{
 "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
 "note": "Programs that publicly pay organizations for their data, or pay bounties for introductions to companies that sell it. Terms come from each company's own public page on the observed date; amounts are published ranges, ceilings and rates, and none is an offer. referral_max_usd and payout_ceiling_usd are set when the page states an upper limit; open-ended figures such as $1M+ stay in the headline and leave the number null. Programs that buy consumer or personal data, and affiliate schemes, are left out. Who Sells Data isn't paid for any listing and uses no referral links.",
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  {
   "id": "appen-enterprise-data",
   "company": "Appen",
   "vendor_slug": "appen",
   "program": "Enterprise Data",
   "kind": "Pays companies for data",
   "headline": "Quoted per partnership; no amounts published",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Operational documentation, decision and escalation records, and systems of record.",
   "eligibility": "Companies. Those winding down get a faster path.",
   "url": "https://www.appen.com/enterprise-data",
   "quote": "Terms are agreed in writing before extraction begins, and payment is on acceptance",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Appen covers extraction, anonymisation and transfer costs and removes personal data. It also sells enterprise company data to AI labs."
  },
  {
   "id": "centific-enterprise-data",
   "company": "Centific",
   "vendor_slug": "centific",
   "program": "Enterprise Data",
   "kind": "Pays companies for data",
   "headline": "No amounts published; paid on acceptance",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Operational data in finance and accounting, healthcare operations, sales and deal workflows, people operations, and IT service management.",
   "eligibility": "Enterprises, including companies winding down.",
   "url": "https://www.centific.com/enterprise-data",
   "quote": "We want to partner with enterprises to anonymize and license your operational data for AI training by frontier labs. And we’ll pay you for it.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Centific covers extraction, anonymization and transfer costs. Its healthcare area includes claims and de-identified clinical documentation."
  },
  {
   "id": "collinear-data-acquisition",
   "company": "Collinear AI",
   "vendor_slug": "collinear",
   "program": "Data acquisition",
   "kind": "Pays companies for data",
   "headline": "No amounts published; an initial range is quoted within a day",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Code repositories and business app history, such as pull requests with the tickets behind them. Personal data is removed.",
   "eligibility": "Companies. Prices rise with 15+ people at peak, several years of history, human-written code, and work visible across several tools.",
   "url": "https://collinear.ai/data-acquisition",
   "quote": "License your code repositories and business app history for AI training and evaluation.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "A one-time export under a license; ownership stays with the company. Collinear uses the data to build training and evaluation environments."
  },
  {
   "id": "defined-ai-data-partner",
   "company": "Defined.ai",
   "vendor_slug": "defined-ai",
   "program": "Partnership Programs: Data Partner",
   "kind": "Licensing agent or marketplace",
   "headline": "Licensing fees from marketplace sales; no rate published",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Audio, video, image, text or multimodal data. Cinematic, anime, coding and STEM data are in high demand.",
   "eligibility": "Any business that generates or aggregates data, with consent and the right to commercialize it for AI training.",
   "url": "https://defined.ai/partnership-programs",
   "quote": "Monetize your data ethically and easily with Defined.ai’s Partnership Programs.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "The $600K+ average partner revenue on the page is Defined.ai's own figure. There is no fixed minimum dataset size."
  },
  {
   "id": "google-ai-content-partnerships",
   "company": "Google",
   "vendor_slug": null,
   "program": "Partnerships to improve our AI products",
   "kind": "Invite-only",
   "headline": "Paid pilot for non-public content; no public rates or application",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Closed and offline datasets, enhanced metadata and signals, and real-time structured facts. Science, mathematics and learning are priorities.",
   "eligibility": "No public application route.",
   "url": "https://ai.google/partnerships-to-improve-our-ai-products/",
   "quote": "For example, we’ve been piloting a partnership program to pay for the delivery of non-public content in a range of media formats.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "The page is undated. Press reports of other Google data purchases are not on this page and are not listed here."
