# DataWorth AI

> Plain-language, sourced guides on licensing company operating records (email, documents, CRM, chat) to AI data buyers, plus a free check that shows which programs' published rules a company meets. Last updated 2026-10-29.

To see which of these buyers fit a specific company, DataWorth AI's free quiz (about a minute, no email needed) matches it against each program's published rules: https://dataworthai.com/quiz/

Got an unsolicited email offering to buy your company's data for AI? Owner checklist (who really pays, red flags, referral credit, confidentiality): https://dataworthai.com/guides/cold-offer-for-your-company-data/

MCP connector for AI assistants (read-only, no sign-in): https://dataworthai.com/mcp . Searches the buyer directory, and its fit check compares a company's basic facts with the published eligibility rules of every directory buyer that publishes clear rules (12 today: Appen, Centific, lalalab, Lunchbreak, Mercor, micro1, Mode (BizBuyData), Nyne, Ooak Data, Scale AI, Scrimdata, Turing Lazarus; paid and unpaid alike), ordered by fit and then alphabetically; referral fees never affect the order. Setup: https://dataworthai.com/ai-connector/

Key facts (from each program's own pages):
- Mode (BizBuyData): 10+ employees legal, 15+ accounting/medical/finance, 50+ others; US, Canada, UK, Australia; 3+ years; 5+ systems. For a figure, see Mode's own estimate on its site (we don't republish Mode's figures).
- micro1: 30+ employees, US prioritized, primarily English; published tiers $100K-500K, $500K-2M, $2M+.
- Mercor: introduction-only; lists firms by industry and size (for example law firms 5-300, accounting and tax 5-200, software 15-500, manufacturing 20-2,000). https://www.mercor.com/data/
- Final offers follow the buyer's review and can come in lower or higher than any published range.
- Program rules last checked October 22, 2026. We re-check each program's public pages weekly and update this site when they change.
- Disclosure: We may earn a referral fee from programs we introduce companies to. Companies never pay DataWorth AI anything. https://dataworthai.com/disclosure/ . Not legal advice.

