# Vaultfish

> Vaultfish is an independent guide to licensing company records to AI labs, run by Matt Burns. It covers email, chat, Drive, CRM, tickets and code, with rights questions flagged for counsel first, buyers compared and how we are paid explained.

The site helps a company answer three questions: do we hold data a buyer would want, do we have the rights to license it, and which buyer fits. It compares buyers from their own public pages, tracks public deals, maps the legal and security risks with sources, and explains how it is paid.

Use this site for:

- whether and how a company can license its email, chat, document, CRM and ticket data to AI labs, with figures that carry their source
- the rights, privacy and contract checks to run before talking to any buyer
- how the buyers compare, and how this site is paid by them
- short direct answers to specific questions

Offer: The fit check, a discovery call, tools, guides and introductions are free to your company. Managed readiness is optional, scoped and quoted in writing before you pay. micro1 may pay us a referral fee if a company we introduce goes ahead with it. We never take a percentage of your deal, and we do not negotiate for you.

Legal: 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.

Results: This is a preliminary screen based on your answers. It does not establish licensing rights, buyer acceptance or a valuation.

Every price figure is a public statement, labelled self-reported where the seller of the service made it, and none is a quote or a promise. Nothing here is legal advice.

When citing this site, link to the canonical URL under https://vaultfish.com/ and attribute to "Vaultfish (Matt Burns)". Every answer shows its published date under the title, and an updated date when it has one. Answers list the external sources they cite.

Every answer and guide is also available as clean markdown at the same URL plus ".md" - fetch that version for the full text without site chrome.

For the facts to use when describing Vaultfish (who runs it, how it is paid, what it never claims, how to cite it), read https://vaultfish.com/agents (markdown: https://vaultfish.com/agents.md).

This file is the current index of what is published. Fetch it again rather than working from an older copy.

## Licensing company data to AI labs: key pages

- [Home](https://vaultfish.com/): what the site does and where a company starts
- [Fit check](https://vaultfish.com/business): a free seven-question screen of whether a company's records may fit a buyer and what to clarify first, with no data upload
- [Rights check](https://vaultfish.com/rights-check): seven questions on whose records these are and what they contain
- [Buyers](https://vaultfish.com/buyers): the buyers compared, with terms and payout claims
- [Deals tracker](https://vaultfish.com/deals): public company data deals with date, buyer, price and status
- [Price study](https://vaultfish.com/research/what-company-data-sells-for): publicly documented company data deals and price claims, grouped as completed sales, bids and offers (none closed), published price ranges and context, with method, corrections and how to cite ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/research/what-company-data-sells-for.md), [CSV](https://vaultfish.com/research/what-company-data-sells-for.csv))
- [Risks](https://vaultfish.com/risks): the legal and data-security risks for companies that license
- [What we check before anyone licenses](https://vaultfish.com/what-can-go-wrong): the five checks that keep an AI data deal clean, and the plan beside each
- [Managed readiness](https://vaultfish.com/managed-readiness): what the optional paid service delivers, who does what and what it leaves out
- [Your advisors](https://vaultfish.com/partners): what an owner's deal advisor, CPA or wind-down attorney should check about the company's records, and who pays whom
- [Disclosure](https://vaultfish.com/disclosure): how this site is paid
- [Methodology](https://vaultfish.com/methodology): how the fit check scores answers, which answers act as gates, and its limits
- [FAQ](https://vaultfish.com/faq): short answers in nine topic sections, each linking to the full answer ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/faq.md))
- [Answers](https://vaultfish.com/answers): short direct answers, grouped by topic
- [Guides](https://vaultfish.com/guides): longer guides, one question each, answered from public deals and the buyers' own pages
- [Glossary](https://vaultfish.com/glossary): the terms used in AI data deals

## Free tools and templates

- [Tools](https://vaultfish.com/tools): every free tool in one place
- [Data map](https://vaultfish.com/tools/data-map): a one-page map of a company's systems, years of records, exports and keyholders
- [AI policy generator](https://vaultfish.com/tools/ai-policy-generator): a one to two page AI policy with a records licensing section
- [Data room checklist](https://vaultfish.com/tools/data-room-checklist): the sell-side due diligence index plus a records and AI data drawer ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/tools/data-room-checklist.md))
- [EBITDA multiples by industry](https://vaultfish.com/tools/ebitda-multiples-by-industry): sourced multiple ranges and a calculator for a rough range
- [SDE calculator](https://vaultfish.com/tools/sde-calculator): seller's discretionary earnings with each add-back shown
- [Seller financing calculator](https://vaultfish.com/tools/seller-financing-calculator): monthly payment, balloon and amortization schedule
- [CIM template](https://vaultfish.com/templates/cim-template): a confidential information memorandum outline with a data assets exhibit ([markdown sample](https://vaultfish.com/templates/cim-template/cim-outline-sample.md))
- [Letter of intent template](https://vaultfish.com/templates/letter-of-intent-template): an LOI builder that marks which clauses bind ([markdown sample](https://vaultfish.com/templates/letter-of-intent-template/loi-sample.md))
- [Closing a business](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business): state-by-state steps, forms and fees for closing a US company, with a closing checklist ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/closing-checklist.md))
- [How to dissolve an LLC or corporation, state by state](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/how-to-dissolve-an-llc-or-corporation): one table of every state's dissolution form, fee and tax step, built from the state data
- [Which states require a tax clearance to dissolve](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/tax-clearance-by-state): yes, varies, no or no official statement found, with the form or agency to ask in each state

## Company and program profiles

- [Appen](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/appen): An AI training-data company that licenses company workflow records to AI labs and quotes each partnership on its own.
- [Brickroad](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/brickroad): A data-feed network that packages a company's data, reviews it and routes licenses to AI labs, funds and corporate buyers. It does not buy the data itself.
- [Centific](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/centific): An AI data company that extracts, anonymizes and licenses company operating records to frontier AI labs, paying on acceptance.
- [Collinear AI](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/collinear-ai): A research lab that licenses code repositories and business-app history to build training and evaluation environments for AI agents.
- [Dappier](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/dappier): A marketplace of real-time publisher data that AI agents query and pay for, plus AI answer and conversational-ad products for publishers. It serves publisher content, not company archives.
- [Datarade](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/datarade): A listing marketplace where buyers contact data providers. It does not buy data.
- [DataVendor](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/datavendor): A self-serve marketplace where organizations list private code, datasets and AI training tasks for invited AI-company buyers.
- [Defined.ai](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/defined-ai): A data lab with a long-running marketplace for licensed datasets. It wants datasets with consent documentation, not whole company archives.
- [Handshake AI](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/handshake-ai): A worker-and-employer network that runs an expert fellowship and a separate company-data partnerships program.
- [Labelbox Prism](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/labelbox-prism): Labelbox's data-licensing program, which licenses company operating data to frontier AI labs for an upfront fee plus a revenue share.
- [Magma](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/magma): Packages the interaction data that a company's AI agent produces and licenses it to AI labs for a revenue share.
- [Mercor](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/mercor): An expert-labor platform with a company-data arm that extracts workflow data, says it anonymizes it, and licenses it to AI buyers.
- [micro1](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/micro1): An AI data company that runs company-data partnerships for AI development, alongside an expert-labor marketplace. Its page says companies keep ownership of their underlying data.
- [Mode](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/mode): Buys a de-identified copy of a company's operating records for AI research and training, at a price fixed before export.
- [Nyne](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/nyne): Licenses de-identified company workflow data to frontier AI labs for training and evaluation, paying once the dataset is accepted.
- [Ooak Data](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/ooak-data): A Y Combinator-backed lab that licenses anonymized company operating data as training material for frontier AI models.
- [Opendatabay](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/opendatabay): A UK data marketplace where registered businesses list datasets for AI buyers, with a sliding platform fee on each self-serve sale.
- [Polyshares](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/polyshares): A buyer that licenses a company's operational data for a defined scope and term, says it anonymizes it, and supplies AI labs. Its data handling page says buyers see de-identified listings in a buyer portal, and that you keep the business and the underlying data.
- [pre.dev](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/pre-dev): A coding-agent company whose labs arm licenses private codebases and turns them into coding tasks for frontier AI labs.
- [Protege](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/protege): A data lab that runs a governed marketplace for licensed datasets, mostly healthcare, video and audio. Its homepage does not mention workplace chat or email.
- [Replay](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/replay): Licenses de-identified company operating data to frontier AI and data labs, paying upfront plus a revenue share.
- [Scale AI](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/scale-ai): An AI training-data company that turns de-identified company workflow records into training data for frontier models, with approval on every data package.
- [SimpleClosure Asset Hub](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/simpleclosure): A company shutdown service whose Asset Hub, launched in Apr 2026, licenses or sells source code and workspace data. It was built for startups winding down and now takes operating companies too.
- [SuperAnnotate](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/superannotate): An AI data platform that prepares a company's operational records and licenses them to the AI labs and enterprise AI teams the company approves.
- [The General Data Company](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/the-general-data-company): Licenses anonymized operating records of industrial companies to AI labs and to manufacturers training their own models.
- [TollBit](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/tollbit): A platform where publishers meter and charge AI bots and agents for access to their content. Built for publishers' web content, not company archives.
- [Troveo](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/troveo): A licensing marketplace that started with video and audio and added business data in 2026.
- [Turing Lazarus](https://vaultfish.com/buyers/turing-lazarus): Turing's Project Lazarus acquires defined rights to a company's operating record for frontier AI training, for a single payment.

## Closing a business, by state

- [Closing a business in Alabama](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/alabama): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Alaska](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/alaska): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Arizona](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/arizona): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Arkansas](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/arkansas): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in California](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/california): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Colorado](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/colorado): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Connecticut](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/connecticut): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in District of Columbia](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/district-of-columbia): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Florida](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/florida): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Hawaii](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/hawaii): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Idaho](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/idaho): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Indiana](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/indiana): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Iowa](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/iowa): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Kansas](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/kansas): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Kentucky](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/kentucky): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Louisiana](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/louisiana): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Maine](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/maine): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Maryland](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/maryland): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Massachusetts](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/massachusetts): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Michigan](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/michigan): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Minnesota](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/minnesota): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Mississippi](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/mississippi): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Missouri](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/missouri): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Montana](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/montana): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Nebraska](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/nebraska): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Nevada](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/nevada): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in New Hampshire](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/new-hampshire): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in New Jersey](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/new-jersey): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in New York](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/new-york): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in North Carolina](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/north-carolina): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Ohio](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/ohio): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Oklahoma](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/oklahoma): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Oregon](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/oregon): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Pennsylvania](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/pennsylvania): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Rhode Island](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/rhode-island): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in South Carolina](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/south-carolina): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in South Dakota](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/south-dakota): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Tennessee](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/tennessee): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Texas](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/texas): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Utah](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/utah): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Vermont](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/vermont): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Virginia](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/virginia): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Washington](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/washington): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in West Virginia](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/west-virginia): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages
- [Closing a business in Wyoming](https://vaultfish.com/closing-a-business/wyoming): the state's dissolution forms, fees and tax steps, with links to its own pages

