Research on company records and AI

Research

How to sell your company's data to AI developers: a UK guide for 2026

Who buys company records, what they pay, how a deal works and what UK GDPR requires. A plain-English guide for UK owners and directors.

Charlie Heath, Founder, TydeX

Valuation · 12 October 2026

What is your company's data worth to AI developers?

Real 2026 deal prices, what drives the value of company records, and what lowers it. How AI developers price data, with sourced examples.

Charlie Heath, Founder, TydeX

Guide · 5 October 2026

Selling your source code to AI companies: a UK guide

Who buys private source code for AI training, what makes a codebase valuable, and how to license it under UK law while keeping ownership.

Charlie Heath, Founder, TydeX

All articles ↗

Free tools

Company data value calculator

The market range for companies like yours, based on what buyers publish.

Buyer finder

Which buyers' published criteria fit your company.

Offer check

Got an offer? See which terms to question.

Records deadline check

How long your Microsoft 365, Google or Slack data has left.

Readiness check

Can your company license its records? A UK checklist.

All tools ↗

Buyers

19 buyers tracked · Checked 19 October 2026

Data lab

Appen

ASX-listed data company that licenses operational know-how. Pays on acceptance, with a faster route for wind-downs.

Data lab

Centific

Licenses anonymised operational data from 188 business apps, read-only. Pays on acceptance.

Marketplace

Grepped

New marketplace that lists and licenses company data to AI labs, with an estimated $20k to $5m per company.

Data lab

Handshake AI

Licenses business records from companies with 20+ staff and 3+ years, with published payouts of $100k to $4m+.

Data lab

Labelbox Prism

Pays a lump sum at signing plus a revenue share. Exclusive by default. Active with wound-down companies.

Data lab

Mercor

Licenses workflow data from connected tools such as Slack, Gmail, Salesforce and GitHub. Pays on delivery.

Open the directory ↗

Industries

14 October 2026

Spirit Airlines data sale hearing moves to 6 November

Court

13 October 2026

Closed startups' records now feature in nearly half of SimpleClosure's deals

Deal

13 October 2026

Mode launches a programme to license businesses' records to AI companies

Programme

9 October 2026

micro1 commits $1bn to buying and licensing company data

Funding

8 October 2026

119 US lawmakers ask Google and Spirit to pause the sale of employee data

Law and guidance

Full tracker ↗

33 terms explained in plain English

Open the glossary ↗

Want a real figure?

A free, confidential valuation starts from your answers.

How to sell your company's data to AI developers: a UK guide for 2026

What is your company's data worth to AI developers?

Selling your source code to AI companies: a UK guide

Company data value calculator

Buyer finder

Offer check

Records deadline check

Readiness check

Appen

Centific

Grepped

Handshake AI

Labelbox Prism

Mercor

Accountancy and tax

Architecture

Construction

Consultancies and agencies

Engineering

Law firms

Logistics and transport

Software and IT

Spirit Airlines data sale hearing moves to 6 November

Closed startups' records now feature in nearly half of SimpleClosure's deals

Mode launches a programme to license businesses' records to AI companies

micro1 commits $1bn to buying and licensing company data

119 US lawmakers ask Google and Spirit to pause the sale of employee data

Want a real figure?

Latest articles

How to sell your company's data to AI developers: a UK guide for 2026

What is your company's data worth to AI developers?

Selling your source code to AI companies: a UK guide

Free tools

Company data value calculator

Buyer finder

Offer check

Records deadline check

Readiness check

Buyers

Appen

Centific

Grepped

Handshake AI

Labelbox Prism

Mercor

Industries

Accountancy and tax

Architecture

Construction

Consultancies and agencies

Engineering

Law firms

Logistics and transport

Software and IT

Market tracker

Spirit Airlines data sale hearing moves to 6 November

Closed startups' records now feature in nearly half of SimpleClosure's deals

Mode launches a programme to license businesses' records to AI companies

micro1 commits $1bn to buying and licensing company data

119 US lawmakers ask Google and Spirit to pause the sale of employee data

Want a real figure?