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Data licensing introductions

AI labs now pay companies to license their past work.

Slack, Jira, GitHub, Google Workspace, CRM records, design files and more. The data is anonymized before it reaches the labs, and a licensing partner runs the deals. I introduce companies that look like a fit.

Process

How it works

  1. 1

    Check the fit

    Compare your company with the listings below. Company type, size and the number of years of data you hold decide most of it.

  2. 2

    Get introduced

    Tell me one contact at your company. I pass the introduction to the licensing partner, which then reaches out to you directly.

  3. 3

    The partner does the work

    The licensing partner scopes the data, signs an NDA with you and runs the export, removing or protecting personal information. It says it covers all costs of extraction, anonymization and transfer.

  4. 4

    You get paid

    The licensing partner sets the payout from your data volume, the tools you connect and the depth of your history. The terms are in the license you sign with it.

The parties

Who is involved

You

The company that owns the data and decides whether to license it.

The buyers

Frontier AI labs. They license anonymized work data from real companies to train models on how businesses operate.

The licensing partner

Mercor. It is the go-between with the labs. It scopes the data, signs an NDA with you, anonymizes the data and runs the deal from start to finish.

Me

An independent introducer. I connect you to the licensing partner and I am not a party to your license.

Listings

Company types

All 24 open listings, as of 26 October 2026. Open one to see its requirements and what the license covers.

24 of 24 shown

Cybersecurity CompanySoftware · 20–2,000 employees Security alerts, investigations and case write-ups, or security software $20k–$750k

Security teams that keep the whole trail from alert to resolution: SIEM and endpoint alerts, triage decisions, investigation notes and case write-ups. Security product companies with private code also fit.

Location
Anywhere
Company size
20–2,000 employees
Track record
Several years of cases
Kinds of companies
Managed security and MDR providers, enterprises with an in-house SOC, security product companies, penetration-testing firms

What they look for

  • Alert-to-resolution records the company owns, or private security software
  • The right to license them, with customer data only where customers agree

Not a fit

  • Logs without case context
  • Customer data the company cannot share

The license covers

Alerts and triage decisionsInvestigation notes and case write-upsSecurity code

Extras that raise what the company earns

SOAR and containment logsDetection rulesPenetration test reportsRepositories already scrubbed of secrets

Tools they work with

SplunkMicrosoft SentinelGoogle SecOpsCrowdStrikeDefenderSentinelOneOktaServiceNow SecOps

Questions you will be asked

  • Do you keep case write-ups together with the alerts behind them?
  • Is the data your own or your customers'?
  • Which SIEM and EDR tools do you run?
  • Do you have private security software?

If you can answer these easily, you are likely a good fit.

Company earns $20k–$750k, depending on case volume and rights.

AI Product CompanySoftware · 5–200 employees Real usage data from an AI app, agent or developer tool $20k–$480k

Companies whose product people use through a language model: coding agents, AI chat and search apps, model routers and vertical assistants. The wanted data is complete sessions from real users with every step the model took, where the company's terms allow sharing de-identified data.

Location
Anywhere
Company size
5–200 employees
Track record
6+ months in production
Kinds of companies
AI coding agents and IDE plugins, LLM routers and gateways, AI chat and search apps, AI assistants for health, fitness and work

What they look for

  • A product in production for 6+ months with real users
  • Complete session logs: prompts, responses and every tool call
  • User terms that allow licensing de-identified usage data, or a way to get consent

Not a fit

  • Synthetic or scripted traffic
  • Logs that cannot be stripped of personal information
  • Truncated or partial traces

The license covers

Full multi-turn sessions with tool callsModel responses and user feedbackLinked repositories or environments, where available

Extras that raise what the company earns

Coding sessions saved with the original repository or environmentSessions that use planning, to-do and clarifying-question stepsSessions that search the web beyond documentationUser ratings or preference votesSessions run on open-weight models

Tools they work with

Claude CodeCodexOpenHandsClineOpenRouterLangfuseLangSmith

Questions you will be asked

  • How many real users and sessions do you have each month?
  • Do your terms allow sharing de-identified logs for training?
  • Do your logs capture every tool call and the environment state?
  • Which models power your product?