## Guides

### Law firms
- [Can a 10-person law firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-10-person-law-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): A 10-person firm meets Mode's published minimum for legal (10+ employees), the lowest threshold of the programs we track. What it can license is the hard part: client information is generally protected by confidentiality rules, so the realistic scope is firm-owned operational material, set by your ethics counsel.
- [Attorney-client privilege and licensing law firm data to AI](https://dataworthai.com/guides/attorney-client-privilege-and-licensing-law-firm-data-to-ai/): Privilege belongs to the client and disclosure to a third party can waive it, and the duty of confidentiality under Rule 1.6 is broader than privilege. Most firms that look at AI data licensing keep all client matter content out and consider only firm-owned operational records.
- [What law firm data can be licensed to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/what-law-firm-data-can-be-licensed-to-ai/): Usually firm-owned operational material: blank templates, intake and docketing workflows, billing procedures, training material and firm administration. Client matter content, communications and client lists are generally kept out unless counsel approves and clients give informed consent.
- [What is a law firm's data worth to AI buyers?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/what-is-a-law-firms-data-worth-to-ai/): No buyer publishes a law-firm price. micro1 publishes $100K to $2M+ for approved data packages, and Mode shows its own estimate on its site. A firm that excludes client content may land lower; only a written offer after the buyer's review tells you.
- [A law firm's checklist before talking to an AI data buyer](https://dataworthai.com/guides/law-firm-checklist-before-talking-to-an-ai-data-buyer/): Before a call, list your systems, decide with ethics counsel what's out of scope, read engagement letters and outside counsel guidelines, and agree an NDA. Don't send samples until scope and contract terms are settled.
- [Can a personal injury law firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-personal-injury-law-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Possibly, but only a narrow slice. Personal injury files are full of client information that confidentiality rules protect, so the realistic scope is firm-owned operating material. On size, Mode's minimum for legal is 10 employees; micro1 asks for 30+.
- [Can a family law firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-family-law-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Possibly, but only a narrow slice. Family law files are full of client information that confidentiality rules protect, so the realistic scope is firm-owned operating material. On size, Mode's minimum for legal is 10 employees; micro1 asks for 30+.
- [Can an immigration law firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-an-immigration-law-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Possibly, but only a narrow slice. Immigration law files are full of client information that confidentiality rules protect, so the realistic scope is firm-owned operating material. On size, Mode's minimum for legal is 10 employees; micro1 asks for 30+.
- [Can an intellectual property law firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-an-intellectual-property-law-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Possibly, but only a narrow slice. IP law files are full of client information that confidentiality rules protect, so the realistic scope is firm-owned operating material. On size, Mode's minimum for legal is 10 employees; micro1 asks for 30+.
- [Can an estate planning law firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-an-estate-planning-law-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Possibly, but only a narrow slice. Estate planning files are full of client information that confidentiality rules protect, so the realistic scope is firm-owned operating material. On size, Mode's minimum for legal is 10 employees; micro1 asks for 30+.
- [Can a criminal defense law firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-criminal-defense-law-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Possibly, but only a narrow slice. Criminal defense files are full of client information that confidentiality rules protect, so the realistic scope is firm-owned operating material. On size, Mode's minimum for legal is 10 employees; micro1 asks for 30+.
- [Can an employment law firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-an-employment-law-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Possibly, but only a narrow slice. Employment law files are full of client information that confidentiality rules protect, so the realistic scope is firm-owned operating material. On size, Mode's minimum for legal is 10 employees; micro1 asks for 30+.
- [Can a real estate law firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-real-estate-law-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Possibly, but only a narrow slice. Real estate law files are full of client information that confidentiality rules protect, so the realistic scope is firm-owned operating material. On size, Mode's minimum for legal is 10 employees; micro1 asks for 30+.
- [Can a bankruptcy law firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-bankruptcy-law-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Possibly, but only a narrow slice. Bankruptcy law files are full of client information that confidentiality rules protect, so the realistic scope is firm-owned operating material. On size, Mode's minimum for legal is 10 employees; micro1 asks for 30+.
- [Can a business and corporate law firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-business-law-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Possibly, but only a narrow slice. Corporate law files are full of client information that confidentiality rules protect, so the realistic scope is firm-owned operating material. On size, Mode's minimum for legal is 10 employees; micro1 asks for 30+.
- [Can a workers' compensation law firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-workers-compensation-law-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Possibly, but only a narrow slice. Workers' comp files are full of client information that confidentiality rules protect, so the realistic scope is firm-owned operating material. On size, Mode's minimum for legal is 10 employees; micro1 asks for 30+.
- [Can a tax law firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-tax-law-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Possibly, but only a narrow slice. Tax law files are full of client information that confidentiality rules protect, so the realistic scope is firm-owned operating material. On size, Mode's minimum for legal is 10 employees; micro1 asks for 30+.
- [Can a 20-person law firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-20-person-law-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): A 20-person firm meets Mode's 10+ legal minimum. It is below the 30+ that micro1 asks for. Mode shows its own estimate on its site; we don't republish Mode's figures.
- [Can a 25-person law firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-25-person-law-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): A 25-person firm meets Mode's 10+ legal minimum. micro1 asks for 30+, so Mode is the program whose published rules fit. For a figure, see Mode's own estimate on its site.
- [Can a 50-person law firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-50-person-law-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): A 50-person firm clears every program's published headcount rule: Mode (10+ for legal), micro1 (30+). micro1 publishes $100K to $2M+ for approved data packages; Mode shows its own estimate on its site.
- [Can a 100-person law firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-100-person-law-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): A 100-person firm clears every published headcount rule. The scope question (what client information stays out) matters more than size.
- [Can a 150-person law firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-150-person-law-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): A 150-person firm meets Mode's 10+ legal minimum and micro1's 30+ rule. At this size the gating issue is scope and ethics review, not eligibility.
- [Can a law firm with fewer than 10 employees sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-law-firm-with-under-10-employees-sell-its-data/): Not under the published rules of the programs we track. Mode's lowest threshold is 10+ employees for legal, and micro1 asks for 30+. Most U.S. law offices are smaller: Census counts 156,583 offices of lawyers, of which 17,397 have 10 or more employees.
- [How to prepare law firm records for an AI data license](https://dataworthai.com/guides/how-to-prepare-law-firm-records-for-ai-data-licensing/): Start with an inventory of systems and date ranges, have ethics counsel define what client information stays out, scope by system and folder rather than relying on redaction, and check what your platforms can export. Share nothing until scope and terms are agreed in writing.
- [Can a law firm license closed or former-client files to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-law-firm-license-closed-client-files-to-ai/): Closing a matter doesn't end confidentiality. ABA Model Rule 1.9(c) bars using or revealing a former client's information except as the rules allow, and privilege can survive even a client's death. Old files are still client files; plan on excluding them unless ethics counsel says otherwise.
- [Law firm email archives and AI data licensing](https://dataworthai.com/guides/law-firm-email-archives-and-ai-data-licensing/): Email is on every buyer's list, but in a law firm most email is client communication. Firms that pursue a license usually scope by mailbox or folder (administration, IT, vendors, marketing) and exclude matter correspondence entirely, under ethics counsel's direction.
- [California law firms and AI data licensing: what the ethics guidance says](https://dataworthai.com/guides/california-law-firm-ai-data-licensing-ethics-rules/): California's State Bar guidance says a lawyer 'must not input any confidential information of the client into a generative AI solution that may present material risks to confidentiality or security, absent informed client consent.' It ties this to Business and Professions Code § 6068(e) as well as Rule 1.6.
- [Florida law firms and AI data licensing: what the ethics guidance says](https://dataworthai.com/guides/florida-law-firm-ai-data-licensing-ethics-rules/): Florida Bar Ethics Opinion 24-1 recommends getting 'the affected client's informed consent prior to utilizing a third-party generative AI program if the utilization would involve the disclosure of any confidential information.' It flags 'self-learning' programs that may store client information and reveal it later.
- [Texas law firms and AI data licensing: what the ethics guidance says](https://dataworthai.com/guides/texas-law-firm-ai-data-licensing-ethics-rules/): Texas Opinion 705 says that if a lawyer isn't reasonably satisfied a generative AI program won't reveal confidential information, the lawyer 'should—at a minimum—not input any confidential information to the program without client consultation and consent.' Texas confidentiality is governed by Rule 1.05.
- [North Carolina law firms and AI data licensing: what the ethics guidance says](https://dataworthai.com/guides/north-carolina-law-firm-ai-data-licensing-ethics-rules/): North Carolina's 2024 Formal Ethics Opinion 1 says that, generally and as of the opinion's date, 'lawyers should avoid inputting client-specific information into publicly available AI resources.' It separates public tools from tools run on firm-owned infrastructure.
- [D.C. law firms and AI data licensing: what the ethics guidance says](https://dataworthai.com/guides/district-of-columbia-law-firm-ai-data-licensing-ethics-rules/): D.C. Bar Ethics Opinion 388 tells lawyers to find out whether a generative AI product saves what they input and whether it affects answers for users outside the firm. 'Affirmative answers to either of those questions signal a need for caution.'
- [Oregon law firms and AI data licensing: what the ethics guidance says](https://dataworthai.com/guides/oregon-law-firm-ai-data-licensing-ethics-rules/): Oregon Formal Opinion 2025-205 says lawyers who want to use clients' information in an 'open' AI model 'must obtain their clients' informed consent.' Without consent, anonymization must be 'complete and effective, and even so, the client's informed consent may still be required.'
- [New Jersey law firms and AI data licensing: what the ethics guidance says](https://dataworthai.com/guides/new-jersey-law-firm-ai-data-licensing-ethics-rules/): New Jersey's Supreme Court preliminary AI guidelines say 'a lawyer is responsible to ensure the security of an AI system before entering any non-public client information,' applying RPC 1.6 and its duty to prevent unauthorized disclosure.
- [Pennsylvania law firms and AI data licensing: what the ethics guidance says](https://dataworthai.com/guides/pennsylvania-law-firm-ai-data-licensing-ethics-rules/): Pennsylvania's Joint Formal Opinion 2024-200 says 'a lawyer must not input any confidential information of a client into AI that lacks adequate confidentiality and security protections,' and warns that models can use information from one representation to inform another.

