Ooak Data: what UK companies should know

About Ooak Data

Ooak Data is a Y Combinator company from the Summer 2026 batch, founded by Pierre-Louis Vouteau (chief executive) and Thomas Aubry (chief technology officer). Its one-line description is "We turn company data into training data" (Y Combinator). Ooak Data, Inc. is a Delaware company, and its European operations are run by Ooak Data SAS in Paris (Ooak).

What Ooak takes

Ooak takes operational and business data, licensed for training only. Its programme page lists documents such as reports, contracts and presentations, project tools such as Jira, Notion and Trello, CRM and sales records, financial records, product analytics, internal wikis, code repositories, email, chat, tickets and support data. Buyers receive a code-named, anonymised dataset.

Who it accepts

Ooak takes operating, winding-down and closed companies: "We have closed deals in each of those situations." It is unusually clear about insolvency: the signer is "whoever holds signing authority for the entity at that moment", such as a director, a liquidator or an administrator. It asks for the authority document up front, and "payment goes to the entity".

Ooak publishes no minimum size. One of its example datasets comes from a fleet logistics firm with 15 or more people.

Prices and payment

"Deals to date range from $20K, the smallest closed, to several hundred thousand dollars." Its headline says "Earn up to $1M". Ooak says a deal takes 2 to 4 weeks and about an hour of your time: a 15-minute call with an estimate, agreeing the systems and dates with exclusions annexed, evaluating the data together, then anonymisation and payment. It does not publish the payment method or schedule.

How it handles your data

• Anonymisation. Ooak says its in-house engine strips personal data and replaces names, companies and addresses consistently across sources. Faces, logos and signatures are blacked out page by page. It reports "zero re-identification incidents to date", which is its own claim.
• Sample first. You review a sample before delivery.
• Deletion. Raw data "is deleted within 30 days of delivery", which Ooak calls "a contract obligation, not a policy", with written confirmation.
• Residency. Data from partners in the European Union is processed and stored only in the EU. The UK is not mentioned.

What a UK company should check

1. UK residency. The EU promise does not cover the UK. Ask where a UK company's data will be processed and stored.
2. Governing law. Ooak's website terms use Delaware law. Its partnership agreements are separate, so check which law they use.
3. Payment. The method and timing are not published.
4. Exclusivity. Not stated. Ask.
5. Authority. If you are an office-holder, have your appointment document ready, as Ooak asks for it up front.

How Ooak Data compares

For closed and insolvent companies, Ooak stands out: it names liquidators and administrators as signers, publishes no minimum size and gives a short timeline. It does not mention the UK, so check that first. Its published deals are smaller than the ranges micro1 and Handshake AI publish. Office-holders should also read our guide for insolvency practitioners.