# 36 Companies and Platforms That Buy or License Workplace Data for AI

> 37 links picked by Aashish Pahwa, from a post on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DfCOFGHD1G3/.
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AI companies are now paying businesses for internal records such as Slack chats, emails, Notion pages, Google Drive files, Jira tickets, code, CRM records, and other work history. Here are 36 companies and platforms involved in this growing market, with links to their websites. These companies offer programs to acquire, license, or arrange licensing of real business data for AI training.

## 1. Companies with data-buying or licensing programs

1. [micro1.ai](https://www.micro1.ai/data-partnerships): 2. Mercor — Slack, Teams, Gmail, Notion, GitHub, Salesforce, and Google Drive data.
2. [mercor.com](https://www.mercor.com/data/): 3. Polyshares — Buys licenses to business communications, files, support tickets, and operational history directly.
3. [polyshares.com](https://polyshares.com/data-licensing): 4. Mode (BizBuyData) — Licenses historical data from businesses and nonprofits, including emails, chats, and internal systems.
4. [data.mode.inc](https://data.mode.inc/): 5. Handshake AI — Helps businesses license documentation, workflows, and project records to AI labs.
5. [joinhandshake.com](https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/): 6. Scale AI — Pays companies for operational records and real-world workflow data.
6. [scale.com](https://scale.com/data-partnership): 7. Prism by Labelbox — Licenses proprietary business datasets for AI development.
7. [prism.labelbox.com](https://prism.labelbox.com/): 8. Nyne AI — Focuses on accounting, CRM, support, scheduling, and project history.
8. [nyne.ai](https://nyne.ai/sell-company-data/): 9. Ooak Data — Acquires data from active, closing, and closed companies.
9. [ooakdata.com](https://ooakdata.com/partner): 10. Turing (Project Lazarus) — Acquires codebases and historical operational records, including from closing companies.
10. [lazarus.turing.com](https://lazarus.turing.com/): 11. Centific — Runs an enterprise-data partnership program for AI development.
11. [centific.com](https://www.centific.com/enterprise-data): 12. Appen — Works with enterprises to license proprietary data for AI development.
12. [appen.com](https://www.appen.com/enterprise-data): 13. SuperAnnotate — Licenses Slack threads, emails, tickets, documents, workflows, and recorded tasks to AI labs.
13. [superannotate.com](https://www.superannotate.com/data-partnerships): 14. Anthroly — Acquires and brokers proprietary operational data from American businesses.
14. [anthroly.com](https://www.anthroly.com/): 15. Replay — Helps companies monetize their historical business records through data licensing.
15. [replay.ai](https://www.replay.ai/): 16. Specific Labs — Sources company records and business workflows for AI training and evaluation.
16. [withspecific.com](https://withspecific.com/company-data): 17. The General Data Company — Focuses on engineering, manufacturing, production, and industrial records.
17. [thegeneraldata.com](https://thegeneraldata.com/data-partnerships/): 18. Actual Data — Buys enterprise workflows, company records, and operational datasets.
18. [actualdata.ai](https://actualdata.ai/): 19. Telegraph Lab — Licenses business conversations, documents, and operational records.
19. [telegraphlab.com](https://telegraphlab.com/): 20. SourceX — Licenses company data directly and prepares it for AI labs.
20. [sourcex.si](https://sourcex.si/)

## 2. Data brokers and marketplaces

21. [troveo.ai](https://www.troveo.ai/business-data): 2. Protege — Connects owners of private, proprietary datasets with AI developers.
22. [withprotege.ai](https://withprotege.ai/data-providers): 3. Endless Data — Aggregates operational datasets and licenses them to AI companies.
23. [endless-data.com](https://endless-data.com/): 4. Pewter — Connects established businesses with buyers of historical emails, files, and operational records.
24. [pewterdata.com](https://pewterdata.com/): 5. HUMXN — Marketplace for licensed company datasets and expert-created training data.
25. [humxn.io](https://humxn.io/sell-company-data): 6. Grepped — Helps businesses monetize internal workspaces, documents, and company data.
26. [grepped.ai](https://www.grepped.ai/): 7. Sureform — Packages and licenses company messages, documents, code, and operational records.
27. [sureformhq.com](https://www.sureformhq.com/): 8. Korra — Connects businesses that own historical emails, chats, and job records with data buyers.
28. [korra.io](https://korra.io/): 9. Aribase — Marketplace for proprietary code, documents, business records, and other AI training data.
29. [aribase.com](https://aribase.com/): 10. Smelted — Lets businesses seek offers from AI labs and other data buyers.
30. [smelted.ai](https://smelted.ai/): 11. DataDeals — Represents businesses selling or licensing proprietary datasets.
31. [datadeals.ai](https://datadeals.ai/): 12. AIData.Broker — Helps data owners compare buyers and negotiate licensing deals.
32. [aidata.broker](https://aidata.broker/): 13. Regulr AI — Connects established businesses with buyers of historical company records.
33. [regulr.ai](https://regulr.ai/)

## 3. Companies focused on shut-down startups

34. [simpleclosure.com](https://simpleclosure.com/product/assethub/): 2. Sunset — Startup shutdown service that also works on monetizing company data and other assets during wind-downs.
35. [sunsethq.com](https://sunsethq.com/): 3. BuyMyDeadStartup — Marketplace where founders can list closed-startup assets for potential AI buyers.
36. [buymydeadstartup.com](https://buymydeadstartup.com/)

## Want an even larger list?

37. [datalicensingindex.com](https://datalicensingindex.com/buyers): Some providers above are very new, with limited publicly verified deal histories. And most buyers prefer companies with several years of records, often with 20–50 or more employees. Some programs primarily serve US businesses.

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