  },
  {
   "id": "halluminate-data-partnerships",
   "company": "Halluminate",
   "vendor_slug": "halluminate",
   "program": "Data Partnerships",
   "kind": "Invite-only",
   "headline": "Interest form; no terms published",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Company data and workflows. Types are not specified.",
   "eligibility": "Halluminate reviews contact details and decides whether there is a fit.",
   "url": "https://halluminate.ai/data-partnerships",
   "quote": "Turn your company’s data and workflows into a new revenue opportunity.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "The page does not say whether Halluminate buys, licenses or shares revenue."
  },
  {
   "id": "handshake-data-partnerships",
   "company": "Handshake AI",
   "vendor_slug": "handshake",
   "program": "Data Partnerships",
   "kind": "Pays companies for data",
   "headline": "Published range $100K to $4M+",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": 4000000,
   "what_they_want": "Company data such as business process flows, hiring logic and document-level communications, scoped and de-identified.",
   "eligibility": "Companies with 20+ full-time employees and 3+ years in operation.",
   "url": "https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/",
   "quote": "We partner with you to license your company data. Partnerships can range from $100K to $4M+ depending on the data shared.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Handshake's license page (joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/license/) gives the range as $100K to $4M and states the 20+ full-time employees and 3+ years rule. Payment typically follows 30 to 60 days after Handshake accepts the de-identified dataset."
  },
  {
   "id": "handshake-referral",
   "company": "Handshake AI",
   "vendor_slug": "handshake",
   "program": "Refer a company",
   "kind": "Referral bounty",
   "headline": "$10,000 per referred company that signs",
   "referral_max_usd": 10000,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Introductions to companies that could license their data to Handshake AI.",
   "eligibility": "Referred companies need 20+ full-time employees and 3+ years in operation.",
   "url": "https://joinhandshake.com/ai/data-partnerships/referral/",
   "quote": "Your $10K bonus is paid when their deal closes",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "No separate referral terms are published, so rules on who can refer and on clawbacks are not stated."
  },
  {
   "id": "hud-datavendor",
   "company": "HUD (DataVendor)",
   "vendor_slug": "hud",
   "program": "DataVendor marketplace",
   "kind": "Licensing agent or marketplace",
   "headline": "Sale proceeds, less a 20% fee on bank withdrawals",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Codebases, raw data such as documents, logs and enterprise records, tasksets, and RL environments sold with a HUD taskset.",
   "eligibility": "Organizations can sell; individuals cannot. Vendor setup is self-serve with no application review, and buyers are invited.",
   "url": "https://docs.datavendor.ai/overview/how-it-works",
   "quote": "DataVendor's 20% platform fee applies only when a vendor withdraws to a bank.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "In beta, and fees are current settings that can change. Withdrawals need $1,000 before fees, and earnings settle 14 days after payment."
  },
  {
   "id": "labelbox-prism",
   "company": "Labelbox",
   "vendor_slug": "labelbox",
   "program": "Prism data licensing",
   "kind": "Pays companies for data",
   "headline": "From about $50K to $1M+ per license",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Real-world operational data from companies.",
   "eligibility": "Companies. Prism also sources from individual contributors, which this entry does not cover.",
   "url": "https://prism.labelbox.com/",
   "quote": "Prism acquires real-world operational data from companies and contributors to power frontier AI while you retain full control of your data and rights.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Licenses are exclusive by default. Prism's individual categories, such as consented likeness, voice and medical records, are outside this listing."
  },
  {
   "id": "magma-data-licensing",
   "company": "Magma",
   "vendor_slug": "magma",
   "program": "Data licensing for AI product companies",
   "kind": "Licensing agent or marketplace",
   "headline": "Revenue share as the data licenses; no percentage published",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Interaction data from AI agents: traces, corrections and completed workflows.",
   "eligibility": "Companies building AI agents.",
   "url": "https://magmahq.ai/",
   "quote": "A revenue share, paid as your data licenses. Terms are in the data agreement we sign during onboarding.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Magma licenses the data to labs and researchers. Its site does not describe anonymization; handling and retention are left to the data agreement."