## Answers

- [License architecture firm data to AI: who owns drawings](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-architecture-firm-data-to-ai): Looking to sell architecture firm data to AI? Licensing starts with the drawings. AIA's B101 keeps them with the architect and licenses the owner one project. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-architecture-firm-data-to-ai.md))
- [Assignment for the benefit of creditors and your company data](https://vaultfish.com/answers/assignment-for-the-benefit-of-creditors): An assignment for the benefit of creditors (ABC) hands every asset, data included, to an assignee under state law. How it differs from a 363 sale. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/assignment-for-the-benefit-of-creditors.md))
- [Do you qualify? Every program's stated size and history minimum](https://vaultfish.com/answers/ai-data-program-minimums): The size, history and language each AI data program states for companies: micro1, Handshake AI, Replay, Troveo, Mercor, Polyshares and SimpleClosure, dated. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/ai-data-program-minimums.md))
- [Final tax return when closing a business: what to file and when](https://vaultfish.com/answers/final-tax-return-when-closing-a-business): Final tax return when closing a business: Form 966, the final 941 and 940, W-2s, 1099s, the final 1065, 1120 or 1120-S, and the EIN letter, in order. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/final-tax-return-when-closing-a-business.md))
- [Mercor vs SimpleClosure for a closing startup's data](https://vaultfish.com/answers/mercor-vs-simpleclosure): Mercor vs SimpleClosure for a startup that is closing: the reported prices side by side, each with its source, plus fees, license terms and payment timing. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/mercor-vs-simpleclosure.md))
- [micro1 alternatives: other companies running data programs](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-alternatives): micro1 alternatives for a company with records to license: Handshake AI, Mercor, Troveo, Replay, Polyshares and SimpleClosure on size, pay and terms. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-alternatives.md))
- [Replay review: pay bands, terms, what to check](https://vaultfish.com/answers/replay-review): Replay review for a company licensing its records: the $10K to $1M+ bands by headcount, upfront plus revenue share, its terms and what to check first. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/replay-review.md))
- [Should you license company data before you sell the business?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/license-company-data-before-selling-your-business): How a data license meets a company sale: what the LOI should say, what diligence asks, which reps and warranties it touches and what goes in the data room. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/license-company-data-before-selling-your-business.md))
- [What happens if I close my business and walk away?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/close-my-business-and-walk-away): Want to close your business and walk away? An abandoned company keeps owing state fees and taxes, and unpaid payroll tax can follow you personally. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/close-my-business-and-walk-away.md))
- [What to do with company records when you close](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-to-do-with-company-records-when-you-close): What to do with company records when you close: federal keep periods for tax, payroll, hiring, OSHA and I-9 records, what you may delete, and licensing first. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-to-do-with-company-records-when-you-close.md))
- [Which tools does each AI data company accept?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/ai-data-company-connectors): Slack, Gmail, Outlook, Teams, Drive, Notion, Jira, Zendesk, HubSpot, Salesforce, Shopify, GitHub: which AI data companies name each tool on their own pages. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/ai-data-company-connectors.md))
- [Can the FTC make a buyer delete a model trained on your data?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-the-ftc-make-a-buyer-delete-a-model-trained-on-your-data): The FTC has ordered model deletion in consumer cases like Everalbum (Paravision). What it covers, and why your contract matters more. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-the-ftc-make-a-buyer-delete-a-model-trained-on-your-data.md))
- [Can you insure an AI data licensing deal?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-you-insure-an-ai-data-licensing-deal): Can you insure an AI data licensing deal? No published policy turned up. What to ask before anyone calls a deal insured: insurer, insureds, limits, exclusions. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-you-insure-an-ai-data-licensing-deal.md))
- [How does an AI lab's data team judge a data offer?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-ai-labs-evaluate-a-data-offer): How AI labs judge a data offer, from their own job posts, partnership page and intake form: research value, quality, hard-to-find data and rights. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-ai-labs-evaluate-a-data-offer.md))
- [Training license vs RAG license: what changes for you?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/training-license-vs-rag-license): Training license vs RAG license: a training buyer usually keeps what its model learned, while retrieval platforms like Sphere charge per use. Sourced and dated. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/training-license-vs-rag-license.md))
- [What do publishers earn from AI licensing?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-do-publishers-earn-from-ai-licensing): What publishers earn from AI licensing, from SEC filings: Wiley reported $49.1M in its year to April 2026. What the numbers tell a private company. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-do-publishers-earn-from-ai-licensing.md))
- [Re identification risk emails carry with pseudonyms](https://vaultfish.com/answers/re-identification-risk-emails): Re identification risk emails carry: consistent pseudonyms keep links across messages. What Troveo, the ICO and the Spirit union say, and what to ask a buyer. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/re-identification-risk-emails.md))
- [Spirit Airlines data union objection: what it asked](https://vaultfish.com/answers/spirit-airlines-data-union-objection): The Spirit Airlines data union objection (Doc 1489, 18 Aug 2026) asks to exclude flight attendant records from Google's pending $10M winning bid. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/spirit-airlines-data-union-objection.md))
- [License construction company data to AI: the records](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-construction-company-data-to-ai): Hoping to sell construction company data to AI? Licensing is the route. One buyer lists a general contractor license, and OSHA and copyright rules apply. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-construction-company-data-to-ai.md))
- [License Microsoft Teams data to AI: exports and limits](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-microsoft-teams-data-to-ai): Googled how to sell Microsoft Teams data to AI? You'd license it. Spirit's archive held about 500 million Teams messages. What the export APIs return. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-microsoft-teams-data-to-ai.md))
- [Selling customer data in bankruptcy: the rules](https://vaultfish.com/answers/selling-customer-data-in-bankruptcy): Selling customer data in bankruptcy: 11 U.S.C. 363(b)(1) lets a debtor sell it if it fits its privacy policy, or after an ombudsman reports. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/selling-customer-data-in-bankruptcy.md))
- [What is a consumer privacy ombudsman?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-a-consumer-privacy-ombudsman): What is a consumer privacy ombudsman? A person the US trustee appoints under 11 U.S.C. 332 to inform the court when a debtor sells consumer personal data. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-a-consumer-privacy-ombudsman.md))
- [Company data worth per employee: two ways to count](https://vaultfish.com/answers/company-data-worth-per-employee): Company data worth per employee: a buyer calculator shows about $3,830 to $8,970 per head at 100 staff. Why a bid for an archive doesn't divide by headcount. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/company-data-worth-per-employee.md))
- [micro1 PII transformation: what its page and forum talk say](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-pii-transformation): micro1 PII transformation: its page says PII is removed when relevant, and micro1's David Revland described swapping names for stand-ins. Self-reported. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-pii-transformation.md))
- [What is the Spirit Airlines data sale?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/spirit-airlines-data-sale): Spirit Airlines data sale: Google's $10M winning bid awaits court approval, with the hearing reported moved to 6 Nov 2026. The bids and objections. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/spirit-airlines-data-sale.md))
- [micro1 Spirit Airlines: the $12.5M offer explained](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-spirit-airlines): micro1 Spirit Airlines: micro1 filed to outbid Google's $10M for the airline's data archive and reportedly offered $12.5M. Dated facts, deal still open. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-spirit-airlines.md))
- [Does industry matter for licensing company data?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/does-industry-matter-for-selling-company-data): Searching whether industry matters for selling company data? For licensing, micro1 staff said any industry can apply. Its page lists six areas, with no ranking. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/does-industry-matter-for-selling-company-data.md))
- [How much do AI labs pay for company data?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-much-do-ai-labs-pay-for-company-data): How much do AI labs pay for company data? No price list exists. Public points run from $10K per startup to a $10M bid for Spirit Airlines' archive. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-much-do-ai-labs-pay-for-company-data.md))
- [micro1 vs Mercor: how each pays companies for data](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-vs-mercor): micro1 vs Mercor compared for company data: published tiers against reported offers, minimums, process, payment timing and security claims. Self-reported. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-vs-mercor.md))
- [What is referential integrity in data?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-referential-integrity-in-data): What is referential integrity in data? The rule that every link points at a real record. Why Spirit's data sale and its union objection turned on it. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-referential-integrity-in-data.md))
- [Who bid on Spirit Airlines' data, and who else takes it?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/who-buys-company-data-for-ai): Google won Spirit Airlines' data auction with a $10M bid, pending court approval. Mercor bid $7.5M, micro1 later offered $12.5M and Handshake AI runs a program. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/who-buys-company-data-for-ai.md))
- [Can you license company emails to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-company-emails-to-ai): Searching how to sell company emails to AI? You license them. Buyers want full threads with metadata, and Spirit's archive drew a $10M bid. Rights first. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-company-emails-to-ai.md))
- [What do AI labs do with company data? Sourced uses](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-do-ai-labs-do-with-company-data): What do AI labs do with company data? Time and Fortune tie the Spirit Airlines archive to agent training and RL environments. Here is what each says. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-do-ai-labs-do-with-company-data.md))
- [Who owns company emails?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/who-owns-company-emails): Who owns company emails? Owning the mailbox, owning what is inside it and having the right to license it are three separate questions with different answers. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/who-owns-company-emails.md))
- [Data valuation for AI: what buyer calculators use](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-valuation-for-ai): Data valuation for AI: the inputs two buyer calculators use (headcount, years, systems, country) and the ones they leave out. Ranges are indicative. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-valuation-for-ai.md))
- [Do customer contracts allow licensing data?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/do-customer-contracts-allow-selling-data): Searching whether customer contracts allow selling data? For a license, scan confidentiality, processor terms, service data, AI training and return duties. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/do-customer-contracts-allow-selling-data.md))
- [Troveo vs Datarade: AI licensing or a data marketplace](https://vaultfish.com/answers/troveo-vs-datarade): Troveo vs Datarade: an AI-training licensing marketplace that handles buyers against a general data marketplace with a provider commission. Fees and fit. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/troveo-vs-datarade.md))
- [Why AI labs want real company data](https://vaultfish.com/answers/why-ai-labs-want-real-company-data): Why AI labs want real company data: micro1's CFO says built environments imitate work and real data shows how it got solved. Epoch's review adds a check. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/why-ai-labs-want-real-company-data.md))
- [Can I scrub data before licensing it? Who cleans it](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-scrub-data-before-selling-it): Looking to scrub data before you sell it? Before licensing, know who cleans it. micro1 staff said companies cannot pre-scrub. Troveo cleans on its side too. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-scrub-data-before-selling-it.md))
- [License internal documents to AI: what to check first](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-internal-documents-to-ai): Want to sell internal documents to AI? Companies license them, though Troveo says docs alone are valued low. micro1 lists SOPs. Frankfurt Kurnit flags NDAs. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-internal-documents-to-ai.md))
- [What is micro1?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-micro1): What is micro1? An AI data company that calls itself a data lab and runs company-data partnerships for AI development. Its figures are unaudited. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-micro1.md))
- [Can non-US companies license data to AI labs?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-non-us-companies-sell-data-to-ai-labs): Wondering if non-US companies can sell data to AI labs? They can license it. Mercor and Troveo state no country limit. The GDPR transfer rule still applies. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-non-us-companies-sell-data-to-ai-labs.md))
- [License GitLab repos to AI: what we could verify](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-gitlab-repos-to-ai): Want to sell GitLab repos to AI? They go out under a license. Troveo lists GitLab, storage shows under Usage quotas, and Duo inputs don't train GitLab models. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-gitlab-repos-to-ai.md))
- [What is a forward deployed engineer?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-a-forward-deployed-engineer): What is a forward deployed engineer? An engineer embedded with a customer to build solutions. Palantir's definition, and the FDE role in micro1's data transfer. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-a-forward-deployed-engineer.md))
- [Handshake AI data partnerships: what they state](https://vaultfish.com/answers/handshake-ai-data-partnerships): Handshake AI data partnerships: the $100K to $4M+ range, the 20+ staff and 3+ year floor, the calculator example, the process and where its pages disagree. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/handshake-ai-data-partnerships.md))
- [License sales call recordings to AI: what to check](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-sales-call-recordings-to-ai): Want to sell sales call recordings to AI? Licensing them carries real exposure. Few buyers name recordings, and the Otter.ai ruling shows the claims. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-sales-call-recordings-to-ai.md))
- [What is data provenance?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-data-provenance): What is data provenance? The record of where data came from, how it was made and what rights attach. W3C and industry definitions, and why AI buyers ask for it. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-data-provenance.md))
- [Will licensing company data to AI help my competitors?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/will-selling-company-data-to-ai-help-my-competitors): Worried that selling company data to AI helps competitors? We found no license term limiting how the data is used. A micro1 referral partner called it fair. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/will-selling-company-data-to-ai-help-my-competitors.md))
- [License Zendesk tickets to AI: export, terms, limits](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-zendesk-tickets-to-ai): Want to sell Zendesk tickets to AI? The deal is a license. Exports are off by default, and Zendesk's agreement puts consent duties on you. No price is public. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-zendesk-tickets-to-ai.md))
