Best AI data brokers for company records
No public ranking exists, so the right broker is the one that fits your records.
No public source ranks AI data brokers, so none is best for everyone. The firms handling company records include micro1, Troveo, Replay, Polyshares, SimpleClosure, Mercor and Handshake AI.
Handshake AI's page goes up to $4M+. None has independent proof of its payouts to companies.
This guide lists each firm, what it asks of a company and what you can check yourself. Nearly every figure comes from the firms. None is a promise of what you would receive.
In plain words
Data licensing means a company gets to use your records for a while, under rules.
Think of it like this
It's like renting out a room you never use. You keep the house. A broker is the agent who finds the tenant.
What counts as an AI data broker?
In AI, people say "data broker" for any firm that sits between two sides. One side holds records, such as Slack threads, email, tickets and CRM history. The other side is the AI labs and agent builders who want them.
In law, a "data broker" resells consumer data and must register in some states. So this site calls these firms buyers, marketplaces, advisors and referral front ends.
Some take the data themselves, by purchase or by license. Some resell it on a marketplace. Some collect your details and pass them to a partner.
That choice decides who you deal with after the first form. A direct program sets the price. A marketplace finds buyers and shares the revenue. A referral front end hands you on.
Who handles company data, and what do they ask?
| Firm | Kind | What it asks of a company | What it publishes |
|---|---|---|---|
| micro1 | Direct data partnership | 30+ employees on its pages, mostly English records, US, UK and Canada first | Tiers of $100K+, $500K+ and $1M+ |
| Handshake AI | Direct program that delivers to labs | A form, then a scoping call. Handshake AI's company referral page says 20+ full-time employees and 3+ years | $100K to $4M+ |
| Mercor | Buyer and reseller | No minimum stated. Connects 100+ tools | Wire within about 2 to 4 weeks of signing. No price list |
| Troveo | Marketplace | No minimum stated | Revenue share on each deal, split unpublished. No named buyers |
| Replay | Direct program | Bands start at 20 to 50 employees | $10K to $100K for 20 to 50 staff, up to $1M+ at 250+. Upfront plus revenue share |
| Polyshares | Direct license | No minimum stated | $100K to $2M+. Net 30 to 60 after approval |
| SimpleClosure Asset Hub | Shutdown platform | Built for closing companies, open to operating ones | Nearly 100 deals at $10,000 to $100,000 (Gizmodo). A percentage on a sale or license, rate unpublished |
One more name comes up. Protege runs a governed marketplace in health, video and audio. Its pages do not mention workplace chat (Protege).
What can you check, and what can't you?
Some facts anyone can check.
- People and companies: micro1, Troveo and SimpleClosure name their leaders or companies. Troveo's footer names no legal entity.
- Terms pages: SimpleClosure publishes terms. A missing terms or privacy page is a reason to ask for the contract before anything else.
- Domain age: a lookup shows when a site was registered. A domain from this year has no track record to read.
Other facts are claims. Troveo's own pages show $20M+ and $50M+ paid. Handshake AI's show $250M and $500M+. Each firm gives two totals that its pages do not reconcile.
Troveo's $20M also covers video and audio licensors. None of these totals predicts what your company would receive. micro1's Enterprise Data Partnership listing says $100K-$2M+ for approved data packages (self-reported).
The public price points outside the companies' own published ranges are bids and distressed sales. The largest is Google's $10M winning bid for Spirit Airlines' archive, pending court approval. Mercor was at $7.5M and micro1 at $12.5M after the auction closed.
No public deal shows what a working company with ten years of CRM history receives. Our deals tracker follows these figures.
Which kind of program fits which company?
Ask which one fits you. A ranking can't tell you.
- A startup that is shutting down fits SimpleClosure Asset Hub. It was built for that.
- A company with 30 or more people, English-language records and years of Slack, email or CRM data fits the direct programs that publish tiers, micro1 and Handshake AI.
- A company of 20 to 29 people that wants a published price band fits Replay, which starts its bands at 20 employees. Our Replay review covers its terms.
- A company that wants a marketplace to find several buyers fits Troveo. Ask about the revenue share first.
- A company that wants someone to prepare its records and rights first fits a readiness service. Ours is managed readiness.
Who gets paid when you sign?
Some companies in this market pay people who introduce a company, and that money can shape what gets written about them. Our own fee note at the end covers every buyer we mention. Ask any comparison, this one included, who gets paid when you sign up.
What should you do before a first call?
- Run the rights check so you know whose words sit in your systems.
- Read the risk map for failure points for data owners.
- Work through how to choose an AI data broker and AI data broker red flags.
- Keep your raw data in your own systems until a signed agreement says who receives what and when it is deleted.
The buyer directory records each firm's public terms. How to license your company's data to AI companies walks through the whole process. Talk to a privacy or commercial lawyer in your state before you sign.
micro1 may pay us a referral fee if a company we introduce goes ahead with it. How we are paid
Apply to micro1's data partnership (paid link)micro1's own data-partnerships pagePaid link. How we are paid
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