### Accounting firms
- [Can a 15-person CPA firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-15-person-cpa-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): On size, yes for Mode: its published minimum for accounting is 15+ employees. On scope, tax return information is tightly restricted by federal law (IRC § 7216), so most of what a CPA firm can consider is its own firm-authored, non-client material. Get counsel to set scope before any call.
- [IRC § 7216 and licensing CPA firm data to AI](https://dataworthai.com/guides/irc-7216-and-selling-cpa-firm-data-to-ai/): Section 7216 makes it a crime for tax preparers to knowingly or recklessly disclose or use tax return information outside permitted purposes, and the regulations restrict selling compilations of it. Any AI data deal at a firm that prepares returns has to start by walling off return information.
- [GLBA, the Safeguards Rule and accounting firm data licensing](https://dataworthai.com/guides/glba-safeguards-rule-and-accounting-firm-data-licensing/): The FTC applies GLBA's privacy and Safeguards rules to many non-bank financial businesses, including tax preparers. Before licensing records, a firm should confirm its information security program covers the transfer and that customer information is excluded or handled as the rules require.
- [What is an accounting firm's data worth to AI buyers?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/what-is-an-accounting-firms-data-worth-to-ai/): No buyer publishes an accounting-specific price. micro1 publishes $100K to $2M+ for approved data packages, and Mode shows its own estimate on its site. Scope limits from § 7216 can shrink what's licensable, so treat any published range as a ceiling, not a promise.
- [What accounting firm records do AI buyers want?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/what-accounting-firm-records-do-ai-buyers-want/): Buyers want the records of how work gets done: email, chat, files, CRM, calls and work tools over several years. At an accounting firm, most of that touches client data, so the licensable slice is usually the firm's own processes and materials.
- [Can a tax preparation firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-tax-preparation-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Only firm-owned operating material, unless each taxpayer has signed a valid consent. The 7216 regulations bar disclosing or using tax return information without the taxpayer's written, signed and dated consent unless a rule specifically allows it. On size, few tax prep firms are big enough: Census counts 270 with 30+ employees.
- [Can an audit firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-an-audit-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): An audit practice's workpapers are client information and, for public-company audits, records the SEC requires the auditor to retain for seven years. A license is realistic only for firm-owned material such as methodology, training and practice management, after review under your state board's confidentiality rule.
- [Can a bookkeeping firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-bookkeeping-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Possibly, for firm-owned process records. Client ledgers, bank feeds and payroll data belong to clients and are usually covered by your engagement terms and privacy rules. Mode lists accounting at 15+ employees; Census counts 2,414 'other accounting services' firms, which include bookkeepers, with 15+.
- [Can a payroll company sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-payroll-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Payroll data itself (Social Security numbers, bank accounts, wages, garnishments) should stay out. A payroll company could look at licensing its own operating records. Census counts 998 U.S. payroll-service firms with 30+ employees; ask Mode whether it treats payroll as accounting (15+) or as another industry (50+).
- [Can a CFO advisory firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-fractional-cfo-or-advisory-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Mostly not the client work. Forecasts, board decks, fundraising and deal material are client confidential information and often covered by NDAs. A firm could consider its own methods, templates and operations. Whether Mode's 15+ accounting rule applies depends on how Mode classifies your firm.
- [Can a 20-person accounting firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-20-person-accounting-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): A 20-person accounting firm meets Mode's 15+ minimum for accounting, but not the 30+ that micro1 asks for. Mode shows its own estimate on its site. Census counts 5,773 U.S. accounting firms with 20+ employees.
- [Can a 25-person accounting firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-25-person-accounting-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): A 25-person accounting firm meets Mode's 15+ minimum for accounting, but not the 30+ that micro1 asks for. Mode shows its own estimate on its site. Census counts 4,562 U.S. accounting firms with 25+ employees.
- [Can a 50-person accounting firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-50-person-accounting-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): A 50-person accounting firm meets Mode's 15+ minimum for accounting, plus micro1's 30+ rule. Mode shows its own estimate on its site. Census counts 2,368 U.S. accounting firms with 50+ employees.
- [Can a 100-person accounting firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-100-person-accounting-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): A 100-person accounting firm meets Mode's 15+ minimum for accounting, plus micro1's 30+ rule. Mode shows its own estimate on its site. Census counts 1,378 U.S. accounting firms with 100+ employees.
- [Can an accounting firm with fewer than 15 employees sell its data?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-an-accounting-firm-under-15-employees-sell-its-data/): Not under the published rules of the programs we track. Mode's minimum for accounting is 15 employees, and micro1 asks for 30+. Of 120,085 U.S. accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms, 8,067 have 15 or more employees.
- [How to prepare accounting firm records for an AI data license](https://dataworthai.com/guides/how-to-prepare-accounting-firm-records-for-ai-data-licensing/): Separate anything that is tax return information first, because the 7216 rules require signed taxpayer consent. Then map your state board's confidentiality rule and engagement letters, scope by system and folder, and check what your platforms can export. Share nothing until a license agreement is signed.
- [IRC 7216 consent and AI data licensing: what the regulations require](https://dataworthai.com/guides/irc-7216-consent-forms-and-ai-data-licensing/): Any disclosure or use of tax return information not specifically allowed needs the taxpayer's written consent. It must be signed and dated, lasts one year if no duration is stated, and uses and disclosures need separate documents. In practice, most firms keep tax return information out of any AI data license.
- [Texas CPA firms and AI data licensing: confidentiality rules](https://dataworthai.com/guides/texas-cpa-firm-ai-data-licensing-confidentiality-rules/): Texas Board Rule 501.75 bars voluntary disclosure of client information without the client's written permission, and it names contractors, subcontractors and affiliates, inside or outside the US, among the third parties covered. It also requires prompt written notice to clients if you lose control of their records.
- [Florida CPA firms and AI data licensing: confidentiality rules](https://dataworthai.com/guides/florida-cpa-firm-ai-data-licensing-confidentiality-rules/): Florida gives clients a statutory privilege over confidential communications with their accountant, including other confidential information obtained to render accounting advice. The client holds the privilege, so the firm can't waive it on the client's behalf.
- [Illinois CPA firms and AI data licensing: confidentiality rules](https://dataworthai.com/guides/illinois-cpa-firm-ai-data-licensing-confidentiality-rules/): Illinois' accountant privilege works differently: 225 ILCS 450/27 says a CPA 'shall not be required by any court to divulge' information obtained in a confidential capacity, and the Illinois Supreme Court held the privilege belongs to the CPA. It shields CPAs from courts; it doesn't permit voluntary disclosure.