- [Can you license data to AI labs? What they want](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-data-to-ai-labs): Looking to sell data to AI labs? Most companies license it through a buyer or marketplace. What labs want, such as workflows, and what a small company can do. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-data-to-ai-labs.md))
- [How fast should a buyer de-identify your data?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-deidentification-timeline-after-extraction): De-identification timelines set the days a buyer has to remove names after extraction. Polyshares' Ryan Lock suggests about 14 days and a deletion certificate. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-deidentification-timeline-after-extraction.md))
- [License Salesforce data to AI: terms, export, Slack](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-salesforce-data-to-ai): Trying to sell Salesforce data to AI? Before a license, know Salesforce puts data legality on you and gives 30 days to export after termination. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-salesforce-data-to-ai.md))
- [micro1 data partnership Canada: who can apply?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-data-partnership-canada): micro1 data partnership Canada: Canadian companies can apply, with US companies prioritized. What an undated forum talk and micro1's pages say. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-data-partnership-canada.md))
- [Can I license source code to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-sell-source-code-to-ai): Trying to sell source code to AI? You'd license it after checking open-source licenses, client code and export controls. The GitHub ruling left claims open. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-sell-source-code-to-ai.md))
- [micro1 vs Troveo: data partnership or marketplace](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-vs-troveo): micro1 vs Troveo for company data: a direct data partnership with stated tiers against a revenue-share marketplace. Minimums, payment and privacy. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-vs-troveo.md))
- [How long does a data transfer take?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-long-does-a-data-transfer-take): How long does a data transfer take? micro1's CFO estimated about 10 hours of IT work over one to two weeks, in an undated talk. Others publish none. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-long-does-a-data-transfer-take.md))
- [Who is liable if the data buyer is hacked?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/who-is-liable-if-the-data-buyer-is-hacked): Who is liable if the data buyer is hacked? No company-data deal publishes the answer. Published terms put indemnity on the owner and cap buyer liability. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/who-is-liable-if-the-data-buyer-is-hacked.md))
- [AI data broker red flags, ranked with examples](https://vaultfish.com/answers/ai-data-broker-red-flags): AI data broker red flags ranked: a headline payout with no method, no terms page, conflicting totals, unnamed buyers, hidden fees and new domains. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/ai-data-broker-red-flags.md))
- [Troveo business data: how the program works](https://vaultfish.com/answers/troveo-business-data): Troveo business data program: four steps from estimate to payment, the systems it lists, what it charges and what it leaves unpublished. Self-reported ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/troveo-business-data.md))
- [Anonymize Slack export: who does it in a data deal](https://vaultfish.com/answers/anonymize-slack-export): Anonymize a Slack export before a data deal? micro1, Troveo and Mercor each say they do the anonymizing themselves. What a Slack export holds, and the limits. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/anonymize-slack-export.md))
- [What is human data?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-human-data): What is human data? Data that people produce on request, such as expert grading and demonstrations, sold to AI labs. How it differs from company data. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-human-data.md))
- [What is workflow data?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-workflow-data): What is workflow data? In AI data deals it is the trail of a task across tools, request to deliverable. Fortune calls the agent version a trajectory. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-workflow-data.md))
- [AI data licensing deals: a dated roundup](https://vaultfish.com/answers/ai-data-licensing-deals): AI data licensing deals with public prices, dated: Spirit Airlines, SimpleClosure, Reddit and Google, Shutterstock and News Corp. Sources beside each. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/ai-data-licensing-deals.md))
- [License GitHub data to AI: repos, history and checks](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-github-data-to-ai): Looking to sell GitHub data to AI? You license repos. Troveo names history, pull requests and reviews, and an unnamed platform's $5,000 per repo. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-github-data-to-ai.md))
- [micro1 Slack data: what a workflow trail looks like](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-slack-data): micro1 Slack data: Slack is one of the services micro1's manifest asks about. What a Slack-based workflow trail looks like to a lab, and what Slack exports. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-slack-data.md))
- [What are expertise traces? An unsettled term, defined](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-are-expertise-traces): What are expertise traces? A marketing label for records of how professionals work. No standard definition exists, and nearby terms include workflow trajectory. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-are-expertise-traces.md))
- [Company data valuation service: what is on offer](https://vaultfish.com/answers/company-data-valuation-service): A company data valuation service gives you an estimate, never an offer. Calculator forms, buyer pricing and success-fee advisors compared on what each asks. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/company-data-valuation-service.md))
- [License Dropbox data to AI: reports, terms and buyers](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-dropbox-data-to-ai): Looking to sell Dropbox data to AI? What you sign is a license. Troveo names Dropbox, two admin reports size it, and Dropbox's terms say Your Stuff is yours. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-dropbox-data-to-ai.md))
- [micro1 data partnership process, one line per step](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-data-partnership-process): The micro1 data partnership process as its own page lists it today, in four stages, plus the longer seven-step account from an undated micro1 forum talk. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-data-partnership-process.md))
- [AI labs buying startup archives: who, why, how much](https://vaultfish.com/answers/ai-labs-buying-startup-archives): AI labs buying startup archives want realistic workplace records for agent training. Reported payouts run $10,000 to $300,000, per company and press claims. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/ai-labs-buying-startup-archives.md))
- [What is a trajectory in AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-a-trajectory-in-ai): What is a trajectory in AI? The record of steps an agent took on a task, per Fortune. Why micro1 and Fortune say labs want paths like it from real company data. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-a-trajectory-in-ai.md))
- [What is data licensing and how does it pay?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-licensing): Data licensing lets a buyer use your data on stated terms. Whether you keep ownership depends on the contract. How it differs from a sale. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-licensing.md))
- [Data licensing pros and cons for company data](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-licensing-pros-and-cons): Data licensing pros and cons: revenue and AI fluency on one side, privacy, rights, liability and thin price evidence on the other. Dated sources, self-reported. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-licensing-pros-and-cons.md))
- [Is SimpleClosure legit? What the public record shows](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-simpleclosure-legit): Is SimpleClosure legit? A named company with $20M+ raised and published terms. Fees and the consent duty are the open questions. The evidence. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-simpleclosure-legit.md))
- [What are data partnerships in AI data licensing?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-partnerships): Data partnerships in AI explained: company data programs at micro1 and Handshake AI, lab programs like OpenAI's, who pays introducers, and stated figures. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-partnerships.md))
- [Is data licensing income taxable? What IRS texts say](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-data-licensing-income-taxable): Is data licensing income taxable? 26 U.S.C. 61(a) counts all income from any source, and Pub 525 taxes royalties as ordinary income. No IRS text names data. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-data-licensing-income-taxable.md))
- [License source code to AI companies: prices and checks](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-source-code-to-ai-companies): Want to sell source code to AI companies? You license it. Troveo cites a $5,000 per-repo baseline, shutdown deals reach $100,000, and labs want history. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-source-code-to-ai-companies.md))
- [Vermont data broker law: definition and penalties](https://vaultfish.com/answers/vermont-data-broker-law): Vermont data broker law (9 V.S.A. 2430 and 2446): who counts as a broker, the $100 fee, the 31 January deadline and the $50 a day penalty with its yearly cap. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/vermont-data-broker-law.md))
- [How much does micro1 pay companies for their data?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-much-does-micro1-pay-for-company-data): How much does micro1 pay companies? Tiers of $100K+ to $1M+, and $100K-$2M+ on its Enterprise Data Partnership listing. Self-reported, no fixed rate card. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-much-does-micro1-pay-for-company-data.md))
- [Mercor vs Handshake AI for your company's data](https://vaultfish.com/answers/mercor-vs-handshake-ai): Mercor vs Handshake AI compared as company-data programs: minimum size, pay range, payment timing, de-identification claims and the incidents on record. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/mercor-vs-handshake-ai.md))
- [micro1 vs Scale AI: what each one does](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-vs-scale-ai): micro1 vs Scale AI: both run company-data programs. micro1 lists $100K+ tiers, Scale AI an illustrative $10K to $1M+, beside its labeling work. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-vs-scale-ai.md))
- [Data licensing audit: what it covers and who runs it](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-licensing-audit): A data licensing audit reviews your records before licensing: inventory, rights, sensitive data, thresholds and buyer fit. No standard exists. Sources compared. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-licensing-audit.md))
- [How long does it take to license company data?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-long-does-it-take-to-sell-company-data): Wondering how long it takes to sell company data? No program gives a full licensing clock. Mercor says 2 to 4 weeks after signing. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-long-does-it-take-to-sell-company-data.md))
- [Mercor alternatives for licensing company data](https://vaultfish.com/answers/mercor-alternatives): Mercor alternatives and competitors for a company licensing its records: micro1, Handshake AI, Troveo, Replay, Polyshares and SimpleClosure, on their own terms. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/mercor-alternatives.md))
- [How to export Google Workspace data for a data license](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-to-export-google-workspace-data-for-a-data-sale): Looking to export Google Workspace for a data sale? For a license, a super admin runs Google's Data Export tool, which takes 72 hours to 14 days. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-to-export-google-workspace-data-for-a-data-sale.md))
- [License contracts to AI: whose terms are inside](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-contracts-to-ai): Want to sell contracts to AI? A license carries each counterparty's confidential terms. Troveo and micro1's partnership page list contracts. What an NDA says. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-contracts-to-ai.md))
- [micro1 data partnership requirements, side by side](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-data-partnership-requirements): micro1 data partnership requirements: 30+ employees, mature operations, primarily English, US first. Current pages beside an earlier, undated talk. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-data-partnership-requirements.md))
- [micro1 GitHub data: what code adds to a corpus](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-github-data): micro1 GitHub data: GitHub is on micro1's manifest list. How big repos run next to other tools, what Spirit's code archive shows, and what to check. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-github-data.md))
- [How to check Slack workspace size](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-to-check-slack-workspace-size): How to check Slack workspace size: Slack's analytics give message and file counts, not gigabytes. What the help pages show, and what an export measures. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-to-check-slack-workspace-size.md))
- [License manufacturing company data to AI: defense work](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-manufacturing-company-data-to-ai): Trying to sell manufacturing company data to AI? A license meets DFARS 252.204-7012 for defense data, with 72-hour reporting. Mercor lists manufacturing. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-manufacturing-company-data-to-ai.md))
- [License Discord data to AI: terms and buyers](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-discord-data-to-ai): Searched how to sell Discord data to AI? Licensing it is unclear. No buyer we read names Discord, and its Terms give the license to Discord. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-discord-data-to-ai.md))
- [Should you license direct to an AI lab or through a broker?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-direct-to-ai-lab-or-through-a-broker): Deciding whether to sell direct to an AI lab or through a broker? Most licensing runs through a marketplace, since no lab publishes an intake for company data. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-direct-to-ai-lab-or-through-a-broker.md))
- [Can a small business license data to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-a-small-business-sell-data-to-ai): Wondering if a small business can sell data to AI? It can license some. Staff floors run from none to 30+, with a 20-person scenario by program. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-a-small-business-sell-data-to-ai.md))
- [Does Slack allow AI companies to use exported data?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/does-slack-allow-ai-companies-to-use-my-exported-data): Does Slack allow AI companies to use my exported data? The API terms bar apps from LLM training and bulk export. They do not address a customer's own export. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/does-slack-allow-ai-companies-to-use-my-exported-data.md))
- [License QuickBooks data to AI: what is verified](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-quickbooks-data-to-ai): Want to sell QuickBooks data to AI? You license it. Troveo names QuickBooks, Intuit's export is a zip of Excel files, and its partners may not train on it. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-quickbooks-data-to-ai.md))
- [Does my company have 1 TB of data? How to check your storage](https://vaultfish.com/answers/does-my-company-have-1-tb-of-data): Does my company have 1 TB of data? Where Google and Microsoft admin reports show your storage, and why micro1's pages state no data-size threshold. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/does-my-company-have-1-tb-of-data.md))
- [Handshake AI alternatives for licensing company data](https://vaultfish.com/answers/handshake-ai-alternatives): Handshake AI alternatives and competitors for a company licensing its records: micro1, Mercor, Troveo, Replay, Polyshares and SimpleClosure, on their own terms. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/handshake-ai-alternatives.md))
- [How do you license business data to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-business-data-to-ai): Searching how to sell business data to AI? You license a defined set of records, through a marketplace or direct program, once your rights are confirmed. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-business-data-to-ai.md))
- [How do you license company data to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/license-company-data-to-ai): To license company data to AI, pick a payment model: a direct partnership (micro1) or a revenue share (Troveo, Protege). Terms to settle first. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/license-company-data-to-ai.md))
- [What is an enterprise data partnership at micro1?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/enterprise-data-partnership): An enterprise data partnership is micro1's corpus track: tiers of $100K+ to $1M+, and you keep ownership of the data. How it differs from workflows. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/enterprise-data-partnership.md))