If you can answer these easily, you are likely a good fit.

Company earns $20k–$480k, depending on session volume and completeness.

SaaS & Subscription CompanySoftware · 50–1,000 employees, with a data team Product databases, data warehouse and analytics code $55k–$350k

Software and subscription businesses with a mature data stack: production databases, a cloud warehouse and a modeling layer kept by a data team, alongside a real general ledger, CRM, billing and support desk.

Location
Anywhere
Company size
50–1,000 employees, with a data team
Track record
3+ years of operating data
Kinds of companies
B2B SaaS, consumer subscriptions, marketplaces, e-commerce

What they look for

  • The company's own production databases and a cloud warehouse
  • dbt or SQLMesh with 100+ models, or 50+ scheduled pipelines with run history
  • A general ledger, CRM, billing and support desk in daily use
  • 50 GB or more of tabular data

Not a fit

  • Agencies holding their clients' databases
  • Empty or barely used CRMs

The license covers

Database and warehouse tablesModeling and pipeline code with run historyFinance, CRM, billing and support records

Extras that raise what the company earns

Ingestion configs and query logsA semantic layer or LookMLDashboards built on the warehouse

Tools they work with

SnowflakeBigQueryDatabricksdbtAirflowFivetranLookerSalesforceNetSuiteStripe

Questions you will be asked

  • Which warehouse do you use, and how many dbt models or pipelines?
  • Do you run your own general ledger and CRM?
  • Roughly how much data, in GB?
  • How long has the data team been in place?

If you can answer these easily, you are likely a good fit.

Company earns $55k–$350k, depending on data volume and stack depth.

Software CompanySoftware · 15–500 employees Private code your engineers built, with its history $50k–$500k

Software companies with a real engineering history: private repositories that many engineers have worked on for years, with tests that still run. Live products, retired products and codebases from acquisitions qualify if the code was never public. Teams that also kept tickets, design docs and postmortems are a strong fit.

Location
Anywhere
Company size
15–500 employees
Track record
3+ years of commits
Kinds of companies
B2B SaaS, fintech, marketplaces, developer tools, healthtech, and internal platform teams at non-software companies

What they look for

  • Private repositories that have never been public, mirrored or open-sourced
  • 3+ years of commit history from at least 10 engineers
  • 50,000+ lines of code the company owns outright
  • Code written by people, with tests that run

Not a fit

  • Forks or copies of open-source projects
  • Student, hackathon or side projects, or code mostly written by AI tools
  • Client work an agency does not own
  • Repositories with a single author

The license covers

Git history with branches and diffsPull requests and code reviewsTest suites and CI configurationLinked tickets and engineering docs, where they exist

Extras that raise what the company earns

Thousands of pull requests with review discussionTickets, design docs, runbooks and postmortems from the same teamCode in C, C++, Rust, Swift, Kotlin, Ruby, COBOL or .NETBanking, insurance, healthcare, trading or blockchain softwareHistory that mostly predates 2025Openness to an exclusive license on part of the code

Tools they work with

GitHubGitLabBitbucketJiraLinearConfluence

Questions you will be asked

  • How many private repositories do you have, and how many engineers have committed to them?
  • When did development start, and roughly how many pull requests exist?
  • Which languages make up most of the code?
  • Has any of this code been public or licensed to anyone before?

If you can answer these easily, you are likely a good fit.

Company earns $50k–$500k, depending on codebase size and exclusivity.

Digital Health CompanyHealthcare · 10–500 employees Patient visit recordings made with consent, plus transcripts and notes $100k–$900k

Digital-health companies that record patient–clinician conversations with consent and keep the audio, the transcripts and the notes produced from them. Multilingual visits and a broad specialty mix add value.