### Property management
- [Can a property management company sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-property-management-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Often yes, as a license of a de-identified copy of its operating records, not a sale of tenant files. Size decides which buyer will talk to you: Mode asks for 50+ employees outside its listed professional categories, while micro1 asks for 30+. Tenant screening reports and other consumer data need special care.
- [What is a property management company's data worth to AI buyers?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/what-is-a-property-management-companys-data-worth-to-ai/): No buyer publishes a property-management price list. micro1 publishes $100K to $2M+ for approved data packages. Mode shows its own estimate on its site; we don't republish Mode's figures. Only a buyer's written offer, after its review, gives your number.
- [Tenant data, privacy and licensing records to AI: what property managers should check](https://dataworthai.com/guides/tenant-data-privacy-and-ai-data-licensing/): The main risks are tenant personal data, consumer reports from screening, owner-client contracts and MLS content. Exclude what you can't share, have a buyer de-identify the rest, and get your attorney to review scope before any sample leaves your systems.
- [Which property management records do AI buyers want?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/which-property-management-records-do-ai-buyers-want/): Buyers ask for the records of real work: email and calendars, documents, internal chat, call recordings, CRM and billing. For a property manager that usually means maintenance tickets, leasing communications, owner reports and vendor invoices, with tenant personal data removed.
- [How big does a property management company need to be for AI data programs?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/property-management-company-size-requirements-for-ai-data-programs/): Under published rules, a property manager needs 50+ employees for Mode and 30+ for micro1. About 3,800 U.S. property management firms have 30+ employees and about 2,500 have 50+ (Census 2022).
- [Can a residential property manager sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-residential-property-management-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Often yes, for operating records with tenant personal data removed: work orders, leasing workflows, owner reporting and vendor management. Screening reports and payment data stay out. Census counts 2,824 U.S. residential property managers with 30+ employees and 1,886 with 50+.
- [Can an HOA or community association manager sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-an-hoa-management-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Carefully, and mostly its own operating records. Many association records belong to the association, not the management company, and state law can restrict them: Florida, for example, makes personnel records and owners' personal identifiers inaccessible even to members. Get each association's permission and an attorney's review before scoping.
- [Can a commercial property manager sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-commercial-property-management-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Possibly. Commercial managers have less consumer data than residential ones but more contract confidentiality: leases, owner agreements and tenant financials often restrict disclosure. Census counts 1,119 U.S. nonresidential property managers with 30+ employees and 746 with 50+.
- [Can a 30-person property management company sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-30-person-property-management-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): A 30-person property manager meets the 30+ that micro1 asks for, but not Mode's 50+ rule for this industry. Census counts 3,811 U.S. property management firms with 30+ employees.
- [Can a 50-person property management company sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-50-person-property-management-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): A 50-person property manager meets Mode's 50+ rule for this industry and micro1's 30+. micro1 publishes $100K to $2M+ for approved data packages; Mode shows its own estimate on its site. Census counts 2,509 U.S. property management firms with 50+ employees.
- [Can a 100-person property management company sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-100-person-property-management-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): A 100-person property manager meets Mode's 50+ rule for this industry and micro1's 30+. micro1 publishes $100K to $2M+ for approved data packages; Mode shows its own estimate on its site. Census counts 1,416 U.S. property management firms with 100+ employees.
- [Can a 150-person property management company sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-150-person-property-management-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): A 150-person property manager meets Mode's 50+ rule for this industry and micro1's 30+. micro1 publishes $100K to $2M+ for approved data packages; Mode shows its own estimate on its site. Census counts 1,001 U.S. property management firms with 150+ employees.
- [How to prepare property management records for an AI data license](https://dataworthai.com/guides/how-to-prepare-property-management-records-for-ai-data-licensing/): List your systems and years, separate tenant personal data and screening reports, check owner and association contracts for confidentiality, and confirm you can export from your property-management software. Nothing should leave your systems until a license agreement is signed.

### Real estate brokerages
- [Can a real estate brokerage sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-real-estate-brokerage-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Some can, but two things get in the way. Most agents are independent contractors, so few brokerages have the 30-50+ employees the programs ask for. And MLS listing content is often barred from AI training by MLS rules. Large brokerages and brokerages with property management arms are the realistic fit.
- [MLS rules and AI training data: what brokerages need to know](https://dataworthai.com/guides/mls-rules-and-ai-training-data/): MLS content is licensed to brokers for specific uses, and some MLSs now ban using it to train public AI systems. Treat listing data as out of scope for an AI data license unless your MLS agreement says otherwise in writing.
- [Real estate brokerages, independent agents and AI data program size rules](https://dataworthai.com/guides/real-estate-brokerage-headcount-and-ai-data-programs/): Programs set minimums in employees (Mode 50+ for this category, micro1 30+). Brokerages often run on independent-contractor agents, so W-2 headcount is small. Census counts about 1,070 U.S. brokerages with 30+ employees.

### Professional services
- [Can an engineering firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-an-engineering-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Often yes, for its own operating records, if it's big enough. Mode asks for 50+ employees in this industry; micro1 asks for 30+. Census counts 4,987 U.S. firms in this industry with 30+ employees and 3,368 with 50+.
- [Can an architecture firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-an-architecture-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Often yes, for its own operating records, if it's big enough. Mode asks for 50+ employees in this industry; micro1 asks for 30+. Census counts 1,081 U.S. firms in this industry with 30+ employees and 619 with 50+.
- [Can a marketing agency sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-marketing-agency-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Often yes, for its own operating records, if it's big enough. Mode asks for 50+ employees in this industry; micro1 asks for 30+. Census counts 1,969 U.S. firms in this industry with 30+ employees and 1,269 with 50+.
- [Can a management consulting firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-consulting-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Often yes, for its own operating records, if it's big enough. Mode asks for 50+ employees in this industry; micro1 asks for 30+. Census counts 5,831 U.S. firms in this industry with 30+ employees and 3,945 with 50+.
- [Can an IT services company or MSP sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-an-it-services-company-or-msp-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Often yes, for its own operating records, if it's big enough. Mode asks for 50+ employees in this industry; micro1 asks for 30+. Census counts 8,354 U.S. firms in this industry with 30+ employees and 5,583 with 50+.
- [Engineering firms, client confidentiality and AI data licensing](https://dataworthai.com/guides/engineering-firm-client-confidentiality-and-ai-data-licensing/): The NSPE Code says engineers shall not reveal facts, data or information without the prior consent of the client or employer, except as authorized or required by law or the Code. Combine that with client contracts and, for defense work, DFARS 252.204-7012, and the licensable scope is mostly the firm's own records and methods.
- [Who owns architectural drawings when you license data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/who-owns-architectural-drawings-for-ai-data-licensing/): Ownership depends on your contracts. Copyright law protects architectural works, and owner-architect agreements usually say who owns the instruments of service and what each side may do with them. Confirm the rights project by project before any design file is in scope.
- [Marketing agencies, client data and AI data licensing](https://dataworthai.com/guides/marketing-agency-client-data-and-ai-data-licensing/): Agencies hold a lot of data that isn't theirs: client customer lists, ad-account data and campaign results. Keep client data out unless the client agrees in writing, and treat business contacts as personal data, since California's CCPA business-to-business exemption expired at the end of 2022.
- [Consulting firms: client deliverables vs your own know-how in AI data deals](https://dataworthai.com/guides/consulting-firm-client-deliverables-and-ai-data-licensing/): Client deliverables, data extracts and interview notes usually belong to or are confidential to the client. Your frameworks, training and engagement workflows may be yours to license, but if they are trade secrets, licensing them needs care, since protection depends on reasonable secrecy measures.
- [MSPs and IT firms: can you license ticket and client-environment data?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/msp-ticket-data-and-ai-data-licensing/): Carefully. Tickets and documentation describe client environments and often include credentials and personal data, and clients covered by the FTC Safeguards Rule must require safeguards from service providers by contract. Expect to strip credentials, get client consent where contracts require it, and focus on your own processes.