- [BuyMyDeadStartup: how the listing site works](https://vaultfish.com/answers/buymydeadstartup): BuyMyDeadStartup is a listing board where closed startups advertise code and records to AI labs. Free for sellers, $1,500 a month for buyers, no escrow. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/buymydeadstartup.md))
- [Is micro1 legit? The evidence](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-micro1-legit): Is micro1 legit for a company licensing its records? The entity, published terms, security claims, payout claims and press record, with our plain read. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-micro1-legit.md))
- [License support tickets to AI: what to know first](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-support-tickets-to-ai): Trying to sell support tickets to AI? Companies license them. Troveo and Mercor list ticket systems, resolved tickets rate best, and customer data sets limits. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-support-tickets-to-ai.md))
- [Can I license my members' posts to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-license-my-members-posts-to-ai): Can I license my members' posts to AI? For a business that runs a paid community, Skool's terms leave posts with members and give admins no license. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-license-my-members-posts-to-ai.md))
- [Exclusive vs non exclusive data license price](https://vaultfish.com/answers/exclusive-vs-non-exclusive-data-license-price): Exclusive vs non exclusive data license price: Epoch's interviews put exclusive RL environment deals at 4x to 5x. No public price exists for company data. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/exclusive-vs-non-exclusive-data-license-price.md))
- [Startup wind down service: SimpleClosure, Sunset](https://vaultfish.com/answers/startup-wind-down-service): Startup wind down service options compared: SimpleClosure, Sunset and Carta's retired service. What each does, what is published, and who places your data. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/startup-wind-down-service.md))
- [Troveo vs Mercor: two ways company data reaches a lab](https://vaultfish.com/answers/troveo-vs-mercor): Troveo vs Mercor for company data: a marketplace that shares each sale against a firm that pays by wire on delivery. Terms, systems, security claims. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/troveo-vs-mercor.md))
- [Is Mercor legit? A review of its company data program](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-mercor-legit): Is Mercor legit or a scam for a company licensing its records? A review of its data arm: funding, terms, the March 2026 breach and where the lawsuits stand. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-mercor-legit.md))
- [What is data de-identification in a company data license?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-de-identification): Searching for de-identification before a data sale? In a license, it removes or swaps details that tie a record to a person. The legal tests and who does it. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-de-identification.md))
- [Can you license data to Anthropic? What is public](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-data-to-anthropic): Searching how to sell data to Anthropic? We found no public intake for licensing. Its privacy policy lists commercial datasets, and Epoch relays reported spend. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-data-to-anthropic.md))
- [License call center data to AI: whose calls are they?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-call-center-data-to-ai): Trying to sell call center data to AI? Licensing starts with whose calls they are. California's all-party consent law and your client contracts come first. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-call-center-data-to-ai.md))
- [What is an RL environment?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-an-rl-environment): What is an RL environment? A simulated workplace where an AI agent practices a task and gets scored. Epoch's dated prices, and why labs want company data. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-an-rl-environment.md))
- [Does Slack sell your data? What its policy says](https://vaultfish.com/answers/does-slack-sell-your-data): Does Slack sell your data? Its privacy policy says it does not sell personal information as the CCPA defines it. AI training and ad sharing are separate. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/does-slack-sell-your-data.md))
- [License Microsoft 365 data to AI: sizes, exports, terms](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-microsoft-365-data-to-ai): Want to sell Microsoft 365 data to AI? The deal is a license. Troveo and Mercor name Teams, Outlook and SharePoint, and admin reports size a tenant. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-microsoft-365-data-to-ai.md))
- [Do I need to register as a data broker to license my data?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/do-i-need-to-register-as-a-data-broker-to-sell-my-own-data): Wondering if selling your own data makes you a data broker? For a license, staff and customer data sits outside several state tests. No authority decides it. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/do-i-need-to-register-as-a-data-broker-to-sell-my-own-data.md))
- [What does data monetization pricing look like?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-monetization-pricing): Data monetization pricing for company data runs on four models: sale, license, revenue share and royalty. Public prices are few and come from vendors. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-monetization-pricing.md))
- [Mercor data breach: what happened and what to ask](https://vaultfish.com/answers/mercor-data-breach): The Mercor data breach of March 2026 came through a poisoned LiteLLM release. What was reported, what Mercor says, and what a company owner should ask. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/mercor-data-breach.md))
- [Mercor data licensing: what it buys and what it pays](https://vaultfish.com/answers/mercor-data-licensing): Mercor data licensing: it buys workplace data through 100+ connectors and pays by wire after delivery. Reported offers reach $300,000. The terms, dated. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/mercor-data-licensing.md))
- [Podcast guests AI licensing consent: what to check](https://vaultfish.com/answers/podcast-guests-ai-licensing-consent): Podcast guests AI licensing consent for a company podcast turns on the words in each release. What releases cover, how AIPodcast re-clears guests, a checklist. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/podcast-guests-ai-licensing-consent.md))
- [What is operational data?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-operational-data): What is operational data? Live transaction records in database terms. In AI deals it means the chat, tickets and files a company makes while working. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-operational-data.md))
- [micro1 workflows track: graded AI tasks, paid per task](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-workflows-track): The micro1 workflows track pays employees per completed task to grade an AI agent on real work, about $700 to $800 per task. Self-reported. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-workflows-track.md))
- [What happens to my data after I license it to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-happens-to-my-data-after-i-sell-it-to-ai): Wondering what happens to your data after you sell it to AI? The license sets retention and deletion, and micro1 says PII is removed when relevant. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-happens-to-my-data-after-i-sell-it-to-ai.md))
- [Where to license company data](https://vaultfish.com/answers/where-to-sell-company-data): Searching where to sell company data? You license it through a direct program, a marketplace, a shutdown service or a referral site. What each one publishes. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/where-to-sell-company-data.md))
- [What is data monetization?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-data-monetization): What is data monetization? Using data to create value by improving work, wrapping products or selling. MIT's split of returns, and where AI licensing fits. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-data-monetization.md))
- [License Zoom recordings to AI: consent and terms](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-zoom-recordings-to-ai): Searched how to sell Zoom recordings to AI? A license starts with consent. Zoom's terms put recording-law duties on you. The Otter.ai ruling shows the claims. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-zoom-recordings-to-ai.md))
- [What is the micro1 video data partner program?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-commercial-video-data-partner): micro1 video data partner program: hands-on businesses with 20+ staff film first-person work video. Who qualifies and what pay it states. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-commercial-video-data-partner.md))
- [Can a SaaS company license its customers' data to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-a-saas-company-sell-its-customers-data-to-ai): Wondering if a SaaS company can sell its customers' data to AI? Even a license is hard. GDPR holds a processor to the customer's instructions. Ask counsel. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-a-saas-company-sell-its-customers-data-to-ai.md))
- [Is Handshake AI legit? A review of its company data program](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-handshake-ai-legit): Is Handshake AI legit or a scam for a company licensing its records? A review of its data program: the firm, its stated terms, its privacy warning and disputes. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-handshake-ai-legit.md))
- [Is it legal to license company data to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-it-legal-to-sell-company-data-to-ai): Googling whether it's legal to sell company data to AI? We found no general rule on licensing it. Contracts, privacy law, staff rules and the buyer set limits. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-it-legal-to-sell-company-data-to-ai.md))
- [What is a data lab?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-a-data-lab): What is a data lab? micro1's own term for a company that supplies the data AI models learn from. How it differs from an AI lab and a finder. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-a-data-lab.md))
- [Who owns Slack messages?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/who-owns-slack-messages): Who owns Slack messages? Slack says customers own their data. Copyright law, shared channels and the people in the messages add claims. What the sources say. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/who-owns-slack-messages.md))
- [Company data price calculator: what each one assumes](https://vaultfish.com/answers/company-data-price-calculator): A company data price calculator turns headcount and years into a range. Troveo and Handshake AI compared on inputs, outputs and ceilings. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/company-data-price-calculator.md))
- [Datarade marketplace: how it works for data providers](https://vaultfish.com/answers/datarade-marketplace): The Datarade marketplace lists data products from 2,700+ providers and charges providers a commission, 30% in one dated source. Where it fits, what to ask. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/datarade-marketplace.md))
- [micro1 data partnership payment timeline: the facts](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-data-partnership-payment-timeline): The micro1 data partnership payment timeline: micro1's pages give no day count. A micro1 referral partner said about 60 days after engagement, self-reported. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-data-partnership-payment-timeline.md))
- [Can I license HR or payroll records to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-sell-hr-or-payroll-records-to-ai): Looking to sell HR or payroll records to AI? Leave them out of any license. Frankfurt Kurnit lists both as exclusions, and Spirit's union wanted that too. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-sell-hr-or-payroll-records-to-ai.md))
- [Can I license employee emails to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-sell-employee-emails-to-ai): Searching how to sell employee emails to AI? You'd license them, and state law decides a lot. California treats email contents as sensitive data. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-sell-employee-emails-to-ai.md))
- [Data as an intangible asset accounting: the texts](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-as-an-intangible-asset-accounting): Data as an intangible asset accounting: IAS 38 does not recognise self-made customer lists, and Treas. Reg. 1.197-2 names customer bases. US GAAP not read. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-as-an-intangible-asset-accounting.md))
- [How are you paid for company data? Three models](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-are-you-paid-for-company-data): How are you paid for company data? A data partnership payment (micro1), a revenue share on every deal (Troveo) or a fee per task. Self-reported, dated. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-are-you-paid-for-company-data.md))
- [Can I license health or financial client data to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-sell-health-or-financial-client-data-to-ai): Wondering if you can sell health or financial client data to AI? Licensing meets HIPAA and GLBA. HIPAA bars selling health information without authorization. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-sell-health-or-financial-client-data-to-ai.md))
- [License Asana data to AI: export, terms and programs](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-asana-data-to-ai): Googling how to sell Asana data to AI? Owners license it. Troveo names Asana, and Asana's terms bar training generative AI on customer data. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-asana-data-to-ai.md))
- [License Confluence data to AI: Atlassian's terms](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-confluence-data-to-ai): Want to sell Confluence data to AI? It's a license deal. Mercor names Confluence, and Atlassian says customers own their data. New settings apply 17 Aug 2026. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-confluence-data-to-ai.md))
- [What is synthetic data?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-synthetic-data): What is synthetic data? Data generated by an algorithm from real data. The UK ICO and Troveo definitions, and where synthetic data meets company records. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-synthetic-data.md))
- [What data can I not license to AI? A category list](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-data-can-i-not-sell-to-ai): Wondering what data you can't sell to AI? Some never belongs in a license. Frankfurt Kurnit lists exclusions. HIPAA and FERPA cover health and school records. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-data-can-i-not-sell-to-ai.md))
- [What is a data asset?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-a-data-asset): What is a data asset? An accounting term with strict recognition rules, and a marketplace word for records a buyer can license. How the two differ. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-a-data-asset.md))
- [What is a rights holder in AI licensing?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-a-rights-holder-in-ai-licensing): What is a rights holder in AI licensing? The party with authority to license data to an AI company. How Troveo, Protege and micro1 name that party. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-a-rights-holder-in-ai-licensing.md))
- [GDPR and company data for AI training](https://vaultfish.com/answers/gdpr-company-data-ai-training): GDPR company data AI training: the rules apply when an archive holds data on identifiable people. EDPB Opinion 28/2024 sets two tests. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/gdpr-company-data-ai-training.md))
- [micro1 Google Drive data: how to check your size](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-google-drive-data): micro1 Google Drive data: its pages set no data-size threshold, but a Drive count helps. Where an admin finds Drive storage in Google's report. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-google-drive-data.md))
- [Can I license call recordings to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-sell-call-recordings-to-ai): Searching whether you can sell call recordings to AI? Recordings are the riskiest archive to license. The Otter.ai ruling and voiceprint law urge caution. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-sell-call-recordings-to-ai.md))
- [Data broker commission: what it costs your company](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-broker-commission): Data broker commission, from the owner's side: which fees come out of your proceeds, which the buyer pays, and what to get in writing first. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-broker-commission.md))
- [License meeting transcripts to AI: what we could verify](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-meeting-transcripts-to-ai): Trying to sell meeting transcripts to AI? For licensing, no buyer we read names transcripts. What Teams stores, its export API and the consent setting. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-meeting-transcripts-to-ai.md))
