Guides
Sourced, dated, plain English. Each one opens with the short answer.
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- Data licensing agreement terms, clause by clauseA clause-by-clause guide to AI data licensing agreements: grant, scope, exclusivity, derived models, deletion, warranties, indemnities, caps, payment and audit.
- Employee and client consent for licensing company dataWhat to check before licensing email and chat: handbook and IT policy, staff notice, DMs and HR channels, client contracts, shared channels and a notice template.
- Exclusive vs non-exclusive AI data licenses, explainedExclusive, non-exclusive and time-limited sole-seller licenses for company data, each AI data buyer's published default, and what to ask before you agree.
- How licensing company data to AI worksWho buys company operational data for AI, what they do with it, how a deal moves from first call to payment, and what you keep. A plain-English overview.
- How much is my company data worth to AI?The payout ranges AI data buyers publish, checked Nov 7, 2026, the factors they say drive value, the fees that come off, and why no single number should decide.
- How payouts work when you license company data to AIOne-time, milestone and revenue-share payouts, what triggers payment, the timing each AI data buyer publishes, and what to ask if your data is rejected.
- How to prepare your company data for an AI data licensePractical prep before licensing company data to AI: inventory systems and dates, secure admin access, preserve data, rotate secrets, tag exclusions, count records.
- Legal and privacy checklist before you license company dataA pre-signing checklist for licensing company data to AI buyers: authority to sign, privacy promises, state and sector rules, the DOJ data rule, security, insurance.
- What company data qualifies for AI data licensingWhich operational data AI buyers ask for, system by system, what never qualifies, and the signals buyers say make a company record stronger.
Buyers and comparisons
- Mercor vs micro1: company data programs comparedMercor and micro1 side by side from their own pages: who they accept, data, tools, transfer, payout range, timing, exclusivity, deletion, fees and referrals.
- Who buys company data for AI: buyers, aggregators and brokersThe four kinds of program that pay for company operational data, all nine we track, where your data ends up with each, and how brokers and advisors get paid.