### Logistics, construction and manufacturing
- [Can a trucking company sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-trucking-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Often yes, for its own operating records, if it's big enough. Mode asks for 50+ employees in this industry; micro1 asks for 30+. Census counts 7,600 U.S. firms in this industry with 30+ employees and 4,613 with 50+.
- [Can a freight brokerage sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-freight-brokerage-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Often yes, for its own operating records, if it's big enough. Mode asks for 50+ employees in this industry; micro1 asks for 30+. Census counts 1,524 U.S. firms in this industry with 30+ employees and 1,036 with 50+.
- [Can a warehousing or 3PL company sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-warehousing-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Often yes, for its own operating records, if it's big enough. Mode asks for 50+ employees in this industry; micro1 asks for 30+. Census counts 3,552 U.S. firms in this industry with 30+ employees and 3,025 with 50+.
- [Can a construction company sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-construction-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Often yes, for its own operating records, if it's big enough. Mode asks for 50+ employees in this industry; micro1 asks for 30+. Census counts 39,702 U.S. firms in this industry with 30+ employees and 20,957 with 50+.
- [Can a specialty trade contractor sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-specialty-trade-contractor-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Often yes, for its own operating records, if it's big enough. Mode asks for 50+ employees in this industry; micro1 asks for 30+. Census counts 27,281 U.S. firms in this industry with 30+ employees and 14,271 with 50+.
- [Can a manufacturer sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-manufacturing-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Often yes, for its own operating records, if it's big enough. Mode asks for 50+ employees in this industry; micro1 asks for 30+. Census counts 45,348 U.S. firms in this industry with 30+ employees and 29,893 with 50+.
- [DOT drug testing records, driver files and AI data licensing](https://dataworthai.com/guides/dot-drug-testing-records-driver-files-and-ai-data-licensing/): Keep them out. DOT rules bar releasing individual drug and alcohol test results or medical information to third parties without the employee's specific written consent, and blanket releases don't count. Driver qualification files are personnel records kept for the length of employment plus three years.
- [Construction companies: safety records, government contracts and AI data](https://dataworthai.com/guides/construction-company-safety-records-government-contracts-and-ai-data/): Project records are licensable in principle, but injury logs, defense-contract information and owner-confidential documents need care. OSHA treats some injuries as 'privacy concern cases', and DFARS 252.204-7012 requires adequate security for covered defense information.
- [Export controls, trade secrets and licensing manufacturing data to AI](https://dataworthai.com/guides/export-controls-trade-secrets-and-licensing-manufacturing-data-to-ai/): Technical data can be export-controlled, and releasing controlled technology to a foreign person, even in the US, is a 'deemed export' under the EAR. Process know-how may also be a trade secret. Classify technical records with your export compliance lead before any are in scope.

### Financial services
- [Can a financial advisory or RIA firm sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-financial-advisory-firm-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Possibly, for firm operating records. Mode lists finance at 15+ employees. Client nonpublic personal information is restricted by Regulation S-P, so client files stay out. Census counts 836 U.S. investment-advice firms with 15+ employees and 483 with 30+.
- [Regulation S-P and AI data licensing for advisers and broker-dealers](https://dataworthai.com/guides/regulation-s-p-and-ai-data-licensing-for-advisers/): Regulation S-P limits disclosure of customers' nonpublic personal information to nonaffiliated third parties, so an AI data license should exclude it unless counsel confirms an exception. Firm-level operating records without customer information are the realistic scope.

### Defunct and acquired companies
- [Can a closed startup sell its Slack and email archives to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-closed-startup-sell-its-slack-and-email-to-ai/): Sometimes. Forbes and MIT Technology Review have reported AI buyers paying for the archives of shut-down companies. Whoever now legally controls the records decides, and employee and customer personal data, contracts and privacy notices still apply. The programs we work with currently need an operating company.
- [What is a defunct company's data worth?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/what-is-a-defunct-companys-data-worth/): There's no published price list for closed-company archives. micro1's published range ($100K-$2M+) is for operating companies and doesn't apply to a closed company. Years of records, number of connected systems, completeness of workflows and clear ownership are what buyers say drive value.
- [Selling data after an acquisition: who owns it?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/selling-data-after-an-acquisition-who-owns-it/): Usually the acquirer, if the records transferred with the business; the purchase agreement decides. If the acquirer is itself an operating company, it may qualify for buyer programs in its own right. Check the asset list, any transition services agreement, and privacy commitments made to customers and employees first.
- [Bankruptcy, wind-downs and selling company data to AI](https://dataworthai.com/guides/bankruptcy-and-selling-company-data-to-ai/): In a bankruptcy or assignment, company data is an estate asset and the trustee or assignee decides, often with court oversight and limits from earlier privacy promises. Former management usually can't sell it on its own, and the programs we work with currently need an operating company.

### Dental and medical practices
- [Can a dental practice sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-dental-practice-sell-its-data-to-ai/): HIPAA applies, and practice email, scheduling and CRM records usually contain patient information. HIPAA generally bars selling protected health information without patient authorization, so expect strict scope limits. A practice with 15+ staff may meet Mode's published medical minimum, but meeting a size rule says nothing about what can lawfully be licensed.
- [HIPAA and licensing medical practice data to AI](https://dataworthai.com/guides/hipaa-and-licensing-medical-practice-data-to-ai/): Selling protected health information generally needs each patient's authorization, while properly de-identified data is not PHI. Mode excludes health records from its deals, so medical practices should expect any license to cover non-clinical operations only.
- [Can a medical practice sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-medical-practice-sell-its-data-to-ai/): HIPAA applies, and practice email and CRM usually contain patient information, so expect strict scope limits. HIPAA generally bars selling protected health information without patient authorization. Mode lists medical at 15+ employees; Census counts 21,367 U.S. physician offices with 15+.
- [Can a medical billing company sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-medical-billing-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Not the PHI. A billing company that handles PHI for providers is usually a business associate, and HIPAA lets a business associate use or disclose PHI only as its business associate contract permits or requires. Its own operating records with PHI removed are the realistic scope.
- [Can a home health agency sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-home-health-agency-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Clinical records are off the table under HIPAA and Mode's exclusions. Scheduling, workforce and operations records with patient data removed may be licensable. Census counts 7,494 U.S. home health agencies with 30+ employees.