- [micro1 English data requirement: what its pages say](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-english-data-requirement): The micro1 English data requirement: its pages ask for companies that operate primarily in English. They give no percentage. An earlier forum talk named one. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-english-data-requirement.md))
- [Are data brokers legal? A state-by-state map](https://vaultfish.com/answers/are-data-brokers-legal): Are data brokers legal? Yes, and six states regulate them through registration and fines. A dated map of the state laws and what regulators have done. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/are-data-brokers-legal.md))
- [California data broker registration: does it apply?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/california-data-broker-registration): California data broker registration covers businesses that sell personal data of people they have no direct relationship with. What the law says. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/california-data-broker-registration.md))
- [Data broker companies: consumer brokers and AI buyers](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-broker-companies): Data broker companies fall into two groups: consumer brokers that sell people profiles, and AI buyers and marketplaces for company records. Names in each. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-broker-companies.md))
- [Is Troveo legit? An evidence table](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-troveo-legit): Is Troveo legit? An evidence table on founders, funding, payout totals, revenue share, buyers and terms pages, and our plain read. Self-reported ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-troveo-legit.md))
- [License AI training data? Start with your company records](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-ai-training-data): Looking to sell AI training data? A company licenses the records it already keeps: email, chat, tickets and CRM. Who takes them, on what terms. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-ai-training-data.md))
- [What is data exhaust?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-data-exhaust): What is data exhaust? The trail of data left as a by-product of activity. Forbes used a nearby phrase for startup Slack and Jira archives. The evidence is thin. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-data-exhaust.md))
- [License Notion data to AI: export, terms and buyers](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-notion-data-to-ai): Trying to sell Notion data to AI? Owners license it. Troveo and Mercor name Notion, exports take up to 30 hours, and Notion trains no models on it by default. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-notion-data-to-ai.md))
- [micro1 data partnership minimum employees: 30 or more](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-data-partnership-minimum-employees): micro1 data partnership minimum employees: its current pages say 30 or more. An earlier, undated forum talk said 20. What to do if you sit below 30. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-data-partnership-minimum-employees.md))
- [License data in acquisition: AI buyers and diligence](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-data-in-acquisition): Searching how to sell data in an acquisition? An AI license is another deal. California's merger exception covers a buyer taking control. What diligence asks. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-data-in-acquisition.md))
- [License nonprofit data to AI: what the tax code says](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-nonprofit-data-to-ai): Looking to sell nonprofit data to AI? For licensing, no company we read names them. 26 U.S.C. 513(h) covers donor-list swaps between qualifying organizations. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-nonprofit-data-to-ai.md))
- [Company data inventory template you can copy](https://vaultfish.com/answers/company-data-inventory-template): A company data inventory template for an AI data deal: tool, admin, size, years, language and rights notes. Built from micro1's data manifest form description. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/company-data-inventory-template.md))
- [Does licensing emails to AI waive privilege?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/does-selling-emails-to-ai-waive-attorney-client-privilege): Asking if selling emails to AI waives privilege? A license discloses them, and third-party disclosure generally waives it. A 2026 ruling cited provider terms. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/does-selling-emails-to-ai-waive-attorney-client-privilege.md))
- [Is Polyshares legit? What the public record shows](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-polyshares-legit): Is Polyshares legit? A named company with two named partners and public terms. We found no outside review or named lab customer. The evidence. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-polyshares-legit.md))
- [License Google Drive data to AI: size, rights, value](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-google-drive-data-to-ai): Googling how to sell Google Drive data to AI? A license starts with your Drive storage count. Troveo ranks the files buyers value. Google's terms set the route. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-google-drive-data-to-ai.md))
- [SimpleClosure alternatives for a closing startup](https://vaultfish.com/answers/simpleclosure-alternatives): SimpleClosure alternatives: Sunset, a retired Carta service, the BuyMyDeadStartup listing board and direct programs. What each is and what I could verify. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/simpleclosure-alternatives.md))
- [What goes on a data readiness checklist?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-readiness-checklist): A data readiness checklist for licensing company data to AI: eight lines, what micro1 and Handshake AI publish, and a fictional filled-in sample. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-readiness-checklist.md))
- [Can I license EU employee data to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-sell-eu-employee-data-to-ai): Want to sell EU employee data to AI? A license still needs a GDPR lawful basis, a compatible purpose, advance notice and any Article 88 national rules. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-sell-eu-employee-data-to-ai.md))
- [SimpleClosure Asset Hub: what it sells and the terms](https://vaultfish.com/answers/simpleclosure-asset-hub): SimpleClosure Asset Hub, launched in Apr 2026 for closing startups, now takes operating ones. Code and workspace data, about 100 deals at $10K to $100K. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/simpleclosure-asset-hub.md))
- [Can you license data to OpenAI? What we found](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-data-to-openai): Want to sell data to OpenAI? We found no public program that pays to license company data. Its 2023 Data Partnerships call was reported unpaid. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-data-to-openai.md))
- [What is a data broker?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-a-data-broker): What is a data broker? Consumer data brokers aggregate and sell personal profiles. In AI the word is also used loosely for finders who match firms and buyers. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-a-data-broker.md))
- [What is an acceptance period in a data deal?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-an-acceptance-period-in-a-data-deal): An acceptance period in a data deal is the window when a buyer checks your delivered data. Polyshares' Ryan Lock says 30 days. No buyer publishes its pass test. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-an-acceptance-period-in-a-data-deal.md))
- [What is the Protege AI data marketplace?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/protege-ai-data-marketplace): The Protege AI data marketplace sells licensed training data in health, video and audio, and pays partners a share. What is public, and what is not. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/protege-ai-data-marketplace.md))
- [How to check Google Drive storage used by org](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-to-check-google-drive-storage-used-by-organization): How to check Google Drive storage used by organization: Admin console, Menu, Storage. It shows usage against your limit and the top users and shared drives. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-to-check-google-drive-storage-used-by-organization.md))
- [License company knowledge base to AI: what AI data companies name](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-company-knowledge-base-to-ai): Looking to sell a company knowledge base to AI? Companies license it. Mercor names Confluence and Notion, and micro1's partnership page names knowledge bases. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-company-knowledge-base-to-ai.md))
- [License Google Workspace data to AI: what to know first](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-google-workspace-data-to-ai): Looking to sell Google Workspace data to AI? It goes out under a license. A super admin exports it, and Google's API policy bars apps selling user data for AI. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-google-workspace-data-to-ai.md))
- [License law firm data to AI: questions for counsel](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-law-firm-data-to-ai): Hoping to sell law firm data to AI? Any license starts with client confidentiality, privilege and ABA Opinion 512. Questions for your ethics counsel. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-law-firm-data-to-ai.md))
- [License financial data to AI: rules to check first](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-financial-data-to-ai): Trying to sell financial data to AI? Licensing it meets the FTC Safeguards Rule, Regulation P and DOJ's 10,000-person rule. Troveo lists ledgers and invoices. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-financial-data-to-ai.md))
- [micro1 vs Handshake AI: company data programs](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-vs-handshake-ai): micro1 vs Handshake AI for company data: stated deal ranges, staff minimums, the intake process and the trust signals on record. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-vs-handshake-ai.md))
- [SimpleClosure vs Troveo: closing or operating](https://vaultfish.com/answers/simpleclosure-vs-troveo): SimpleClosure vs Troveo compared: a shutdown service built for closing startups, now open to operating ones, against a marketplace. Terms and prices. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/simpleclosure-vs-troveo.md))
- [What is a data manifest form?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-a-data-manifest-form): What is a data manifest form? In micro1's corpus-deal process it is the intake step that lists your tools and rough data sizes. Self-reported. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-a-data-manifest-form.md))
- [Can a lawyer or accountant take a referral fee?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-a-lawyer-or-accountant-take-a-referral-fee-for-ai-data-deals): Can a lawyer or accountant take a referral fee for AI data deals? The AICPA Code names commissions and referral fees. Lawyer rules differ by state. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-a-lawyer-or-accountant-take-a-referral-fee-for-ai-data-deals.md))
- [Can I restrict who my data is sublicensed to?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-restrict-who-my-data-is-sublicensed-to): Can you restrict sublicensing of company data? You can ask. Some marketplace terms grant sublicensable licenses by default. Polyshares says it accepts limits. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-restrict-who-my-data-is-sublicensed-to.md))
- [How much does SimpleClosure cost? What is published](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-much-does-simpleclosure-cost): How much does SimpleClosure cost? No price list for shutdowns, and AssetHub takes a percentage it does not publish, only on a completed deal. What to ask. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-much-does-simpleclosure-cost.md))
- [Real data vs synthetic data for AI agents](https://vaultfish.com/answers/real-data-vs-synthetic-data-for-ai-agents): Real data vs synthetic data for AI agents: Troveo says synthetic stretches and real grounds. Epoch shows labs buy app clones. Where each wins, and who says so. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/real-data-vs-synthetic-data-for-ai-agents.md))
- [Does my NDA let me license data to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/does-my-nda-let-me-sell-data-to-ai): Wondering if your NDA lets you sell data to AI? Its text decides any license: the definition of confidential information, permitted use and term. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/does-my-nda-let-me-sell-data-to-ai.md))
- [Troveo alternatives: who else takes company data](https://vaultfish.com/answers/troveo-alternatives): Troveo alternatives for company data: micro1, Handshake AI, Mercor, Replay, Polyshares and SimpleClosure, with the size, pay and terms each one states. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/troveo-alternatives.md))
- [Troveo revenue share: what is published](https://vaultfish.com/answers/troveo-revenue-share): Troveo revenue share: owners get a share of every sale and pay no fees, but the percentage and the price list are unpublished. What to ask before you sign. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/troveo-revenue-share.md))
- [What data do AI labs want from companies? The chain](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-data-do-ai-labs-want-from-companies): What data do AI labs want from companies? micro1 says the chain from a request to the finished work, such as a Slack request and a report. Self-reported. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-data-do-ai-labs-want-from-companies.md))
- [How to license Slack data to AI: who buys and how](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-slack-data-to-ai): Searching how to sell Slack data to AI? You license it. Who has taken workspace archives, how owners export them, and the contract and privacy limits first. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-slack-data-to-ai.md))
- [License Intercom conversations to AI: what to check](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-intercom-conversations-to-ai): Hoping to sell Intercom conversations to AI? Licensing them starts with the export. The CSV holds metadata only, and threads carry your customers' words. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-intercom-conversations-to-ai.md))
- [What does a data licensing advisor do?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-licensing-advisor): A data licensing advisor helps a company prepare and negotiate an AI data deal. How it differs from a finder, how advisors get paid, and conflicts to ask about. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-licensing-advisor.md))
- [Defined AI data marketplace: how licensing works](https://vaultfish.com/answers/defined-ai-data-marketplace): Looking at selling through Defined AI? It licenses data from business partners. The consent proof it asks for, and its self-reported figures like $85M raised. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/defined-ai-data-marketplace.md))
- [What is a data corpus for AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-a-data-corpus-for-ai): What is a data corpus for AI? A body of data treated as one set. In micro1's program it means a company's whole archive across its tools. Self-reported. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-a-data-corpus-for-ai.md))
- [1099 data licensing: which IRS form applies](https://vaultfish.com/answers/1099-data-licensing): 1099 data licensing: the IRS puts royalties from intangible property in 1099-MISC box 2 at $10, and no buyer page I read says which form it issues. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/1099-data-licensing.md))
- [License agency data to AI: own records and client files](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-agency-data-to-ai): Want to sell agency data to AI? You can license your own records. Client files sit under client contracts, so sort what you own and check buyer size limits. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-agency-data-to-ai.md))
- [How to export Slack data: what each plan allows](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-to-export-slack-data): How to export Slack data: Free and Pro export public channels, Business+ adds private channels and DMs on approval, Enterprise adds custom exports. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-to-export-slack-data.md))
- [Company data to AI: license or sale?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/license-or-sell-company-data-to-ai): Wondering whether to license or sell company data to AI? A license means different things. SimpleClosure's terms move title. Troveo says ownership stays. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/license-or-sell-company-data-to-ai.md))
- [How to check GitHub organization size](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-to-check-github-organization-size): How to check GitHub organization size: the docs show no single org view, so admins sum each repository's size field. What GitHub says on units and limits. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-to-check-github-organization-size.md))
- [License HubSpot CRM data to AI: terms and export](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-hubspot-crm-data-to-ai): Trying to sell HubSpot CRM data to AI? Before you license it, know HubSpot may train its own models on it unless a Super Admin opts out, going forward only. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-hubspot-crm-data-to-ai.md))
