Selling company data
AI labs pay for business data they can't get from the public web: support tickets, internal messages, code history, contracts and operational records. The guides here cover the basics of selling it, from deciding what to include to getting a dataset in front of a buyer.
If you're new to this, start with what sells and how a sale works from start to finish.
Guides
Can a Healthcare Company Sell Its Data for AI? HIPAA Explained
HIPAA bars most sales of patient data, but a practice's operating records can be another matter. What the rules say, what's out and what can be licensed.
Read guide →Can a Law Firm Sell Its Data for AI Training? Rule 1.6 Explained
Usually not its client files: Rule 1.6 confidentiality reaches even anonymized matter data. See what firm data can be in scope and how to scope an export.
Read guide →Can an Accounting Firm Sell Its Data for AI? Section 7216 Explained
Not with client tax or financial data: Section 7216, the AICPA rule and privacy law block it, even anonymized. What a firm can license instead.
Read guide →How to Anonymize Data for AI: Methods, Limits and GDPR
To anonymize data for AI, remove or replace direct and indirect identifiers, use consistent placeholders and review by hand. Methods, limits and GDPR basics.
Read guide →How to Monetize Data: A Practical Guide for Companies
How a company can monetize data: internal use, data products, insights or licensing de-identified data to AI labs, compared on cost, risk and time to cash.
Read guide →How to Sell Datasets: Where to Sell and What Buyers Check
To sell a dataset, check rights, de-identify it, add a datasheet and redacted sample, then license it via a marketplace, AI lab, exchange or your own site.
Read guide →AI Training Data: What It Is and Where It Comes From
AI training data is the text, code and records models learn from. See where it comes from, why rights checks matter, and whether your company's data counts.
Read guide →How to Check How Much Data You Have in Google Drive
Find your company's Google Drive storage, file counts and oldest files using Admin console reports that show totals, not anyone's files.
Read guide →How to Check How Much Data You Have in Microsoft Teams
Count your company's Microsoft Teams channel and chat messages, find where Teams files live, and gauge how far back your history goes.
Read guide →How to Check How Much Data You Have in OneDrive and SharePoint
Count your company's files and storage in Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint with Microsoft 365 usage reports that show totals, not anyone's files.
Read guide →How to Check How Much Data You Have in Slack
Use Slack Workspace analytics to find messages sent, files uploaded, channel ages and plan history limits, without reading anyone's messages. Five steps.
Read guide →How to Sell Your Company's Data to AI Labs
Companies sell data to AI labs by licensing a de-identified copy. See the steps, rights checks, price drivers and what stays under your control.
Read guide →What Is AI Data Licensing? A Plain-English Guide for Companies
AI data licensing lets a company grant an AI lab permission to train on a defined dataset while keeping ownership. Learn the terms, prep work and pricing.
Read guide →Key terms
- Data broker
- A data broker is a business that collects personal information about people it has no direct relationship with and sells, licenses or otherwise shares that information with others. Exact legal definitions vary by law and jurisdiction.
- Data marketplace
- A data marketplace (sometimes called a data exchange) is an online platform that matches those who hold data, usually organizations, with those who want to use it, so data can be licensed, sold or shared on agreed terms. EU law treats data marketplaces as one kind of data intermediation service.
- Data monetization
- Data monetization is turning data and analytics into financial returns. This can happen directly, by selling or licensing data or information products, or indirectly, by using data to improve operations or make products more valuable.