Location
Anywhere
Company size
10–500 employees
Track record
An archive of recorded visits
Kinds of companies
Telehealth providers, ambient AI scribes, nurse lines, virtual-care platforms

What they look for

  • Recorded visits where consent covers secondary use
  • Transcripts, or audio clear enough to transcribe
  • The ability to de-identify audio and text

Not a fit

  • Role-played or scripted visits
  • Recordings made without consent

The license covers

De-identified visit audioTranscriptsGenerated notes

Extras that raise what the company earns

The clinical notes produced from each visitVisits in several languagesA broad specialty mixThe linked EHR note

Tools they work with

Zoom for HealthcareDoxy.meIn-house visit apps

Questions you will be asked

  • How many recorded visits do you hold?
  • Does patient consent cover research or AI use?
  • Do you keep the notes generated from visits?
  • Which languages and specialties?

If you can answer these easily, you are likely a good fit.

Company earns $100k–$900k, depending on visit count and consent.

Medical Practice or Health SystemHealthcare · 10+ clinicians or 2,500+ patients De-identified patient records with years of physician notes $80k–$820k

Physician practices and clinics that have kept patient records in an EHR for years, with real notes written by physicians. Primary care is the most requested and specialty practices are in strong demand. Records are de-identified to HIPAA standards as part of the license.

Location
United States preferred; other countries considered
Company size
10+ clinicians or 2,500+ patients
Track record
12+ months of visits per patient
Kinds of companies
Primary care, multi-specialty groups, urgent care, behavioral health, women's health, specialty practices, and digital-health platforms with patient records

What they look for

  • An EHR holding free-text physician notes, not only structured fields
  • At least 2,500 patients or 10 clinicians
  • Longitudinal records: visit notes, problem lists, medications, allergies, vitals and lab results
  • Records that can be de-identified to HIPAA Safe Harbor or Expert Determination

Not a fit

  • Synthetic or sample charts
  • Records without physician notes
  • Data already licensed exclusively through a broker

The license covers

De-identified charts: notes, diagnoses, medications, labs and vitalsImaging reportsCoding and claims, where available

Extras that raise what the company earns

Oncology, cardiology, neurology, rheumatology, behavioral health, women's health or rare-disease patientsCPT and E&M coding with the documentation behind it, plus claimsImaging reports linked to patientsWearable or app data linked to the same patients

Tools they work with

EpicathenahealtheClinicalWorksNextGenOracle HealthElation

Questions you will be asked

  • Which EHR do you use, and how many patients and years does it cover?
  • Which specialties do you see?
  • Who handles de-identification today, if anyone?
  • Is any of your data already under a licensing agreement?

If you can answer these easily, you are likely a good fit.

Company earns $80k–$820k, depending on patient count and note depth.

Imaging & Diagnostics CenterHealthcare · Any size De-identified imaging studies and diagnostic tests, with their reports $80k–$620k

Practices that produce diagnostic studies and keep the reads: radiology and ultrasound, cardiology ECGs, dermatology and eye imaging, neurology EEG and EMG. The most valuable studies come with the signed report and the patient's clinical record. Every study is de-identified before transfer.

Location
United States preferred
Company size
Any size
Track record
An archive searchable by diagnosis
Kinds of companies
Outpatient imaging centers, teleradiology groups, cardiology, dermatology, ophthalmology and optometry, neurology and EEG labs, hospital radiology departments

What they look for

  • DICOM studies paired with signed reports
  • An archive searchable by diagnosis or finding
  • Raw waveform files for ECG, EEG or EMG, not only images
  • Studies that can be fully de-identified, including text burned into images

Not a fit

  • Images without reports
  • Studies under an exclusive contract with another buyer

The license covers

Imaging studies and raw waveformsReportsLinked clinical records, where available

Extras that raise what the company earns

The linked clinical record for each patientNormal studies as well as abnormal onesUltrasound, chest X-ray, MRI and CTDermatology photos and retinal scans with diagnosesVideo, 3D scans and microscopy slides

Tools they work with

PACSRISDICOMGE MUSENatusNihon Kohden

Questions you will be asked

  • Which modalities do you run, and how many studies a year?
  • Are reports linked to each study and patient?
  • Can you export raw ECG or EEG waveforms?
  • Is any of your data already licensed?