  },
  {
   "id": "mercor-data",
   "company": "Mercor",
   "vendor_slug": "mercor",
   "program": "Mercor Data",
   "kind": "Pays companies for data",
   "headline": "No amounts published; pay depends on data volume and the tools connected",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Data from business tools such as Slack, Teams, Gmail, Outlook, Salesforce, GitHub, Confluence, Drive and Notion (100+ supported).",
   "eligibility": "Businesses in legal, healthcare, finance and insurance, professional services, manufacturing, retail, real estate, and logistics.",
   "url": "https://www.mercor.com/data/",
   "quote": "The data your business generates every day is exactly what frontier labs need. We license it, package it, and pay you for it.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Paid by wire when the anonymized dataset is delivered to the buyer, typically 2 to 4 weeks after signing. Anonymization is automated, with no manual review. The page's healthcare examples are clinical notes, claims and intake forms."
  },
  {
   "id": "mercor-referral",
   "company": "Mercor",
   "vendor_slug": "mercor",
   "program": "Refer a company",
   "kind": "Referral bounty",
   "headline": "Referral bonus; amount not published",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Introductions to businesses that could become paid Mercor Data partners.",
   "eligibility": "Not stated on the public page.",
   "url": "https://www.mercor.com/data/",
   "quote": "Refer them to Mercor. When they become a paid partner, you get rewarded too.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "The public page names no amount. An amount appears inside Mercor's signed-in referral app, so it is not listed here. The bonus is paid when the referred company goes live and starts earning."
  },
  {
   "id": "micro1-data-partnerships",
   "company": "micro1",
   "vendor_slug": "micro1",
   "program": "Enterprise Data Partnership",
   "kind": "Pays companies for data",
   "headline": "Published tiers of $100K+, $500K+ and $1M+",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Operational data and documentation from established companies. Higher tiers cover data across several teams and business functions.",
   "eligibility": "Operationally mature companies with 30+ employees. US companies are prioritized, then other Western markets.",
   "url": "https://www.micro1.ai/data-partnerships",
   "quote": "Compensation is based on the quality, uniqueness, and value of the data provided",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "The tiers are floors. micro1's company-referral page lists company compensation of $100K to $2M+ for approved data packages. Personal data is removed when relevant."
  },
  {
   "id": "micro1-company-referral",
   "company": "micro1",
   "vendor_slug": "micro1",
   "program": "Refer a company",
   "kind": "Referral bounty",
   "headline": "Up to $50,000 per referred company",
   "referral_max_usd": 50000,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Introductions to companies that could license their operational data to micro1.",
   "eligibility": "Anyone over 18; the referral terms exclude micro1 employees and most contractors. Referred companies: 30+ employees, US prioritized, primarily English.",
   "url": "https://www.micro1.ai/company-referral",
   "quote": "You can earn up to $50K per referral, depending on the size and value of the partnership.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Raised from $25,000 in a June 2026 micro1 announcement. Payouts are at micro1's discretion, can be clawed back, and are credited to a micro1 account wallet."
  },
  {
   "id": "microsoft-publisher-content-marketplace",
   "company": "Microsoft",
   "vendor_slug": null,
   "program": "Publisher Content Marketplace",
   "kind": "Licensing agent or marketplace",
   "headline": "Paid on delivered value; no rates published",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Premium publisher content, licensed for grounding answers in AI products.",
   "eligibility": "Publishers, through an interest form. The program is a pilot.",
   "url": "https://about.ads.microsoft.com/en/blog/post/february-2026/building-toward-a-sustainable-content-economy-for-the-agentic-web",
   "quote": "The result is a direct value exchange: publishers will be paid on delivered value, and AI builders gain scalable access to licensed premium content that improves their products.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Announced February 3, 2026; no newer status was found. The post covers grounding answers and does not describe model training."
