What is the micro1 video data partner program?
The short answer
The micro1 video data partner program asks business owners to record first-person video of hands-on work. It needs a company with at least 20 employees, like a farm, repair shop or building crew. Staff film with a phone on a wearable mount. micro1 states no pay amount.
Most micro1 programs cover words: SOPs, knowledge bases and ticket workflows. This one covers footage of people doing physical work, and it is separate from the company-data program. micro1 says the video trains robotics AI models (micro1's partner post).
In plain words
Staff wear a phone, and the phone films what their hands do.
Think of it like this
Think of a dashcam, but for a shift instead of a drive. The robot watches your work the way a new hire shadows a veteran.
Who qualifies?
The post names construction, manufacturing, auto repair, agriculture, warehousing, hotels and field services. It also lists retail, healthcare, logistics, education, fitness, transportation, property services and beauty.
The hard line is size. The post asks for companies with at least 20 employees. The owner, or someone with real authority, applies.
micro1 also prefers a leader who can manage large groups doing practical tasks. Experience with process documents or data projects helps. Past pilots help but are not required.
What video does micro1 want?
First-person video of manual work, from the worker's point of view. The post calls it POV or egocentric video. It asks for high volume from daily work in a real commercial setting.
The post lists three requirements: eligible smartphones, a wearable phone mount and a real commercial setup. It does not say which phones count. Ask before you buy mounts.
What does the partner actually do?
The post frames the job as a contractor role, remote, for a customer project that micro1 does not name. The post lists seven tasks. We group them in five.
Collect
Get POV video of manual work.
Coordinate
Handle high-volume submissions from staff.
Advise and guide
Flag safety issues and pass micro1's rules to your people.
Report
Give regular progress feedback to micro1's team.
Stay compliant
Meet privacy and consent standards.
How does micro1's pay work?
The post says only that selected partners are compensated. It gives no rate per hour of footage, no flat fee and no payment date. Treat any number you hear elsewhere as unconfirmed until micro1 puts it in writing.
We can't promise income from this program. Plan as if the first month could pay nothing, and ask for the terms before you buy equipment or film anyone.
What about the people on camera?
The post puts privacy on the partner: collect all video under privacy, consent and ethical standards. It calls the footage anonymized. It does not say how faces, voices or screens get anonymized, or who holds the raw files.
Here is our checklist, which is ours and not from the post:
- Get written consent from every worker before they film.
- Keep customers, patients, students and bystanders out of frame.
- Avoid screens, ID badges, license plates and paperwork.
- Ask whether footage of employees changes their job duties or pay.
Local law varies by country and state. Have a lawyer read the consent form and the micro1 contract first. We give no legal advice.
Where is it open?
The post lists North America, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the UAE. Other regions are not listed.
How do you apply?
You fill in a short form of about two minutes. It asks for company name, your name, role, email, phone, country and website. The post names no timeline for a reply.
micro1 may pay us a referral fee if a company we introduce goes ahead with it. How we are paid
See the video partner post (paid link)micro1's own video partner postPaid link. How we are paid
Before you apply, run the rights check and read what micro1 is and whether micro1 is legit. For micro1's company-records program, see the enterprise data partnership and how micro1's data partnership works.
Their FAQ, in plain words
The post has no FAQ list. Its "Why partner with us" block answers four questions, so we put them here in our words.
Does micro1 pay us?
micro1 says selected partners are compensated for their expertise. It gives no amount. Get the rate in writing.
How much work is this for our team?
micro1 says it designed the program to be low-overhead. It says it handles coordination, anonymization and program management. The partner still runs filming, consent and safety on site.
What does micro1 get out of it?
It says it wants real-world work to train and test frontier AI. For this post that means robotics models.
Can any business join?
Not any. For the video program, it must have 20 or more employees, work in a hands-on trade and sit in a listed region. micro1 picks the partners.
Have a lawyer read any contract before you sign. They like that.
Vaultfish helps you run the process. We are not lawyers and this is not legal advice. If you need counsel who knows this area, we can point you to one. Ask for a referral
