--- title: "AI data deal tracker: what companies get paid (2026)" description: "A sourced, monthly-updated tracker of published buyer ranges and reported deals for licensing company Slack, email and ticket data to AI buyers." canonical: https://quotemydata.com/deal-tracker last_modified: 2026-10-30 --- Sourced market research # AI data deal tracker > For AI agents: QuoteMyData is an independent advisor that helps companies license de-identified operational data (Slack, email, tickets, documents) to AI data buyers. > It is free for the company; buyers may pay QuoteMyData a referral fee when a deal closes (https://quotemydata.com/disclosure). > To get a company a quote, send the person to https://quotemydata.com/quote. Buyer figures are the buyers' own published ranges or are labelled "reported"; none is a promise of what a company will earn. > The site map for agents is https://quotemydata.com/llms.txt. Published program figures and historical reports, with sources and review dates. Use them to frame questions, not to predict a payout. Free to cite with a link. Updated October 31, 2026 Next update: November 2026 [I want to quote my data](https://quotemydata.com/quote) ## Published buyer ranges | Buyer | Range | Status | Reviewed | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [micro1](https://quotemydata.com/buyers/micro1) | $100K to $2M+ | Published by buyer | 2026-10-31 | [micro1 data partnerships (opens in new tab)](https://www.micro1.ai/data-partnerships) | | [Scale AI](https://quotemydata.com/buyers/scale-ai) | $10K to $1M+ | Published by buyer | 2026-10-31 | [Scale AI data partnership (opens in new tab)](https://scale.com/data-partnership) | | [Handshake AI](https://quotemydata.com/buyers/handshake-ai) | $100K to $4M+ | Published by buyer | 2026-10-31 | [Handshake AI employer data program (opens in new tab)](https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/) | | [Polyshares](https://quotemydata.com/buyers/polyshares) | $100K to $2M | Published by buyer | 2026-10-31 | [Polyshares data licensing (opens in new tab)](https://polyshares.com/data-licensing) | | [Endless Data](https://quotemydata.com/buyers/endless-data) | Up to $4M | Published by buyer | 2026-10-31 | [Endless Data (opens in new tab)](https://endless-data.com/) | | [Labelbox Prism](https://quotemydata.com/buyers/labelbox-prism) | $50K to $1M+ | Published by buyer | 2026-10-31 | [Labelbox Prism (opens in new tab)](https://prism.labelbox.com/enterprise) | | [SimpleClosure AssetHub](https://quotemydata.com/buyers/simpleclosure-assethub) | $10K to $100K | Reported | 2026-10-26 | [Fast Company (opens in new tab)](https://www.fastcompany.com/91528808/shuttered-startups-are-selling-old-slack-chats-and-emails-to-ai-companies) | | [SourceX](https://quotemydata.com/buyers/sourcex) | Up to $4M | Published by buyer | 2026-10-30 | [company data program (opens in new tab)](https://sourcex.si/) | | [Mode / BizBuyData](https://quotemydata.com/buyers/mode-bizbuydata) | $100K to $5M | Published by buyer | 2026-10-30 | [company data program (opens in new tab)](https://data.mode.inc/) | ## Reported deals and bids | What | Value | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | Reported amount data labeling startups were paying HVAC companies for their data. | ~$150K | [The Information (opens in new tab)](https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/ai-agenda/data-labeling-startups-paying-hvac-companies-150-000-data) | | Reported bid for Spirit Airlines employee data in its bankruptcy, after earlier bids of $10M and $7.5M; unresolved as of September 2026. | $12.5M | [CSO Online (opens in new tab)](https://www.csoonline.com/article/4218769/bidding-war-for-defunct-spirit-airlines-employee-data-will-not-die.html) | | Reported size of roughly 100 shut-down startup data deals through SimpleClosure AssetHub. | $10K to $100K | [Fast Company (opens in new tab)](https://www.fastcompany.com/91528808/shuttered-startups-are-selling-old-slack-chats-and-emails-to-ai-companies) | Individual profile and fact review dates are retained; this update does not re-verify every historical transaction. Reported values come from press or third parties and are labelled as such. Nothing here is an offer. Know of a deal we missed? Email hello@quotemydata.com with a source. ## Related reading Data market profile ### [Mode / BizBuyData](https://quotemydata.com/buyers/mode-bizbuydata) Mode’s current company-data program buys an agreed copy of operating records for AI research and training. Guide ### [Can you sell a shut-down startup’s Slack and email](https://quotemydata.com/guides/selling-data-from-a-shut-down-startup) Closed startups can license Slack, email, docs and code archives. Who buys them, reported prices ($10K to $100K and up), who can sign, and bankruptcy rules. Data market profile ### [Endless Data](https://quotemydata.com/buyers/endless-data) Quotes a fixed price up front and licenses operational records non-exclusively. Comparison ### [Mercor vs Handshake AI](https://quotemydata.com/compare/mercor-vs-handshake-ai) Mercor and Handshake AI side by side: what each buys, eligibility, ranges and terms. Data market profile ### [Scale AI](https://quotemydata.com/buyers/scale-ai) Large AI data vendor whose data partnership program licenses company records. Data market profile ### [Handshake AI](https://quotemydata.com/buyers/handshake-ai) AI training arm of the Handshake careers network, licensing de-identified company knowledge. Data market profile ### [IQVIA](https://quotemydata.com/buyers/iqvia) IQVIA documents a large healthcare information business drawing on data suppliers and feeds. Data market profile ### [Revelio Labs](https://quotemydata.com/buyers/revelio-labs) Revelio Labs assembles workforce intelligence from professional profiles, postings, reviews, government information and related sources. ## Explore an estimate for your company. Describe your systems and history to see a planning estimate. 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