If you can answer these easily, you are likely a good fit.

Company earns $80k–$620k, depending on modality mix and study volume.

Semiconductor & Materials CompanyScience & R&D · 10–2,000 employees Process run records that tie each recipe to a measured result $100k–$750k

Companies that make chips, devices and advanced materials and keep careful records of what they built and how it performed. The most valuable data links each build's recipe or process settings to its measured result, with failed builds and repeat runs kept. Notebooks that explain why a build failed add value, and labs and startups that have wound down qualify.

Location
Anywhere
Company size
10–2,000 employees
Track record
Several years of runs
Kinds of companies
Fabs and foundries, device makers (solar, photonics, quantum, power electronics), fabless chip designers, process and test equipment makers, materials and battery R&D labs

What they look for

  • Run or build records the company owns, with recipe or process settings linked to measured performance
  • 1,000+ runs, builds, wafers or experiments
  • Every build kept, failures included, with dates
  • Data that has not been published

Not a fit

  • Data owned by a customer or foundry partner
  • Published papers and datasheets only
  • Licensed third-party IP

The license covers

Run and build records with measurementsLab notebooksProcess, yield and equipment dataDesign and test files, where available

Extras that raise what the company earns

Notebooks that explain why builds failedThe same recipe built again on different daysMeasurements under more than one conditionYield, metrology and equipment logsChip or device designs with verification and test results

Tools they work with

MESSPC / yield systemsLIMSElectronic lab notebooksCadenceSynopsysOSIsoft PI

Questions you will be asked

  • What run or lab records do you keep, and in which systems?
  • Roughly how many runs or builds, over how many years?
  • Do you keep failed builds and repeat runs?
  • Do you own the data, and has any of it been published?

If you can answer these easily, you are likely a good fit.

Company earns $100k–$750k, depending on run count and how well runs link to results.

Biotech & Life Sciences LabScience & R&D · 10–1,000 employees Experiment records, lab notebooks and trial data you own $50k–$875k

Life-sciences R&D organizations whose experiments are written down: lab notebooks, structured run records with measured results, and clinical trial documentation. Wound-down biotechs and labs with years of archived work are a strong fit, and failed experiments are as valuable as successful ones.

Location
Anywhere
Company size
10–1,000 employees
Track record
Several years of experiment archives
Kinds of companies
Biotech and biopharma, CROs, genomics and diagnostics labs, consumer genomics companies, academic spin-outs

What they look for

  • Electronic lab notebooks or structured experiment records the organization owns
  • 1,000+ runs with inputs and measured outcomes, failed runs included
  • Data that has not been published

Not a fit

  • Device or AI-software companies whose data is mainly software logs
  • Data that has already been published
  • Data owned by a sponsor or partner

The license covers

Lab notebooks and run recordsMeasured results and analysis filesTrial documentation, de-identified

Extras that raise what the company earns

Clinical study reports with patient-level data, tables and analysis plansGenomic data collected with research consentIn-house assay and analysis toolsScientists' write-ups of their experiments

Tools they work with

BenchlingLabArchivesDotmaticsLIMSMedidata Rave

Questions you will be asked

  • What experimental records do you keep, and in which system?
  • Roughly how many runs or experiments, over how many years?
  • Do you own the data outright, including failed runs?
  • Is any of it patient-level or genomic data, and under what consent?

If you can answer these easily, you are likely a good fit.

Company earns $50k–$875k, depending on volume and depth of records.