  },
  {
   "id": "ooak-data",
   "company": "Ooak Data",
   "vendor_slug": "ooak-data",
   "program": "Partner with us",
   "kind": "Pays companies for data",
   "headline": "Up to $300K; closed deals range from $20K to several hundred thousand dollars",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": 300000,
   "what_they_want": "Company data from work tools. Value depends on years of history, headcount, and how many tools connect and how deeply.",
   "eligibility": "Operating, winding-down and closed companies. Payment goes to the company entity.",
   "url": "https://ooakdata.com/partner",
   "quote": "Deals to date range from $20K, the smallest closed, to several hundred thousand dollars.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "The ceiling and deal range are Ooak's own figures. Raw data is deleted within 30 days of delivery under the contract."
  },
  {
   "id": "opendatabay-marketplace",
   "company": "Opendatabay",
   "vendor_slug": null,
   "program": "Licensed data marketplace",
   "kind": "Licensing agent or marketplace",
   "headline": "Sellers keep 70% to 95% of each sale, rising with transaction size",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Text, image, audio, video, code, agentic trajectories, 3D spatial, tabular, time-series, human feedback and synthetic data.",
   "eligibility": "Registered businesses and organizations, after identity checks. Individuals cannot sell.",
   "url": "https://www.opendatabay.com/legal/fees",
   "quote": "Listing on Opendatabay is free. Opendatabay applies a tiered commission structure on Self-Serve Sales, API calls, and data access fees.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Listing is free. Commission also applies to off-platform deals with introduced buyers for up to 24 months, and sellers cannot grant an exclusive licence over delivered files for 12 months. The fee schedule was last updated October 6, 2026."
  },
  {
   "id": "pre-dev-code-licensing",
   "company": "pre.dev",
   "vendor_slug": "pre-dev",
   "program": "Code Licensing",
   "kind": "Licensing agent or marketplace",
   "headline": "Standing rates of $100 per million source tokens plus $40 per million git-history tokens",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Private codebases with their git history. Public repositories are not eligible.",
   "eligibility": "Owners of private repositories. AI labs choose which repositories to license.",
   "url": "https://pre.dev/#code-licensing",
   "quote": "At current standing rates: $100 per million source tokens plus $40 per million git-history tokens, for one standard non-exclusive buyer licence.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Standing rates are not a minimum. Payment comes within 15 days of pre.dev receiving the buyer's funds, and buyers commonly take 60 days to pay. The agreement also lets pre.dev take its own paid licence at the standing rates."
  },
  {
   "id": "protege-data-providers",
   "company": "Protege",
   "vendor_slug": null,
   "program": "For Data Providers (outside healthcare)",
   "kind": "Licensing agent or marketplace",
   "headline": "Revenue share on qualified deals; no percentage published",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Data and content outside healthcare. The provider page does not list types.",
   "eligibility": "Organizations that own their data. Partners keep ownership.",
   "url": "https://withprotege.ai/data-provider/other-domains",
   "quote": "We formalize licensing through a clear revenue share agreement and structure sustainable terms with AI buyers.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Protege's healthcare program pools de-identified patient records and is not listed here."
  },
  {
   "id": "scale-data-partnerships",
   "company": "Scale AI",
   "vendor_slug": "scale",
   "program": "Data Partnerships",
   "kind": "Pays companies for data",
   "headline": "Illustrative $10K to $1M+ per partnership",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Company data, anonymized inside the company's own environment before extraction, with approval for each package.",
   "eligibility": "40+ employees preferred; Scale assesses each partnership case by case.",
   "url": "https://scale.com/data-partnership",
   "quote": "Your data becomes an asset you're paid for",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Scale labels the range illustrative; it scales with delivery cadence. Partnerships can recur."