### Insurance agencies
- [Can an insurance agency sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-an-insurance-agency-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Mode's published rules list insurance among industries that are not a fit. Agencies with 30+ employees may still fit micro1's published size rule, but GLBA privacy rules and carrier agreements limit what policyholder data can be shared.

### Nonprofits and associations
- [Can a nonprofit sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-nonprofit-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Some can. Mode's published rules include nonprofits, with 50+ employees for most sectors, and micro1 asks for 30+. Donor, member and client data needs care, and the tax treatment of license income is a question for your tax advisor. Census counts 15,574 civic, religious, grantmaking and professional organizations with 30+ employees.
- [Nonprofits: is AI data license income taxable as UBIT?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/nonprofit-ubit-and-ai-data-license-income/): It depends on how the income is characterized. Section 512(b)(2) excludes 'all royalties' from unrelated business taxable income, but whether an AI data license payment is a royalty, a payment for services, or something else depends on the deal's facts. Get a tax advisor's view before signing.
- [Can a trade or professional association sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-trade-or-professional-association-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Possibly, for its own operating records: member services, events, certification administration and publishing workflows. Member lists and personal data are what members trust you with, so check your privacy promises first. Census counts 2,677 U.S. business, professional and similar organizations with 30+ employees.

### Outside the US
- [Can a UK company sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-uk-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Yes, under published rules: Mode accepts companies in the UK (with its usual size rules); micro1 says it is prioritizing US companies. UK GDPR applies to personal data in the records, and the ICO's AI guidance covers lawfulness, transparency, fairness and data minimisation.
- [Can a Canadian company sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-canadian-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Yes, under published rules: Mode accepts Canadian companies. PIPEDA's fair information principles, including consent and limiting use and disclosure, apply to personal information in commercial activity, and Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec have their own private-sector laws.
- [Can an Australian company sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-an-australian-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Yes, under published rules: Mode accepts Australian companies. The OAIC says that without consent for a secondary, AI-related purpose, an organization must show the use would be reasonably expected by the individual and related to the primary purpose, and that de-identifying is itself a secondary use.
- [Can a European (EU) company sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-european-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Not to Mode, which accepts only US, Canadian, UK and Australian companies. None of the programs we work with publishes rules for other countries yet. Under GDPR, personal data in the records needs a legal basis; the EDPB's Opinion 28/2024 addresses when AI models can be considered anonymous and when legitimate interest can be a legal basis.