Construction CompanyIndustrial · 50–2,000 employees Records, drawings and site photos from finished projects $115k–$1M

Builders and design firms that keep complete project records: drawings and specs, RFIs, submittals, change orders and daily logs, together with site photos, video and drone surveys. Inspection reports and punch lists tied to the same projects are especially useful.

Location
Anywhere
Company size
50–2,000 employees
Track record
Completed projects with full closeout
Kinds of companies
General contractors, specialty subcontractors, architecture and engineering firms, inspectors and property managers

What they look for

  • Records from completed projects: drawings, specs, RFIs, submittals, change orders and daily logs
  • Site photos, video or drone imagery tied to specific projects
  • 50+ employees

Not a fit

  • Marketing photos only
  • Small crews without project documentation

The license covers

Project documentsSite imageryInspection and closeout records

Extras that raise what the company earns

BIM and Revit modelsSchedules and estimatesInspection reports, punch lists and correction lettersProperty inspection records

Tools they work with

ProcoreAutodesk Construction CloudRevitAutoCADBluebeamPrimavera P6DroneDeploy

Questions you will be asked

  • How many completed projects do you hold records for?
  • Which system holds them?
  • Do you have site photos or drone surveys by project?
  • Do any owner contracts restrict project data?

If you can answer these easily, you are likely a good fit.

Company earns $115k–$1M, depending on project count and imagery.

Manufacturing & Industrial CompanyIndustrial · 20–2,000 employees Production, maintenance and inspection records from the shop floor $100k–$1.5M

Plants, machine shops and industrial operators that keep detailed production and maintenance records: CAM programs, work orders, inspection reports, alarm logs and process data with measured results. Image-heavy archives, such as asset photos, drone surveys and scans tied to work records, are especially useful.

Location
Anywhere
Company size
20–2,000 employees
Track record
Several years of work orders
Kinds of companies
CNC job shops, contract manufacturers, foundries, utilities and energy operators, test labs

What they look for

  • Production or maintenance records the company owns
  • At least one of: CAM programs with setup sheets, work orders with inspection reports, or machine alarm logs and process data
  • Several years of history

Not a fit

  • Data restricted by customer contracts
  • Marketing material only

The license covers

CAM programs and setup sheetsWork orders and inspection reportsAlarm logs and process dataAsset imagery

Extras that raise what the company earns

Annotated CAM programs and G-codeAsset photos, drone imagery and scans linked to work ordersQuality and SPC dataERP and MES recordsChecklists and correction letters

Tools they work with

MastercamFusion CAMEspritMaximoFiixUpKeepMESOSIsoft PI

Questions you will be asked

  • Which records do you keep: CAM programs, work orders, inspections, alarm logs?
  • Which maintenance or MES system holds them, and for how many years?
  • Do you have photos or drone imagery tied to assets?
  • Do any customer contracts restrict this data?

If you can answer these easily, you are likely a good fit.

Company earns $100k–$1.5M, depending on record types and history.

Hardware Engineering CompanyIndustrial · 20–2,000 employees CAD assemblies, circuit designs and test results from real products $45k–$1.3M

Engineering teams with native CAD vaults: complete assemblies with their feature history, circuit board designs, drawings and the test results that go with them. Automotive, aerospace, robotics and industrial equipment are the priority.

Location
Anywhere
Company size
20–2,000 employees
Track record
Several product generations
Kinds of companies
Automotive suppliers, aerospace, robotics, industrial equipment, product design consultancies, EV and drone makers

What they look for

  • Full multi-part assemblies in native CAD with feature trees, not only exported meshes
  • Designs the company owns, not customer IP
  • Several products or product generations

Not a fit

  • Single parts or parts catalogs
  • Designs owned by your customers

The license covers

CAD assemblies and drawingsCircuit designsSimulation and test files

Extras that raise what the company earns

PCB designs and Gerber filesDrawings and bills of materialsFirmwareFEA and CFD simulation filesMeasured test results for designs

Tools they work with

SolidWorks PDMPTC CreoSiemens NXAutodesk FusionOnshapeAltiumKiCadANSYS

Questions you will be asked

  • Which CAD system, and roughly how many assemblies?
  • Do you own the designs, or do customers?
  • Do you keep simulation or test results?
  • Which industries are your products in?