  },
  {
   "id": "scale-referral",
   "company": "Scale AI",
   "vendor_slug": "scale",
   "program": "Refer a team",
   "kind": "Referral bounty",
   "headline": "Up to $50,000 per referred company",
   "referral_max_usd": 50000,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Introductions to companies that could become Scale data partners.",
   "eligibility": "Referrals go through Scale's referral form. One payout per deal, to whoever made the successful introduction.",
   "url": "https://scale.com/data-partnership",
   "quote": "Refer a company and earn up to $50,000 bonus.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Nothing is paid unless Scale signs a partnership agreement. No separate referral terms are published."
  },
  {
   "id": "shutterstock-data-partner-network",
   "company": "Shutterstock",
   "vendor_slug": null,
   "program": "Data Partner Network",
   "kind": "Licensing agent or marketplace",
   "headline": "No payout terms published",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Content libraries, delivered as a full library, a curated collection or part of custom training datasets.",
   "eligibility": "Content owners, through a lead form.",
   "url": "https://www.shutterstock.com/data-licensing/data-partner-network",
   "quote": "No. Participation in Shutterstock’s Data Partner Network does not involve transferring ownership of your content.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Content is used for training and evaluation and is not resold in Shutterstock's marketplace."
  },
  {
   "id": "simpleclosure-assethub",
   "company": "SimpleClosure",
   "vendor_slug": "simpleclosure",
   "program": "AssetHub",
   "kind": "Licensing agent or marketplace",
   "headline": "Success fee on sales or licenses; past deals ran from tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Startup source code and workspace data. Sensitive employee and personal information is excluded.",
   "eligibility": "Startups, including companies still operating.",
   "url": "https://simpleclosure.com/product/assethub/",
   "quote": "SimpleClosure only takes a percentage if your assets are successfully sold or licensed.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "SimpleClosure brokers sales and does not publish its percentage. Its September 3, 2026 press release says AssetHub is free for SimpleClosure dissolution customers. The page does not mention consent from employees whose messages are in workspace data."
  },
  {
   "id": "superannotate-data-partnerships",
   "company": "SuperAnnotate",
   "vendor_slug": "superannotate",
   "program": "Data Partnerships",
   "kind": "Licensing agent or marketplace",
   "headline": "Indicative valuation $100K to $1M+",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Business records built up over time that the company has the rights to license.",
   "eligibility": "Companies of any size, industry or location.",
   "url": "https://www.superannotate.com/data-partnerships",
   "quote": "SuperAnnotate prepares and licenses your operational data to frontier AI labs, so you earn from it without the work.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Paid on delivery and on each relicense. Rights are licensed for a set period to buyers the company approves."
  },
  {
   "id": "general-data-partnerships",
   "company": "The General Data Company",
   "vendor_slug": "the-general-data-company",
   "program": "Data Partnerships",
   "kind": "Pays companies for data",
   "headline": "Purchase price or license fees agreed per deal; no amounts published",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Operational data from European companies, sold outright or licensed. Recurring workflow contributions are paid as agreed fees.",
   "eligibility": "Data owners, authorized representatives, advisers and insolvency administrators.",
   "url": "https://thegeneraldata.com/data-partnerships/",
   "quote": "We buy and license operational data from European companies.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Payment follows milestones set in a written agreement. The page's estimator is labelled \"not an offer\"."
  },
  {
   "id": "general-data-referral",
   "company": "The General Data Company",
   "vendor_slug": "the-general-data-company",
   "program": "Referral program",
   "kind": "Referral bounty",
   "headline": "Up to $50,000 per introduction",
   "referral_max_usd": 50000,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Introductions to companies whose data The General Data Company can license.",
   "eligibility": "Anyone who registers for a personal referral link. Paid when the introduction leads to a signed data partnership.",
   "url": "https://thegeneraldata.com/data-partnerships/",
   "quote": "Know a company with valuable data? Earn up to $50,000.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "The reward depends on the size of the partnership and is set in a separate written referral agreement."
