gives an indicative $100K-$1M+, priced on rarity, depth and exclusivity, with a written valuation after the scoping call. The same page says "Any size, any industry, anywhere". In our view, a small firm may not reach a $100K floor, so ask for the valuation before you scope anything large.2,3
SuperAnnotate pays on delivery and on each relicense, at a share it does not publish. Exclusivity raises the price, yet payment is described per relicense, so ask how the two fit together.10,2
What are we signing?
SuperAnnotate licenses for a set period, and you approve buyers
SuperAnnotate says "You're licensing rights for a set period, not selling the data." You approve each buyer and can block competitors permanently, and scope, terms and approvals go in writing before anything moves.5,4,9
SuperAnnotate retains data for an agreed period and then deletes it, and honors deletion on request. The page does not address models already trained on your data.9
Who removes names?
SuperAnnotate removes identifying detail to your team's standard
SuperAnnotate removes identifying detail to the standard your team sets, using isolated pipelines and logged access. In our view that suits a company with a mature legal team and is a risk for a small firm, which has to set the standard itself. SuperAnnotate prepares the data and you review a sample.8
SuperAnnotate lists SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR and CCPA on its trust center.11
What it buys
What SuperAnnotate wants from sellers
SuperAnnotate wants everyday communication, process docs and runbooks, decisions and reasoning such as tickets, approvals, escalations and audits, domain records such as inspection reports, equipment logs, claims files and pricing histories, and screen recordings of multi-step tasks. You need records built up over time and the rights to license them.1,3
The company
Who runs SuperAnnotate, and its Trustpilot reviews
SuperAnnotate AI, Inc. is led by co-founder and CEO Vahan Petrosyan, with co-founders Davit Badalyan (CTO) and Jason Liang (CBO) and COO Russel Mathias. FinSMEs reported a $36M Series B and a San Francisco base, and the company says $13.5M from Dell Technologies Capital brought that round to $50M. Its privacy policy's postal contact is bracketed text naming a Los Angeles law firm, and we could not find a street address for its operating office.12,13,14
SuperAnnotate's Trustpilot page shows 2.9 out of 5 from 33 reviews. The reviews we sampled on 2026-10-30 came from contract workers and tool users, not businesses that licensed data.7,15
Process
How it works with each buyer
In each buyer's own words. Where a buyer publishes nothing, we say so.
SuperAnnotate
- Everyday communication; process docs and runbooks; decisions and reasoning (tickets, approvals, escalations, audits); domain records (inspection reports, equipment logs, claims files, pricing histories); and screen recordings of multi-step tasks1
- "Any size, any industry, anywhere", with records built up over time and the rights to license them3
- Indicative $100K-$1M+, priced on rarity, depth and exclusivity, with a written valuation after the scoping call2
- Identifying detail removed to the standard your team sets; isolated pipelines and logged access; SuperAnnotate prepares the data and you review a sample8
- Buyers are frontier AI labs and enterprise AI teams; you approve each one and can block competitors permanently4
- Payment on delivery and on each relicense10
Check first
How to check SuperAnnotate, or any buyer
The same checks for every company we profile. We state facts; you decide.
- 1.Find the company behind the ad: a legal name, a registered address and named people.
- 2.Ask for a written offer and a sample agreement before you send any data.
- 3.Ask who removes personal data, by what method, and approve it before anything is exported.
- 4.Ask which AI labs will receive the data, and whether you will be told.
- 5.Ask how they are paid: by you, by the buyer, or from a share of your deal.
- 6.Get terms from at least one other buyer before you answer.
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What people who worked with SuperAnnotate say
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FAQ
Questions, answered with sources
SuperAnnotate gives an indicative $100K-$1M+, priced on rarity, depth and exclusivity. You get a written valuation after the scoping call.2
SuperAnnotate says you approve each buyer and can block competitors permanently.4
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
- What standard for stripping out names and personal details does SuperAnnotate recommend, and who is answerable if it falls short?
- How do exclusivity and payment on each relicense work together?
- How do CCPA, GDPR, UK GDPR and state privacy laws apply, and is de-identified data still personal information?
- Do customer, supplier or platform contracts, NDAs or API terms restrict this?
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?