micro1: what it takes, how it earns, what to check

Type

AI lab or data lab. Licenses or partners for the data itself, under its own agreement.

Legal entity

micro1 Inc. (page footer)

Data it wants

Company operational data: SOPs, knowledge bases, internal documentation, CRM data, project histories, QA processes, ticket workflows and sales playbooks, per its data-partnerships page.

Its referral page adds operational communications.

Who it takes

micro1's current public criteria list 30+ employees, mature operations and primarily English documentation, with US companies prioritized.

Acceptance depends on its review and current demand. Confirm exceptions directly with micro1.

US companies first, then other Western markets, per its data-partnerships page. It says demand is strongest in the US, UK and Canada.

How it earns

Runs company-data partnerships for AI development and pays companies under the agreed partnership. Its pages name no AI lab that receives the data.

Process

1. Get started with a short assessment.
2. micro1 reviews the submission to decide whether the company fits.
3. micro1 asks for more information and schedules a discovery call.
4. If approved, micro1 finalizes the agreement and data requirements and the partnership begins.

5. In an undated forum talk, micro1's David Revland described an earlier version: a data manifest form and a payment proposal before contract language.

   Its CFO put the transfer at about 10 IT hours over a week or two. Treat that as history.

Payout claims

• Partnership tiers of $100K+, $500K+ and $1M+, based on the quality, uniqueness and value of the data.
• Company compensation of $100K-$2M+ for approved data packages, on its Enterprise Data Partnership listing.
• In an undated recorded forum talk, micro1's CFO said deals near $2M are real. Historical context, not a current price.

Public figure, see sourceSelf-reported by the company unless marked reported.

Security claims

• No certification published on the pages we read.
• Says PII is removed "when relevant" and data runs through isolated pipelines.
• Says access is restricted to a limited number of authorized team members.
• Says data is retained only for agreed periods and deletion requests are honored.

De-identification and privacy

Its pages say PII is removed when relevant and data runs through isolated pipelines.

In an undated recorded forum talk, micro1's David Revland described transforming data instead of redacting it, with names as consistent stand-ins across tools. micro1 staff said companies cannot pre-scrub.

Consistent stand-ins keep the links between records, which is why re-identification is the open question on the risk map. Confirm the current method with micro1.

Terms for companies

• License or ownership. micro1 says companies keep ownership of their underlying data. Confirm licensed uses, duration, exclusivity and payment structure in the proposed agreement.
• Your warranties. The data contract is not published. Its referral terms require referrers to hold consent from an authorized company representative.
• Your indemnity and audit. Not published.
• Liability cap. Not published.
• Governing law. Referral terms: California law, San Francisco courts. Data contract: not published.

Our guides go further: how micro1's data partnership works, how micro1 uses your company data and micro1 alternatives compared.

Check before you share anything

These are facts from the company's own pages or from news and court reports, listed so you can ask about them. They are not verdicts. Companies change their terms, so confirm each one on the company's own page.

• The partnership contract is not public, so licensed uses, duration, exclusivity and payment structure only show up in the proposed agreement.
• No AI lab that receives the data is named.
• No company testimonial for any payment tier appears on the pages we read.
• An undated recorded forum talk gave earlier thresholds: micro1 staff named 20 full-time employees and about 1 TB, and David Revland of micro1 about 80% English. Its current pages govern: 30+ employees and primarily English, with no size threshold.

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