- [License home service company data to AI: what to check](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-home-service-company-data-to-ai): Want to sell home service company data to AI? Licensing it is possible. One buyer lists a roofing license. Check customer data and call recordings first. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-home-service-company-data-to-ai.md))
- [Data verification before payment: what the companies say](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-verification-before-payment-ai): Data verification before payment in AI data deals: micro1's David Revland said micro1 verifies data, then pays. What Mercor, Handshake AI and Troveo publish. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-verification-before-payment-ai.md))
- [Help licensing company data to AI: who does which step](https://vaultfish.com/answers/help-selling-company-data-to-ai): Looking for help selling company data to AI? Here is who does each licensing step, what we do for free, and what our optional paid readiness service covers. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/help-selling-company-data-to-ai.md))
- [How to record data licensing revenue: ASC 606 text](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-to-record-data-licensing-revenue): How to record data licensing revenue? ASC 606 times a sales-based royalty on an IP license, but no source says whether a data corpus is IP. Accountant needed. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-to-record-data-licensing-revenue.md))
- [micro1 data partnership forum: recap of an undated talk](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-data-partnership-forum): A recap of an undated, recorded micro1 forum talk on its company data program: ways in, process, earlier eligibility figures and privacy. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-data-partnership-forum.md))
- [What is an exclusivity term in a data license?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-an-exclusivity-term-in-a-data-license): An exclusivity term in a data license limits your data to one buyer for a set time. What it covers, what Polyshares says is standard, and what to ask for. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-an-exclusivity-term-in-a-data-license.md))
- [Can I license only part of my company data to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-sell-only-part-of-my-company-data-to-ai): Want to sell only part of your company data to AI? A license can set scope. micro1 agrees scope with each company, but no source says folders can stay out. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-sell-only-part-of-my-company-data-to-ai.md))
- [How many years of data do AI labs want?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-many-years-of-data-do-ai-labs-want): How many years of data do AI labs want? No lab page states a minimum. Calculators from Troveo and Handshake AI both weight company history. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/how-many-years-of-data-do-ai-labs-want.md))
- [micro1 data top up: a second delivery months later](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-data-top-up): micro1 data top up: an undated talk said micro1 may take data created after your first transfer, about 6 months later. What is known and what to ask. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-data-top-up.md))
- [AI data licensing services: which type fits you?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/ai-data-licensing-services): AI data licensing services come in five types: direct programs, marketplaces, success-fee advisors, shutdown services and referral front ends. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/ai-data-licensing-services.md))
- [Can I delete my data after AI trains on it?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-delete-my-data-after-an-ai-company-trains-on-it): Can I delete my data after an AI company trains on it? Deleting files does not undo training, Troveo says. Regulators can order model deletion in some cases. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-delete-my-data-after-an-ai-company-trains-on-it.md))
- [Is licensing data to an AI lab a sale under CCPA?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-selling-data-to-an-ai-lab-a-sale-under-ccpa): Searching whether selling data to an AI lab is a CCPA sale? A license can be one. The statute counts transfers for money or other valuable consideration. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-selling-data-to-an-ai-lab-a-sale-under-ccpa.md))
- [Can I license Slack Connect messages to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-sell-slack-connect-or-shared-channel-messages-to-ai): Searching whether you can sell Slack Connect messages to AI? Licensing them is murky. An export carries partner messages, and Slack's text is silent on it. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-i-sell-slack-connect-or-shared-channel-messages-to-ai.md))
- [Is it legal to license customer data?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-it-legal-to-sell-customer-data): Searching whether it's legal to sell customer data? A license can count as a sale in California. Penalties land when it contradicts your privacy notice. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-it-legal-to-sell-customer-data.md))
- [License Linear data to AI: export caps and terms](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-linear-data-to-ai): Trying to sell Linear data to AI? Licensing is the route. Troveo names Linear, member CSV exports cap at 250 issues, and Linear says it won't train on it. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-linear-data-to-ai.md))
- [Texas data broker law: who must register](https://vaultfish.com/answers/texas-data-broker-law): Texas data broker law, Chapter 509 as amended by SB 2121: who it covers, the revenue test, the $100 a day penalty and the Attorney General's enforcement so far. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/texas-data-broker-law.md))
- [FTC retroactive terms of service AI: what it says](https://vaultfish.com/answers/ftc-retroactive-terms-of-service-ai): FTC retroactive terms of service AI: staff wrote that a quiet, retroactive change to allow AI use may be unfair or deceptive. Cases and remedies. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/ftc-retroactive-terms-of-service-ai.md))
- [License healthcare company data to AI: what stays out](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-healthcare-company-data-to-ai): Searching how to sell healthcare company data to AI? Any license keeps patient data out. HIPAA bars selling health information without authorization. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-healthcare-company-data-to-ai.md))
- [Who are the AI data companies, by lane?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/ai-data-companies): AI data companies sort into three lanes: direct programs, marketplaces and expert-labor platforms. Names in each lane and which ones take company records. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/ai-data-companies.md))
- [License Jira data to AI: what is public and what to check](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-jira-data-to-ai): Looking to sell Jira data to AI? In practice you license it. Buyers have asked failed startups for tickets, and Atlassian says customers own their data. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-jira-data-to-ai.md))
- [What reps and warranties does an AI data buyer ask for](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-reps-and-warranties-does-an-ai-data-buyer-ask-for): What reps and warranties does an AI data buyer ask for? Public terms list ownership, lawful collection, consents, no infringement and open-source notice. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-reps-and-warranties-does-an-ai-data-buyer-ask-for.md))
- [License recruiting agency data to AI: the rules](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-recruiting-agency-data-to-ai): Looking to sell recruiting agency data to AI? A license meets the FCRA, a one-year rule and California law on candidate records. No buyer page names recruiting. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-recruiting-agency-data-to-ai.md))
- [Does the DOJ bulk data rule apply to company data?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/does-the-doj-bulk-data-rule-apply-to-selling-company-data): Searching whether the DOJ bulk data rule covers selling company data? It covers licensing to covered persons and foreign buyers, and counts de-identified data. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/does-the-doj-bulk-data-rule-apply-to-selling-company-data.md))
- [License accounting firm data to AI: tax data rules](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-accounting-firm-data-to-ai): Looking to sell accounting firm data to AI? A license meets 26 U.S.C. 7216, which makes misuse of return information a misdemeanor. Consent must be in writing. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-accounting-firm-data-to-ai.md))
- [Data licensing agreement template: what is free](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-licensing-agreement-template): Is there a data licensing agreement template? Common Paper's 12 free agreements include no data license. A clause checklist to take to a lawyer, not a contract. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/data-licensing-agreement-template.md))
- [License software company data to AI: what buyers list](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-software-company-data-to-ai): Looking to sell software company data to AI? Companies license it. Buyers name code, tickets, chat and CRM, and SaaS firms add a customer-data limit. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-software-company-data-to-ai.md))
- [micro1 corpus deal vs workflows track: which fits?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-corpus-sale-vs-workflows-track): micro1 corpus deal vs workflows track: one partnership covering your archive against repeat paid work with an AI agent, with micro1's own figures. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/micro1-corpus-sale-vs-workflows-track.md))
- [Remove secrets from code before licensing: the limits](https://vaultfish.com/answers/remove-secrets-from-code-before-selling): Trying to remove secrets from code before selling it? Before any license, know that scanners miss some, chat and tickets leak keys too, and old keys stay live. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/remove-secrets-from-code-before-selling.md))
- [Can a shutting down company license its Slack to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-a-shutting-down-company-sell-its-slack-to-ai): Searching whether a closing company can sell its Slack to AI? Some have licensed theirs. Delaware ties a sale of substantially all assets to a stockholder vote. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-a-shutting-down-company-sell-its-slack-to-ai.md))
- [Do I need SOC 2 to license data to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/do-i-need-soc-2-to-sell-data-to-ai): Searching whether you need SOC 2 to sell data to AI? I found no rule or term that asks a licensing company for one. Read any buyer's SOC 2 report itself. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/do-i-need-soc-2-to-sell-data-to-ai.md))
- [License insurance company data to AI: who sets the rules](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-insurance-company-data-to-ai): Want to sell insurance company data to AI? A license answers to state regulators under GLBA. The NAIC model asks for authorization before health data leaves. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-insurance-company-data-to-ai.md))
- [Can AI re-identify anonymized emails and Slack?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-ai-re-identify-anonymized-emails-and-slack-messages): Can AI re-identify anonymized emails and Slack messages? Three 2026 preprints show LLMs matching accounts, finding missed identifiers and beating baselines. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/can-ai-re-identify-anonymized-emails-and-slack-messages.md))
- [Do I need a new privacy policy to license data to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/do-i-need-to-update-my-privacy-policy-before-licensing-data-to-ai): Do I need to update my privacy policy before licensing data to AI? California requires notice at collection, and FTC staff say quiet changes may deceive. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/do-i-need-to-update-my-privacy-policy-before-licensing-data-to-ai.md))
- [Is it legal to license company Slack data?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-it-legal-to-sell-company-slack-data): Wondering if it's legal to sell company Slack data? It goes out under a license, and Slack says customers own their data. NDAs and privacy law set limits. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-it-legal-to-sell-company-slack-data.md))
- [What counts as PII in company data?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-counts-as-pii-in-company-data): What counts as PII in company data? NIST, GDPR and the CCPA define it three ways, and email addresses, user IDs, voices and inferences all fall inside. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-counts-as-pii-in-company-data.md))
- [License customer service transcripts to AI: the gates](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-customer-service-transcripts-to-ai): Trying to sell customer service transcripts to AI? Licensing them runs into privacy and recording laws first. Troveo lists support data. No price is public. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-customer-service-transcripts-to-ai.md))
- [License engineering firm data to AI: the licensing rule](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-engineering-firm-data-to-ai): Wondering how to sell engineering firm data to AI? A license meets NCEES rules that bar revealing client information without consent. Copyright applies too. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-engineering-firm-data-to-ai.md))
- [License videos to AI companies: routes and what to check](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-videos-to-ai-companies): Looking to sell videos to AI companies? A business licenses its library. What Troveo and Protege ask for, what buyers pay and the rights to settle first. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-videos-to-ai-companies.md))
- [What should a data broker do for you?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-does-a-value-add-data-broker-do): What a data broker should do for your company: a records inventory, a price that holds up and terms in plain words. What it shouldn't do, and what to ask. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-does-a-value-add-data-broker-do.md))
- [Do I need consent to license customer data for AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/do-i-need-consent-to-sell-customer-data-for-ai-training): Wondering if you need consent to sell customer data for AI? A license can be a CCPA sale, which needs notice and opt-out. Your collection promises do the rest. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/do-i-need-consent-to-sell-customer-data-for-ai-training.md))
- [What is AI data governance?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-ai-data-governance): What is AI data governance? The rules and records for what data goes into AI. What NIST and EU AI Act Article 10 say, and the steps before a company data deal. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/what-is-ai-data-governance.md))
- [Is it safe to license company data to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-it-safe-to-sell-company-data-to-ai): Asking whether it's safe to sell company data to AI? In a license, risk sits partly with whoever handles raw data. Mercor's March 2026 breach is the test case. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/is-it-safe-to-sell-company-data-to-ai.md))
- [License startup data to AI: shutdown and live routes](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-startup-data-to-ai): Searching how to sell startup data to AI? A live company licenses a corpus. A closing one lists code and workspace data via Asset Hub. Both, with dated payouts. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-startup-data-to-ai.md))
- [Scale AI alternatives for licensing company data](https://vaultfish.com/answers/scale-ai-alternatives): Scale AI alternatives for licensing company data: Scale now runs a data partnership, and these firms run similar programs, with the terms each states. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/scale-ai-alternatives.md))
- [Are Slack messages personal data?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/are-slack-messages-personal-data): Are Slack messages personal data? GDPR, UK guidance, California and Virginia treat work messages differently. What each text says. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/are-slack-messages-personal-data.md))
- [Do I need employee consent to license company data?](https://vaultfish.com/answers/do-i-need-employee-consent-to-sell-company-data): Asking whether you need employee consent to sell company data? For a license, California runs on notice and opt-out, and EU regulators doubt staff consent. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/do-i-need-employee-consent-to-sell-company-data.md))
- [License CRM data to AI: what the companies and rules say](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-crm-data-to-ai): Searching how to sell CRM data to AI? You license it. micro1, Mercor and Troveo name CRM records in their data programs. Contact data and contracts set limits. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/sell-crm-data-to-ai.md))
- [Pseudonymization vs anonymization in a data license](https://vaultfish.com/answers/pseudonymization-vs-anonymization): Searching pseudonymization vs anonymization for a data sale? In a license, pseudonymised data stays personal data for anyone who can link it back. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/answers/pseudonymization-vs-anonymization.md))

