Guides
Last updated October 29, 2026
Plain-language guides for business owners considering licensing company data to AI companies.
How to sell data to AI companies
How to sell your company’s data to AI companies: who buys, what data sells, published deal prices, the legal checks, and a step-by-step process.
How to sell CAD files, drawings, and house plans online
Where to sell CAD files, DWG blocks, Revit families, and house plans online, with fees compared, plus licensing a firm’s project archive to AI companies.
How much is company data worth to AI companies?
What AI companies pay for business data: buyers’ published price ranges, every public AI data licensing deal, payment models, and what moves the price.
AI data licensing deals tracker
Every publicly reported AI data licensing deal with a price: company archives, Spirit Airlines, Reddit, News Corp, and more, with dates and sources.
Is my company’s data valuable to AI companies?
Is your company data valuable to AI? A checklist, what AI labs and data buyers say they want, and what makes each business system worth more or less.
How to become a data broker for AI companies
How to become a data broker for AI training data: what the job is, how brokers get paid, state registration laws, conduct rules, and how to start.
AI training data marketplaces, buyers, and brokers
Where to sell data for AI training: dataset marketplaces, data licensing companies, brokers, wind-down sales, and direct lab deals, with real examples.
The Spirit Airlines data sale to Google, explained
Google’s $10M winning bid for Spirit Airlines’ data: what the archive holds, who bid, the objections, the hearing, and what it means for your company.
AI data licensing agreements: a clause-by-clause guide for sellers
How an AI data licensing agreement works for the seller: every clause, red flags, selling vs. licensing, disclosure laws, and how to negotiate.
Do companies sell employee data? What the law allows
Can your employer sell your data? How the CCPA, state privacy laws, GDPR, ECPA, NLRA, and FTC apply to employee and customer data, for both sides.
Law firm data and AI training: what a firm can license
Can a law firm license its data for AI training? Rule 1.6, ABA Opinion 512, privilege, protective orders, and what material a firm can license.
Accounting firm data and AI: what a CPA firm can license
Can a CPA firm license client data for AI training? Section 7216 consent rules, AICPA confidentiality, the Safeguards Rule, and what a firm can license.
Selling data from a closing, bankrupt, or retiring business
What happens to company data when a business closes, goes bankrupt, or the owner retires, and how to sell or license old records the right way.