  },
  {
   "id": "troveo-business-data",
   "company": "Troveo AI",
   "vendor_slug": "troveo-ai",
   "program": "Business Data",
   "kind": "Licensing agent or marketplace",
   "headline": "Revenue share on every sale; full-company deals typically start at six figures",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Company data exports.",
   "eligibility": "Companies that own their data. No other requirements are stated.",
   "url": "https://www.troveo.ai/business-data",
   "quote": "AI labs and startups are actively paying six figures for company data exports.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Troveo licenses on the owner's behalf, charges no fees and earns from the revenue share. Payout totals and example figures on the page are Troveo's own and are left out here."
  },
  {
   "id": "troveo-content-owners",
   "company": "Troveo AI",
   "vendor_slug": "troveo-ai",
   "program": "Troveo for Content Owners",
   "kind": "Licensing agent or marketplace",
   "headline": "Royalty on every use; no rate published",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Video libraries. Featured owners also supply audio, text and gaming content.",
   "eligibility": "Content owners, from media companies to creators.",
   "url": "https://www.troveo.ai/content-owners",
   "quote": "Every use earns you a royalty.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Owners keep full ownership. Content categories include talking-person and interview footage."
  },
  {
   "id": "turing-lazarus",
   "company": "Turing",
   "vendor_slug": "turing",
   "program": "Project Lazarus",
   "kind": "Pays companies for data",
   "headline": "A single payment of up to $1M",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": 1000000,
   "what_they_want": "A company's operating record: communications, tickets, wikis, knowledge bases, databases and source code. Code is not bought on its own.",
   "eligibility": "Operating companies, and teams winding down or already closed.",
   "url": "https://lazarus.turing.com",
   "quote": "Frontier AI labs train on how real companies operate, not the polished product. Lazarus turns that operating record into a single payout of up to $1M, and handles everything else.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Turing confirms the figure after sampling, usually within a week. The seller keeps ownership; Turing acquires defined rights to the prepared record."
  },
  {
   "id": "turing-lazarus-referral",
   "company": "Turing",
   "vendor_slug": "turing",
   "program": "Project Lazarus referral",
   "kind": "Referral bounty",
   "headline": "Up to $10,000 per referred company",
   "referral_max_usd": 10000,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Introductions to companies with years of operating data.",
   "eligibility": "No eligibility rules are published.",
   "url": "https://lazarus.turing.com",
   "quote": "Know a company sitting on years of operating data? Send them our way and earn when it becomes a deal.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "The cap appears on the homepage button \"Refer & Earn up to $10k\". No referral terms page exists."
  },
  {
   "id": "versos-video-marketplace",
   "company": "Versos AI",
   "vendor_slug": null,
   "program": "Video training data marketplace",
   "kind": "Licensing agent or marketplace",
   "headline": "No rates, fees or revenue split published",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Video libraries, prepared into datasets for AI labs and model developers.",
   "eligibility": "Video library owners, through a demo or contact form. Content stays in the owner's storage.",
   "url": "https://www.versos.ai/",
   "quote": "Trusted by the world’s leading video libraries to prepare and deliver bespoke datasets to frontier AI labs.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Versos runs the software and marketplace; AI labs and model developers are the buyers."
  },
  {
   "id": "mode-company-data",
   "company": "Mode (data.mode.inc)",
   "vendor_slug": null,
   "program": "Company data partnerships",
   "kind": "Pays companies for data",
   "headline": "Indicative range $100K to $5M",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": 5000000,
   "what_they_want": "An agreed copy of company-owned operating records: email, documents, chat, CRM and billing data.",
   "eligibility": "Strongest fit is 20+ full-time U.S. office employees; accounting firms 10+, law firms 6+. Nonprofits are eligible.",
   "url": "https://data.mode.inc/",
   "quote": "Your company’s data could be worth $100K–$5M.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "This is Mode at data.mode.inc, not Mode Analytics. Mode's calculator labels the range indicative only. Mode's main business pays consumers for personal data; only its company program is listed here. About three months from first conversation to payment, with no broker fee."