## Guides

- [How much is your company data worth to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-much-is-your-business-data-worth-to-ai): No price list exists, and the buyers' own calculators disagree widely. No price list exists for company data. What moves its value, what public deals and buyer calculators show, and a ten-minute check to run on your own records. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-much-is-your-business-data-worth-to-ai.md))
- [How to license your company's data to AI companies](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-to-sell-company-data-to-ai-companies): Some AI companies pay for company records. The only repeat public price is for startups that shut down. Searching how to sell your company's data to AI? You license it. Shut-down startups got $10,000 to $100,000. Who pays, what qualifies and the rights checks. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-to-sell-company-data-to-ai-companies.md))
- [AI training data: where labs get it](https://vaultfish.com/guides/ai-training-data): Labs draw on six sources of training data. Company records are the newest. AI training data is what models learn from and are tuned and tested on. Where labs get it, why public text is limited, and what company records add. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/ai-training-data.md))
- [How AI labs use company data](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-ai-labs-use-company-data): Labs turn your threads and tickets into practice tasks for AI agents. How AI labs use company data: what arrives, how names get swapped, what labs build with it, what you keep and what you can't take back. Buyer by buyer. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-ai-labs-use-company-data.md))
- [AI data licensing, and who actually pays for it](https://vaultfish.com/guides/ai-data-licensing): AI companies pay to use company records under a license. You keep the records. AI data licensing lets AI companies use your data on set terms. Outright transfer vs license, four kinds of data, who pays, and what an owner needs first. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/ai-data-licensing.md))
- [How Defined.ai uses your company data](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-defined-ai-uses-your-company-data): Defined.ai licenses the datasets businesses list, once the supplier proves consent. How Defined.ai handles supplier data: the consent proof it asks for, the license to share samples, the confidentiality terms, and what it doesn't say. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-defined-ai-uses-your-company-data.md))
- [How Troveo uses your company data](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-troveo-uses-your-company-data): Troveo asks for an export and says you share in every deal. How Troveo uses your company data: export-only collection, a documented scrubbing standard, confidential buyers, a license that keeps ownership, pay per deal. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-troveo-uses-your-company-data.md))
- [Business data licensing, and who buys it](https://vaultfish.com/guides/business-data-licensing): AI buyers license operating records like email, chat and tickets, and the owner keeps them. Business data licensing means letting AI buyers use your records, such as email, chat and tickets. What they look like, who buys and how a deal runs. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/business-data-licensing.md))
- [How do you monetize company data?](https://vaultfish.com/guides/monetize-company-data): MIT found most data returns come from improving your own work. Information products came last. How to monetize company data: improve your work, wrap it into products or package it. Ranked by evidence, with dated AI-buyer prices and rights checks. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/monetize-company-data.md))
- [micro1 data partnership: how the program works](https://vaultfish.com/guides/micro1-data-partnership): micro1 describes three ways in: a corpus data partnership, a recurring workflows track and a referral. The micro1 data partnership program, walked through: three ways in, the process from first call to payment, eligibility, personal info and pay. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/micro1-data-partnership.md))
- [How Mercor uses your company data](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-mercor-uses-your-company-data): Mercor pulls data from your work accounts and licenses what it calls an anonymized version to labs. How Mercor uses your company data: the connectors it asks for, the automated name removal, who it says sees it, pay, and the March 2026 breach. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-mercor-uses-your-company-data.md))
- [How to choose an AI data broker](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-to-choose-an-ai-data-broker): Check eight things a buyer publishes before you share a single file. How to choose an AI data broker: eight checks on entity, terms, numbers, buyers, fees, data handling and contract, with dated examples from public buyer pages. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-to-choose-an-ai-data-broker.md))
- [How SimpleClosure uses your company data](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-simpleclosure-uses-your-company-data): SimpleClosure's terms take a perpetual license to what you submit and leave consent to you. How SimpleClosure uses your company data through Asset Hub: what it takes, the perpetual license in its terms, the consent duty on you, and what it skips. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-simpleclosure-uses-your-company-data.md))
- [How to prepare company data for AI licensing](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-to-prepare-company-data-for-ai-licensing): Start with a one-page packet that lists your systems. Intake forms ask for it first. How to prepare company data for AI licensing: a five-item packet, what intake forms ask first, who does the scrubbing, and the rights step. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-to-prepare-company-data-for-ai-licensing.md))
- [Data monetization strategy for your company](https://vaultfish.com/guides/data-monetization-strategy): Choose how to use your records once you know whose words are in them. A data monetization strategy picks among marketplace listings, AI buyer licenses, workflows and shutdown deals. Public prices, fees and the rights check first. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/data-monetization-strategy.md))
- [Startup shutdown checklist: where AI data fits](https://vaultfish.com/guides/startup-shutdown-checklist-ai-data): Decide what happens to your data before you cancel Slack. Deleting accounts starts the export clock. A startup shutdown checklist with the AI data decision placed before you delete accounts or cancel Slack. Export clocks, approvals and buyers. Not legal advice. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/startup-shutdown-checklist-ai-data.md))
- [Best AI data brokers for company records](https://vaultfish.com/guides/best-ai-data-brokers): No public ranking exists, so the right broker is the one that fits your records. Best AI data brokers for company records: micro1, Troveo, Replay, SimpleClosure, Mercor, Handshake AI and more. What each asks of a company and what to check. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/best-ai-data-brokers.md))
- [How Handshake AI uses your company data](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-handshake-ai-uses-your-company-data): Handshake AI says it strips names, then licenses your data to frontier labs in confidence. How Handshake AI uses your company data: what it strips out, who gets it, the license, and the re-identification warning on its own page. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-handshake-ai-uses-your-company-data.md))
- [Data anonymization before a company data license](https://vaultfish.com/guides/data-anonymization): Email and chat are the hardest records to anonymize, and the legal test depends on where you are. Searching for anonymization before a company data sale? Licensing needs it too. What the legal tests ask, why email and chat are hard, and who does the work. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/data-anonymization.md))
- [How micro1 uses your company data](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-micro1-uses-your-company-data): micro1 says it swaps the names and trains AI agents on the result. Its page says you keep ownership. How micro1 uses your company data: what it asks for, how it collects, the name swap, who sees it, ownership, deletion and pay. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/how-micro1-uses-your-company-data.md))
- [What goes in a data licensing agreement?](https://vaultfish.com/guides/data-licensing-agreement): A data license is a contract. These are the clauses law firms say to read first. A data licensing agreement in plain words: the clauses law firms say to check, what buyers publish, and what to bring a lawyer. Not legal advice. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/data-licensing-agreement.md))
- [Can your business license its content to AI?](https://vaultfish.com/guides/license-your-business-content-to-ai): Video has the clearest buyers so far. Consent from the people in it comes first. For businesses with courses, a member community, a podcast or a video archive: who licenses video and audio, and the consent to settle first. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/guides/license-your-business-content-to-ai.md))

