Updated November 2026
Get paid to record your team's work for AI training
micro1 now pays companies for video of their employees' day-to-day work, $8-$10 for every hour it approves, to train and test AI. It takes companies with 20+ employees in the US, Latin America, South Africa and other Western markets, in English and in any industry.1
The program
What micro1's video program is
micro1 calls it its Video Data Collection Partner program: ongoing AI training and evaluation using footage of employees doing their real, everyday work. Unlike a data license, it isn't a one-off sale of old records, it pays for new footage by the approved hour, for as long as you keep recording.1
It sits beside micro1's two bigger programs, which license a company's existing records for $100K-$2M+: an Enterprise Data Partnership for operating companies with 30+ employees, and a Defunct Company Data Partnership for companies that have closed.2,3
What it adds up to
How much a company could make from work footage
Pay depends on hours micro1 approves, not hours you record. As an example, 20 employees with 10 approved hours each is 200 hours, and 200 x $8-$10 = $1,600-$2,000. In our view it adds up only when many people record often, so it suits field crews, kitchens and warehouses more than a small office.1
If your company has 30+ employees, look at licensing your existing email, files and systems too, since micro1 shows $100K-$2M+ for that. Our quiz checks both in about a minute.2
Who qualifies
Which companies micro1 takes for video
Before you start
What to ask micro1 before anyone records
Ask what makes an hour approved, what the camera may and may not show, how faces, customers and screens with private details are handled, who owns the footage, and how and when you're paid. Questions about employee consent, customers in frame and recording laws go to your own lawyer.1
FAQ
Questions, answered with sources
It pays companies for footage of their employees' everyday work, which micro1 uses for ongoing AI training and evaluation. The company is paid $8-$10 per approved hour of video.1
$8-$10 for every hour of video it approves. Twenty employees with ten approved hours each would come to about $1,600-$2,000.1
Latin America, South Africa, the US and other Western markets, with work in English.1
All of them, by micro1's own listing. In our view, teams whose work is hands-on and repeated, like trades, kitchens and warehouses, have the most to record.1
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.
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
- How do CCPA, GDPR, UK GDPR and state privacy laws apply, and is de-identified data still personal information?
- 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?