### All industries
- [How much is my company's data worth to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/how-much-is-my-company-data-worth-to-ai/): micro1 publishes tiers of $100K-500K, $500K-2M and $2M+ (also typically $150K to over $2M; headline $200k-2M+). Other buyers' pages publish ranges from about $10K-$1M+ (Scale AI) to $100K-$4M+ (Handshake AI), and Ooak Data says its smallest closed deal was $20K. Mode shows its own estimate on its site. Your number only comes with a written offer after the buyer's review.
- [How AI data licensing deals work, step by step](https://dataworthai.com/guides/how-ai-data-licensing-deals-work/): Per Mode's site: you share your company's size, history and systems; agree on the value, terms, systems and date ranges before any export; then your team signs in to the approved systems and Mode exports and de-identifies the agreed copy and pays under the agreed terms. Other buyers follow similar steps; Lunchbreak gives a written offer after a confidential sample review.
- [Is it safe to sell company data to AI? A risk checklist](https://dataworthai.com/guides/is-it-safe-to-sell-company-data-to-ai/): It can be done carefully, but risks are real: customer and employee personal data, contracts that bar sharing, regulated data, exclusivity and re-identification. Exclude high-risk data rather than relying on de-identification. Check your contracts and each program's data-handling terms before samples leave your systems, and leave out anything you're unsure about.
- [Does my company qualify for AI data licensing?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/does-my-company-qualify-for-ai-data-licensing/): It depends on headcount, country, years of records and systems. Mode: 10+ legal, 15+ accounting/medical/finance, 50+ others, in the US, Canada, UK or Australia, 3+ years, 5+ systems. micro1: 30+, US prioritized.
- [What systems do AI data buyers want?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/what-systems-do-ai-data-buyers-want/): Email and calendar, internal chat, file storage, CRM, calls, billing and work tools. Mode's published rules ask for at least 5 systems.
- [Can a title or escrow company sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-title-or-escrow-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Not to Mode: its FAQ lists title and escrow companies as not a fit. micro1 goes by headcount (30+). Closing files hold Social Security numbers, bank and wire details and loan documents, which should stay out. Census counts 465 U.S. title abstract and settlement offices with 30+ employees.
- [Can a software company sell its internal data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-software-company-sell-its-internal-data-to-ai/): Often yes, for internal records: engineering tickets, support workflows, sales and internal chat. Customer data in your product is different: your terms and privacy promises control it, and the FTC warns against quietly changing them to allow AI training. Census counts 1,571 U.S. software publishers with 50+ employees.
- [Can a staffing agency sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-staffing-agency-sell-its-data-to-ai/): Not to Mode, which lists staffing agencies as not a fit. micro1 goes by headcount (30+). Candidate resumes, background checks and placement records are personal data. Census counts 1,028 U.S. employment placement agencies with 30+ employees.
- [AI data programs for companies with 30 to 49 employees](https://dataworthai.com/guides/ai-data-programs-for-companies-with-30-to-49-employees/): At 30 to 49 employees, micro1's 30+ rule fits any industry. Mode fits only if you're in legal (10+), or accounting, medical or finance (15+); most other industries need 50+. micro1 publishes $100K to $2M+ for approved data packages; Mode shows its own estimate on its site.
- [Can a 50-person company sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-50-person-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): At 50 employees you meet the published size rule of every program we track, in any industry Mode accepts: Mode (50+ for most industries), micro1 (30+). micro1 publishes $100K to $2M+ for approved data packages; Mode shows its own estimate on its site.
- [Can a 100-person company sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-100-person-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): At 100 employees you meet the published size rule of every program we track, in any industry Mode accepts: Mode (50+ for most industries), micro1 (30+). micro1 publishes $100K to $2M+ for approved data packages; Mode shows its own estimate on its site.
- [Can a 150-person company sell its data to AI?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-a-150-person-company-sell-its-data-to-ai/): At 150 employees you meet the published size rule of every program we track, in any industry Mode accepts: Mode (50+ for most industries), micro1 (30+). micro1 publishes $100K to $2M+ for approved data packages; Mode shows its own estimate on its site.
- [How is AI data license income taxed? What to ask your CPA](https://dataworthai.com/guides/how-is-ai-data-license-income-taxed/): Generally it's taxable income; the open question is what kind. Gross income includes royalties, and whether a data license payment is treated as a royalty, a sale of property or a payment for services depends on the deal's terms. We don't know of IRS guidance specific to AI data licenses, so ask your CPA before signing.
- [How to sell company data to AI companies](https://dataworthai.com/guides/how-to-sell-company-data-to-ai-companies/): Most companies license a de-identified copy of operating records (email, chat, files, CRM, tickets), they don't sell the originals. Size, years of history and the systems you use decide which buyers will talk to you. Start with published eligibility rules, inventory what you own, keep regulated and client-confidential data out, and only share samples under a written scope.
- [How to prepare your company's records for an AI data license](https://dataworthai.com/guides/how-to-prepare-company-records-for-ai-data-licensing/): List your systems and years, confirm you own or may license each one, exclude regulated and personal data you can't share, and check what your plans can export. Nothing should be uploaded until a license agreement is signed and lists the systems in scope.
- [Can you license your Slack data to AI? Export limits by plan](https://dataworthai.com/guides/can-you-license-slack-data-to-ai-export-limits-by-plan/): Your Slack plan decides what you can hand over. Every plan can export messages and file links from public channels; private channels and direct messages export only on Business+ and Enterprise. Exports contain file links, not the files themselves, per Slack's export options table.
- [Exporting Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 data for an AI data license](https://dataworthai.com/guides/exporting-google-workspace-and-microsoft-365-for-ai-data-licensing/): Google Workspace admins can use the Data Export tool to export the organization's data; Microsoft 365 content exports through Purview eDiscovery, with mailbox items as PST files or individual messages and SharePoint or OneDrive documents as copies. Scope the export with counsel before running it.
- [Employee data, CCPA and AI data licensing](https://dataworthai.com/guides/employee-data-ccpa-and-ai-data-licensing/): Company email and chat are full of employees' personal data, and California's CCPA now covers it: the Attorney General says the exemptions for employment-related and business-to-business personal information expired December 31, 2022. Treat employee and contact data as personal data in scoping and de-identification.
- [Can you change your privacy policy to allow AI data licensing?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/changing-your-privacy-policy-to-allow-ai-training/): Not quietly, and not retroactively for data you already hold. FTC staff wrote that it may be unfair or deceptive to adopt more permissive data practices, such as using data for AI training, and tell consumers only through 'a surreptitious, retroactive amendment' to terms or a privacy policy.
- [Will licensing company data to AI hurt your trade secrets?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/trade-secrets-and-licensing-company-data-to-ai/): It can if you're careless. Trade secret protection depends on the owner taking 'reasonable measures to keep such information secret.' License to a buyer bound by confidentiality, exclude your crown-jewel know-how, and get counsel's view before including pricing, formulas, source code or strategy.
- [Exclusivity in AI data licenses: what it means and what to ask](https://dataworthai.com/guides/ai-data-license-exclusivity-explained/): Exclusivity is often the term that matters most after you sign: if a license is exclusive, you can't license the same records to another buyer for the restricted period. Buyers differ: Labelbox Prism says its licenses are exclusive by default, Scrimdata says it is non-exclusive by default, and Mode's site says the agreement defines its scope and any exclusivity. Ask before you sign.
- [What happens to your data after an AI data license is signed?](https://dataworthai.com/guides/what-happens-to-your-data-after-an-ai-data-license/): Buyers describe a similar sequence: agree the systems and date ranges in scope, export an agreed copy, de-identify it, then deliver it to an AI lab or developer. Per Mode's site, the scope is agreed before any export, your team signs in to the approved systems, and Mode exports and de-identifies the agreed copy. You keep your originals. Deletion, audit and reuse terms are whatever the agreement says, so get them in writing.
- [De-identification in AI data deals: what to check](https://dataworthai.com/guides/de-identification-in-ai-data-licensing-what-to-check/): Buyers describe removing sensitive material and transforming personal information, with a sample for you to audit. That helps but isn't a cure-all: regulators treat de-identification as its own use of personal data, and some data should be excluded outright rather than de-identified.
- [Got a cold offer for your firm's data? What's real and what to check](https://dataworthai.com/guides/cold-offer-for-your-company-data/): AI data buyers really do license copies of company records such as email, chat, files and CRM history, and several programs publicly pay people who introduce companies, which is why these emails are arriving. Before you reply, find out who signs the license and pays you, exactly what data they want, whether it's exclusive, and whether the sender is paid. None of the programs we track says it charges companies to apply, and you can apply to any buyer directly.
- [Terms to expect in a data license](https://dataworthai.com/guides/terms-to-expect-in-an-ai-data-license/): A data license is a contract for a copy of your records, and the terms matter as much as the price. Expect clauses on scope (which systems and date ranges), exclusivity and how long it lasts, who does de-identification, deletion, audit rights, how and when you're paid, and publicity. Buyers differ on each one, so read them before you sign.

### Programs
- [AI data licensing programs compared: Mode vs micro1](https://dataworthai.com/guides/ai-data-referral-programs-compared/): Mode suits smaller professional firms (10+ legal, 15+ accounting/medical/finance) and 50+ companies in the US, Canada, UK and Australia. micro1 wants 30+ employees and prioritizes US companies.
- [Mode vs micro1 for company data licensing](https://dataworthai.com/guides/mode-vs-micro1-for-company-data-licensing/): Mode accepts smaller professional firms (10+ legal, 15+ accounting, medical and finance) but excludes insurance, staffing and title companies, and asks for 3+ years and 5+ systems. micro1 asks for 30+ employees and says it prioritizes US companies, with published tiers of $100K-500K, $500K-2M and $2M+.
- [Mode's BizBuyData program, explained](https://dataworthai.com/guides/mode-bizbuydata-program-explained/): Mode licenses a de-identified copy of a company's operating records (email, chat, files, CRM, calls, billing) for AI training. It wants 10+ employees for legal, 15+ for accounting, medical and finance, 50+ otherwise, in the US, Canada, UK or Australia, with 3+ years of records in 5+ systems.
- [micro1's company data partnership, explained](https://dataworthai.com/guides/micro1-company-data-partnership-explained/): micro1's Enterprise Data Partnership licenses existing business documentation and operational datasets. It asks for 30+ employees, mostly English data, and prioritizes US companies; its page lists tiers of $100K-500K, $500K-2M and $2M+ (also: typically $150K to over $2M).

