Business data opportunity

Your Business Data Could Be Worth Money. Here's Who's Buying It.

Your business has spent years creating records of how it wins customers, completes work, solves problems and gets paid. AI companies are seeking real-world business data to help train systems that perform actual work.

Some of the information they want may already exist in your CRM, email, operations and accounting systems.

Find out what buyers want and what your business may already have.

Start with your website. No private data or system access required.

Based on public information. We haven't reviewed your internal records.

Who's buying business data?

What the scan can do

  1. 1. Read your public website. Understand what your business appears to do.
  2. 2. Explore one possible use. See your first potential data opportunity immediately.
  3. 3. Email two more. Choose whether to get a private link to all three opportunities.

A market for work you've already done

Your business may already have something AI companies want.

A customer list tells you who bought. A complete business history may show how an opportunity became revenue: inquiry, estimate, negotiation, work, unexpected problems, invoice, payment and repeat purchase.

One illustrative business experience

  1. 01Lead
  2. 02Estimate
  3. 03Decision
  4. 04Work and exceptions
  5. 05Invoice / payment
  6. 06Repeat customer

Connected records may reveal how decisions and problems affected the result. This sequence is an example, not a claim about your business.

The most valuable dataset isn't necessarily the largest. It's the one that solves a problem somebody is willing to pay to solve.

Educational directory

Who is buying business data?

These programs include direct buyers, partnerships and companies that license data onward. Open a card to see what each publicly says it seeks and how to approach it.

Data partnership

Scale AI

Partners with established companies around de-identified records of how their teams work.

Published amount

$10K–$1M+

Illustrative value per data partnership.

Source
What they seek and how to proceed

What they seek

Connected operational workflows from everyday business systems.

What may matter

Prefers 40+ employees, years of records, specialized work and someone authorized to approve the partnership. Smaller firms are considered case by case.

Program type

Data partnership

Preparation support

Describes de-identification and structuring inside its partnership process.

Data licensing partnership

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Licenses company operating records to help build realistic AI training and evaluation environments.

Published amount

$200K–$2M+

Advertised company data partnership payouts.

Source
What they seek and how to proceed

What they seek

Workflows, internal knowledge, communications, project histories, CRM records and support tickets.

What may matter

Prioritizes established companies with 30+ full-time employees, substantial history and mostly English-language records. US companies are currently prioritized.

Program type

Data licensing partnership

Preparation support

Describes anonymization and review after secure transfer.

Data licensing intermediary

Mercor

Licenses and prepares company workflow data for AI labs.

Pricing

Quote after review

No dollar amount published on the linked program page.

Source
What they seek and how to proceed

What they seek

Records from business tools such as email, collaboration, CRM, files and work systems.

What may matter

Says the volume, number of connected tools and depth of records affect its assessment. No public minimum company size is specified.

Program type

Data licensing intermediary

Preparation support

Describes extraction and de-identification through its platform.

Data acquisition and licensing

Prism by Labelbox

Acquires work documents and operational records for frontier AI development.

Published amount

$50K–$1M+

Smaller targeted datasets start around $50K; large partnerships can reach $1M+.

Source
What they seek and how to proceed

What they seek

Expert work traces, documents and connected activity from operational systems.

What may matter

Publishes current data categories and some category-specific requirements. A general minimum company size is not publicly specified.

Program type

Data acquisition and licensing

Preparation support

Describes turning work records into structured training data.

Software data acquisition

Project Lazarus by Turing

Acquires eligible private codebases and related records of software work.

Published amount

$10K–$100K+

Typical legacy codebase pricing; modern codebases and bundled artifacts have different rates.

Source
What they seek and how to proceed

What they seek

Private codebases with related tickets, product plans, architecture documents or support threads.

What may matter

Turing describes a software-focused program. Eligibility for general non-software business records is not publicly established.

Program type

Software data acquisition

Preparation support

Not publicly specified in the linked Turing announcement.

Data licensing partnership

Handshake AI

Helps companies license de-identified business records to AI labs.

Published amount

$100K–$4M

Advertised payout range for its company data licensing program.

Source
What they seek and how to proceed

What they seek

Company records from tools used for design, communication, finance, operations and project work.

What may matter

States a preference for companies with 20+ full-time employees and 3+ years in operation.

Program type

Data licensing partnership

Preparation support

Describes scoped, de-identified data preparation.

Direct licensing buyer

Polyshares

Licenses company operating records directly, then prepares and supplies them to AI labs.

Published amount

$100K–$2M

Its stated typical deal size, paid to the company.

Source
What they seek and how to proceed

What they seek

Operating history from communications, customer systems, support, projects and accounting.

What may matter

Checks licensing rights, provenance, whether personal information can be removed and whether the records are unpublished. No fixed company size is stated.