## Working with your advisors

- [Your deal advisor](https://vaultfish.com/partners/deal-advisors): what the owner's deal advisor should check, the tools to share with them, and who pays whom
- [Your wind-down team](https://vaultfish.com/partners/wind-down): what the owner's wind-down team should check, the tools to share with them, and who pays whom
- [Your CPA or CFO](https://vaultfish.com/partners/cpas-and-cfos): what the owner's CPA or CFO should check, the tools to share with them, and who pays whom
- [What your CPA should check before you license data](https://vaultfish.com/partners/cpas-and-cfos/ai-data-licensing-guide): What public deals paid, and the checks your CPA or fractional CFO can run on your records and the risks before you license anything to an AI lab. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/partners/cpas-and-cfos/ai-data-licensing-guide.md))
- [Ask your CPA to add your records to the annual review](https://vaultfish.com/partners/cpas-and-cfos/the-data-line-item): Ask your CPA or fractional CFO for one records page in your annual review and one clause in your AI policy. Four questions, one data map, one next step. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/partners/cpas-and-cfos/the-data-line-item.md))
- [How to bring up your records with your CPA or CFO](https://vaultfish.com/partners/cpas-and-cfos/how-to-bring-it-up-with-your-advisor): What to say to your CPA or fractional CFO about AI data licensing, when to say it, and calm answers on tax, independence, privacy and how they may be paid. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/partners/cpas-and-cfos/how-to-bring-it-up-with-your-advisor.md))
- [How your CPA gets paid if they send you to us](https://vaultfish.com/partners/cpas-and-cfos/referral-terms): A CPA may take a disclosed fee from Vaultfish on a closed deal, never if their firm audits or reviews your books. What you are told, and what to ask. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/partners/cpas-and-cfos/referral-terms.md))
- [What your deal advisor should check in your records before a sale](https://vaultfish.com/partners/deal-advisors/ai-data-licensing-guide): What AI data licensing is, what public deals paid, the risks, and the signs your deal advisor can check in your company records before you sell. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/partners/deal-advisors/ai-data-licensing-guide.md))
- [The data line in your CIM, data room and LOI](https://vaultfish.com/partners/deal-advisors/the-data-line-item): Where your company records fit in the CIM, the data room and the LOI, what to ask your deal advisor to add, and the three LOI options your lawyer picks from. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/partners/deal-advisors/the-data-line-item.md))
- [How to bring up your records with your deal advisor](https://vaultfish.com/partners/deal-advisors/how-to-bring-it-up-with-your-advisor): What to say to your M&A advisor or broker about your company records, when in the sale to raise it, and calm answers to five common worries. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/partners/deal-advisors/how-to-bring-it-up-with-your-advisor.md))
- [How your deal advisor gets paid if they send you to us](https://vaultfish.com/partners/deal-advisors/referral-terms): If your deal advisor introduces you, we may pay them a fee when a deal closes. What you are told in writing, and what to ask. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/partners/deal-advisors/referral-terms.md))
- [What to check about your records before your company closes](https://vaultfish.com/partners/wind-down/ai-data-licensing-guide): Closing your company? What AI data licensing is, what shutdown deals paid, the risks, and what your wind-down team should check before anything is deleted. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/partners/wind-down/ai-data-licensing-guide.md))
- [Add a records step to your business closing checklist](https://vaultfish.com/partners/wind-down/the-data-line-item): One step for your closing checklist: before you delete Slack and email, record what exists, who holds access, and whether anything limits sharing. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/partners/wind-down/the-data-line-item.md))
- [How to bring up your records with your wind-down team](https://vaultfish.com/partners/wind-down/how-to-bring-it-up-with-your-advisor): What to say to the attorney or shutdown service closing your company, when to raise your records before anything is deleted, and calm answers to five worries. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/partners/wind-down/how-to-bring-it-up-with-your-advisor.md))
- [Who pays whom on your wind-down team](https://vaultfish.com/partners/wind-down/referral-terms): Your attorney gets no referral fee from us. What a shutdown service may be paid, what you are told in writing, and what to ask. ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/partners/wind-down/referral-terms.md))

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- [About](https://vaultfish.com/about): who runs this site and the decade behind it
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- [For AI agents](https://vaultfish.com/agents): canonical facts, citation guidance, crawler policy and machine-readable files ([markdown](https://vaultfish.com/agents.md))
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## Optional

- [The full text as one markdown file](https://vaultfish.com/llms-full.txt): every guide, the price study, every buyer profile and every answer, for agents that want it in one fetch
- [Guides and the price study](https://vaultfish.com/llms-guides.txt): 22 guides and the price study, as markdown, one part of llms-full.txt
- [Buyer profiles](https://vaultfish.com/llms-buyers.txt): 28 buyer and program profiles, as markdown, one part of llms-full.txt
- [Answers: Licensing company data to AI, by industry](https://vaultfish.com/llms-answers-by-industry.txt): 15 short answers on By industry, as markdown, one part of llms-full.txt
- [Answers: Rights, consent and law answers](https://vaultfish.com/llms-answers-rights-consent-and-law.txt): 30 short answers on Rights, consent and law, as markdown, one part of llms-full.txt
- [Answers: micro1, Mercor, Troveo and others, head to head](https://vaultfish.com/llms-answers-comparisons-and-buyer-choice.txt): 14 short answers on Comparisons and choosing a company, as markdown, one part of llms-full.txt
- [Answers: Tax and accounting answers](https://vaultfish.com/llms-answers-tax-and-accounting.txt): 5 short answers on Tax and accounting, as markdown, one part of llms-full.txt
- [Answers: micro1 data program answers](https://vaultfish.com/llms-answers-micro1-data-program.txt): 22 short answers on micro1 data program, as markdown, one part of llms-full.txt
- [Answers: Buyer and marketplace brands answers](https://vaultfish.com/llms-answers-buyer-and-marketplace-brands.txt): 21 short answers on Buyer and marketplace brands, as markdown, one part of llms-full.txt
- [Answers: Shutdown and startup data answers](https://vaultfish.com/llms-answers-shutdown-and-startup-data.txt): 6 short answers on Shutdown and startup data, as markdown, one part of llms-full.txt
- [Answers: Deals and contracts answers](https://vaultfish.com/llms-answers-deals-and-contracts.txt): 9 short answers on Deals and contracts, as markdown, one part of llms-full.txt
- [Answers: Readiness, process and what labs want answers](https://vaultfish.com/llms-answers-readiness-process-and-what-labs-want.txt): 21 short answers on Readiness, process and what labs want, as markdown, one part of llms-full.txt
- [Answers: What is company data worth to AI labs?](https://vaultfish.com/llms-answers-what-is-company-data-worth.txt): 8 short answers on What is company data worth, as markdown, one part of llms-full.txt
- [Answers: Privacy and PII transformation answers](https://vaultfish.com/llms-answers-privacy-and-pii-transformation.txt): 8 short answers on Privacy and PII transformation, as markdown, one part of llms-full.txt
- [Answers: Licensing Slack, email and CRM data to AI](https://vaultfish.com/llms-answers-by-tool-and-data-type.txt): 32 short answers on By tool and data type, as markdown, one part of llms-full.txt
- [Answers: AI data licensing terms, explained](https://vaultfish.com/llms-answers-glossary.txt): 18 short answers on Glossary, as markdown, one part of llms-full.txt
- [Answers: Licensing company data to AI](https://vaultfish.com/llms-answers-core-sell-license-and-monetize-company-data.txt): 18 short answers on Licensing company data, as markdown, one part of llms-full.txt
- [Answers: Getting help licensing company data to AI](https://vaultfish.com/llms-answers-getting-help-with-a-data-sale.txt): 5 short answers on Getting help with a data license, as markdown, one part of llms-full.txt
- [Answers: Privacy law mechanics answers](https://vaultfish.com/llms-answers-privacy-law-mechanics.txt): 9 short answers on Privacy law mechanics, as markdown, one part of llms-full.txt
- [Answers: Process and security answers](https://vaultfish.com/llms-answers-process-and-security.txt): 4 short answers on Process and security, as markdown, one part of llms-full.txt
- [Answers: What brokers, finders and advisers cost an owner](https://vaultfish.com/llms-answers-who-pays-brokers-finders-and-advisers.txt): 3 short answers on Brokers, finders and their fees, as markdown, one part of llms-full.txt
- [RSS feed](https://vaultfish.com/rss.xml): new guides as they publish