  },
  {
   "id": "mode-referral",
   "company": "Mode (data.mode.inc)",
   "vendor_slug": null,
   "program": "Referral program",
   "kind": "Referral bounty",
   "headline": "$50,000+ per qualified company (6% of the deal or $50,000, whichever is greater)",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Introductions to businesses with valuable operating data.",
   "eligibility": "Counts only when the referred company signs a full corpus license within 6 months.",
   "url": "https://data.mode.inc/referrals",
   "quote": "Know a business with valuable operating data? Make the introduction. Earn when the partnership qualifies.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Terms from Mode's Affiliate Referral Agreement v1.0 (published Oct 6, 2026): 6% or $50,000 for the first five qualified deals, rising after 25; companies headquartered outside the US earn 6% with no minimum. Paid within 30 days of Mode's payment, with a 12-month clawback."
  },
  {
   "id": "polyshares-data-licensing",
   "company": "Polyshares",
   "vendor_slug": null,
   "program": "Data licensing",
   "kind": "Pays companies for data",
   "headline": "$100K to $2M+ per license",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Company data licensed directly from the company that produced it, in any sector.",
   "eligibility": "Companies in any sector. Offers within 1 to 2 weeks.",
   "url": "https://polyshares.com/",
   "quote": "We buy it. Polyshares is the counterparty on the deal.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "All figures and case studies are Polyshares' own; no press or funding coverage was found. Paid Net 30 to 60 once the data is approved, anonymized and delivered; no fee."
  },
  {
   "id": "nyne-data-partnerships",
   "company": "Nyne AI",
   "vendor_slug": null,
   "program": "Data partnerships",
   "kind": "Pays companies for data",
   "headline": "Six-figure payouts",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Company workflow data as it exists today: chat, email and calendar, documents, and CRM, HR, ERP and support records. Nyne removes identifying details on its side.",
   "eligibility": "20+ U.S. W-2 employees and 3+ years of workflows.",
   "url": "https://nyne.ai/data-partnerships",
   "quote": "Before your data is used, identifying details are removed and records are cleaned and formatted. This work happens on our side, you transfer the data as it exists today, and we take it from there.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-11",
   "caveat": "Nyne's core business is an identity graph of people; only its company data program is listed here. Paid after acceptance."
  },
  {
   "id": "nyne-referral",
   "company": "Nyne AI",
   "vendor_slug": null,
   "program": "Refer a company",
   "kind": "Referral bounty",
   "headline": "Up to $20,000 per introduced company that completes a transaction",
   "referral_max_usd": 20000,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Introductions to companies with 20+ U.S. full-time employees.",
   "eligibility": "The referred company must have at least 20 U.S. full-time employees and complete a transaction with Nyne.",
   "url": "https://nyne.ai/referrals",
   "quote": "Earn up to $20,000 for each company you introduce that has at least 20 U.S. full-time employees and completes a transaction with Nyne.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "No written referral terms are published; referrals are made by email."
  },
  {
   "id": "brickroad-suppliers",
   "company": "Brickroad",
   "vendor_slug": null,
   "program": "Supplier program",
   "kind": "Licensing agent or marketplace",
   "headline": "Split set per license, in writing; no supplier fee",
   "referral_max_usd": null,
   "payout_ceiling_usd": null,
   "what_they_want": "Data packages licensed to AI labs, funds, corporates and agents.",
   "eligibility": "Data suppliers; onboarding is in beta.",
   "url": "https://brickroad.network/suppliers",
   "quote": "We do not buy your data, and we are not owned by anyone who does.",
   "observed_at": "2026-10-08",
   "caveat": "Brickroad acts as a licensing agent rather than a buyer. Its buyers lean toward alternative financial data. No split percentage is published."
  }
 ]
}