Program type

Direct licensing buyer

Preparation support

Says it anonymizes and prepares licensed records for AI labs.

Data acquisition program

Mode / BizBuyData

Offers to buy eligible copies of a company’s operating history.

Published amount

$100K–$5M

Advertised potential company data payout; final offers follow review.

Source
What they seek and how to proceed

What they seek

Email, documents, collaboration, calls, CRM, billing and operations records.

What may matter

Its intake asks about industry, employees, years of operational data and country. Companies outside the US are reviewed case by case.

Program type

Data acquisition program

Preparation support

Not publicly specified on the linked program page.

Licensing intermediary

Troveo

Prepares company data and licenses it to AI buyers under agreed terms.

Published amount

$200K first sale

Illustrative example showing $850K total across four sales; actual terms vary.

Source
What they seek and how to proceed

What they seek

Exports that reflect a company’s work across its business systems.

What may matter

Says system scope, team size and years of operating history affect its assessment. Specific minimums are not publicly specified.

Program type

Licensing intermediary

Preparation support

Describes guiding exports, anonymizing and packaging the data.

Licensing intermediary

SuperAnnotate

Prepares and licenses operational records to AI labs with company approval.

Published amount

$100K–$1M+

Indicative valuation range, subject to scoping and buyer demand.

Source
What they seek and how to proceed

What they seek

Communications, process documents, decisions, specialist records and recorded work.

What may matter

Says companies need records built up over time and the rights to license them. It does not set a public minimum company size.

Program type

Licensing intermediary

Preparation support

Describes preparing and licensing records to approved buyers.

Official program pages reviewed 2026-10-28. Dollar amounts are buyer-advertised US-dollar figures with different scopes and conditions. They are not typical results, OndeWork valuations or offers to you. Each program decides eligibility and terms. These listings are not OndeWork partners, endorsements or personalized matches.

What data might you already have?

Connected business experiences can tell a fuller story than isolated files. Buyers set their own preparation and export requirements.

Sales and CRM

Leads, quotes, objections, negotiations and outcomes.

Operations

Jobs, schedules, exceptions, decisions and completion records.

Finance and retention

Invoices, collections, costs and repeat transactions.

Assessment framework

It's not just more data. It's the right data.

Buyers may value a clear business use, a history of connected work and records that show decisions and outcomes. Rights, confidentiality and privacy must be addressed before any licensing discussion.

  • Commercial use case
  • Specialized expertise
  • Historical depth
  • Connected experiences
  • Decisions
  • Outcomes
  • Traceable sources
  • Licensing rights

Privacy, confidentiality and authority to license are eligibility gates. Other strengths cannot offset them.

Explore the 20-point checklist

Commercial relevance

  • Industry specialization
  • Buyer use case
  • Uniqueness
  • Operational depth

Volume and history

  • Operating history
  • Record volume
  • Continuity
  • Refresh frequency

Quality and intelligence

  • Decision context
  • Measurable outcomes
  • Accuracy
  • Completeness

Technical readiness

  • Accessibility
  • Consistent identifiers
  • Documentation
  • Formats

Rights and risk

  • Licensing rights
  • Privacy protection
  • Provenance
  • Contractual restrictions
What can the website assessment tell me?

It suggests places to investigate using public information. We do not see your internal records in this scan. Licensing depends on the quality of the records, your legal rights, privacy protections and actual buyer interest. This assessment does not value your data or guarantee a sale.

Could your business already have data worth licensing?

Enter your website. We'll examine what your company publicly does and suggest one potentially interesting business experience. You can then request two more in a private report.

Illustrative example

Your sales history may be worth more than your customer list.

If you retain inquiries, estimate revisions and sales outcomes, the connected history may help explain how opportunities turn into revenue. A buyer would still need to assess the actual records, rights and quality.

Illustrative only. A website cannot verify internal records.

Start with your website. No private data or system access required.

How it works

See what your business data might already be worth exploring.

  1. 01

    Enter your website

    We read public information to understand what your business does.

  2. 02

    See one opportunity

    Explore one possible use for records you may create.

  3. 03

    Get two more

    Enter your email for a private link to all three potential data opportunities.

  4. 04

    Explore licensing potential

    Ask us to investigate which records exist and what a buyer might need to evaluate them.

Your business has already paid to create its data. Is it time to leverage it?

Most businesses have years of operational history scattered across their systems. OndeWork helps them understand the experiences behind those records, where the information lives, and what might make it commercially useful.

The same exercise may also reveal opportunities to improve business performance.

Document → Connect → Explore opportunities

Your business has already paid to create this data. Could it pay you back?

Start with your website. See one potential data opportunity immediately, then explore two more in your private report.

Assess My Business Data

Website results are hypotheses, not verification of private records, licensing rights, eligibility or price.