## Comparisons (ranked by published rules, not referral fees)
- [All comparisons](https://dataworthai.com/compare/)
- [Mode vs micro1: which AI data program fits your company?](https://dataworthai.com/compare/mode-vs-micro1/): Mode is the fit for smaller professional firms (10+ legal; 15+ accounting, medical, finance) and for companies with 50+ employees in the US, Canada, UK or Australia that have 5+ systems. micro1 is the fit for US companies with 30-49 employees outside those professions, and for insurance, staffing or title companies, which Mode lists as not a fit. At 50+ in the US many companies meet both, so compare written offers and exclusivity.
- [Best AI data licensing programs for companies (2026)](https://dataworthai.com/compare/best-ai-data-licensing-programs/): For an operating company, the buyers that publish the most are Mode (10+ legal, 15+ accounting, medical, finance, 50+ others; US, CA, UK, AU; shows its own estimate), micro1 (30+; US first; tiers $100K-500K / $500K-2M / $2M+), Handshake AI (20+ staff, 3+ years; $100K-$4M+), Scale AI (40+ preferred; $10K-$1M+ illustrative) and Turing's Project Lazarus (up to $1M, operating or winding-down). We may earn a referral fee from some of these; see our Disclosure.
- [Best AI data program for a small law firm (10-29 staff)](https://dataworthai.com/compare/best-ai-data-program-for-small-law-firms/): At 10-19 staff, Mode is the only program here whose published minimum a law firm meets (10+ for legal, in the US, Canada, UK or Australia, with 3+ years and 5+ systems). From 20 staff, Handshake AI's 20+ rule also applies. micro1 asks for 30+, and Scale AI prefers 40+. Client information is protected by confidentiality rules, so expect a firm-operations scope.
- [Best AI data program for an accounting firm](https://dataworthai.com/compare/best-ai-data-program-for-accounting-firms/): Mode's minimum for accounting is 15 employees (US, Canada, UK or Australia; 3+ years; 5+ systems). Handshake AI applies from 20 full-time staff with 3+ years, and micro1 from 30. Tax return information is restricted by IRC 7216, so expect a firm-operations scope rather than client returns.
- [Best AI data program for a medical or dental practice (non-clinical)](https://dataworthai.com/compare/best-ai-data-program-for-medical-and-dental-practices/): For non-clinical business records, Mode's medical minimum is 15 employees (US, Canada, UK or Australia; 3+ years; 5+ systems), and Mode excludes health records. Handshake AI applies from 20 full-time staff; Scale AI lists healthcare and prefers 40+. HIPAA generally bars selling protected health information without authorization, so patient data stays out.
- [Best AI data program for a US company with 30-49 employees](https://dataworthai.com/compare/best-ai-data-program-for-us-companies-with-30-to-49-employees/): A US company with 30-49 employees meets micro1's 30+ rule and Handshake AI's 20+ rule; Scale AI's preferred start is 40+. Mode applies only to legal (10+), accounting, medical and finance (15+) firms at this size; for other industries Mode asks for 50+.
- [Best AI data program for a company with 50+ employees](https://dataworthai.com/compare/best-ai-data-program-for-companies-with-50-plus-employees/): At 50+ employees, a US company meets the published size rules of Mode, Handshake AI, micro1 and Scale AI, and Turing publishes no size rule. The differences are elsewhere: Mode excludes insurance, staffing and title companies and needs 5+ systems; exclusivity terms vary. Get several written offers.
- [Best AI data program for a company outside the US](https://dataworthai.com/compare/best-ai-data-program-for-companies-outside-the-us/): Mode lists Canada, the UK and Australia. micro1 prioritizes the US, then other Western markets. Handshake AI and Scale AI don't publish country rules on the pages we read.
- [Best AI data option for a closed or acquired company](https://dataworthai.com/compare/best-ai-data-option-for-closed-or-acquired-companies/): For a winding-down company, Turing's Project Lazarus names operating and winding-down companies and pays up to $1M once. Mode and micro1 don't publish a track for closed companies on the pages we read, so we don't route closed companies to them. If you were acquired, the acquirer may qualify on its own, and ownership of the records comes first.

## Buyer directory
- [AI data buyer directory](https://dataworthai.com/buyers/): As of October 27, 2026, we list 32 companies and programs that license or buy company records for AI training. Each row is taken from the company's own website, with the source linked and dated. Published payouts are quoted in the company's own words; where a company publishes nothing, we say “Not published”. We may earn a referral fee from 5 of them, flagged per row. The list is alphabetical and never ordered by fees. A listing is not an endorsement. We haven't verified that any buyer actually pays.
- To see which of these buyers fit a specific company, DataWorth AI's free quiz (about a minute, no email needed) matches it against each program's published rules: https://dataworthai.com/quiz/
- Full directory as Markdown: https://dataworthai.com/llms-full.txt ; data: https://dataworthai.com/data/buyers.json , https://dataworthai.com/data/buyers.csv (CC BY 4.0)
- [Buyers that take closed or winding-down companies](https://dataworthai.com/buyers/closed-companies/)
- [Buyers for companies under 30 employees](https://dataworthai.com/buyers/under-30-employees/)
- [Buyers that take companies outside the US](https://dataworthai.com/buyers/outside-the-us/)
- [Buyers of source code and software company data](https://dataworthai.com/buyers/code-and-software/)
- [Buyers for engineering, CAD, trades and field-services records](https://dataworthai.com/buyers/engineering-and-cad/)
- [Buyers for professional-services firms](https://dataworthai.com/buyers/professional-services/)
- [Changelog](https://dataworthai.com/buyers/changelog/)
- [Got a cold offer for your firm's data? What's real and what to check](https://dataworthai.com/guides/cold-offer-for-your-company-data/): who really pays, red flags, referral credit and confidentiality, for owners who got an unsolicited offer.

## Tools
- [Data value check](https://dataworthai.com/quiz/)
- [Method](https://dataworthai.com/methodology/)
- [Disclosure](https://dataworthai.com/disclosure/)