If you can answer these easily, you are likely a good fit.

Company earns $45k–$1.3M, depending on assembly count and completeness.

Investment FirmFinance · 5–200 employees Closed-deal records, credit files and portfolio reporting $50k–$800k

Deal-side firms such as private equity, private credit, boutique banks and due-diligence providers that keep complete records of closed deals, plus wealth and asset managers with client-level data. The most valuable material shows the full chain for one deal: the data room, the model and the memo.

Location
Anywhere
Company size
5–200 employees
Track record
3+ years of closed deals
Kinds of companies
Private equity and growth equity, private credit, boutique investment banks, quality-of-earnings providers, wealth managers and RIAs, asset managers, fund administrators

What they look for

  • Records from closed deals: data rooms, CIMs, models and investment memos for the same deals
  • The right to license deal and portfolio documents once anonymized
  • 3+ years of deal history

Not a fit

  • Firms whose only records are their own operating finances
  • Documents under NDAs that forbid licensing

The license covers

Deal data rooms and memosModels and credit filesPortfolio and client reporting

Extras that raise what the company earns

Credit agreements with their term sheetsQuarterly portfolio reporting over several cyclesBanker deliverables with their sourcesWealth management client records (de-identified): holdings, statements, advisor notes, KYC filesFund holdings, benchmarks, pricing and ESG data

Tools they work with

DatasiteIntralinksDealCloudAffinityExcelPowerPointAddeparOrion

Questions you will be asked

  • How many closed deals do you keep full records for?
  • Do you keep models and memos alongside the data rooms?
  • Can deal documents be licensed once anonymized?
  • Which strategies: buyout, credit, advisory, wealth?

If you can answer these easily, you are likely a good fit.

Company earns $50k–$800k, depending on deal count and completeness.

Payments & Fintech CompanyFinance · Not stated Years of transaction, order, inventory or shipment tables $80k–$900k

Payment processors, merchant acquirers, POS and e-commerce platforms, logistics and market-data companies with transaction, order, inventory or shipment tables. The listing asks for 3 to 5+ years of history, a consistent schema, and ideally data that is refreshed on an ongoing basis.

Mercor has not published fit criteria, license scope or screening questions for this listing yet. Email me for the latest.

Accounting & Tax FirmFinance · 5–200 employees Tax returns, workpapers and bookkeeping records across many kinds of entity $25k–$865k

Tax returns, workpapers and bookkeeping records across many kinds of entity.

The full requirements for this listing are not on this page yet. Email me and I will send them.

Hedge Fund or Quant FirmFinance · 5–500 employees Proprietary market, risk and sports data, or the code that trades on it $25k–$1.1M

Trading firms and data providers with long proprietary time series, such as order-book, liquidity and risk data or sports odds and outcomes. Firms that own their trading infrastructure code also qualify.

Location
Anywhere
Company size
5–500 employees
Track record
Multi-year time series
Kinds of companies
Proprietary trading and HFT, quant funds, broker-dealers, market-data vendors, sportsbooks and sports-statistics providers

What they look for

  • Multi-year proprietary time series, or trading infrastructure code, that the firm owns
  • The right to license it for AI training

Not a fit

  • Redistributed exchange feeds the firm does not own
  • Data that is already public

The license covers

Time-series datasetsTrading and research code

Extras that raise what the company earns

Order management systems, FIX/ITCH/OUCH handlers, low-latency engines and backtestersResearch notebooks and backtest resultsSports odds and outcome histories

Tools they work with

kdb+C++RustFIXPython

Questions you will be asked

  • Which time series do you own, and how far back?
  • Can you license it for model training?
  • Is your trading code free of third-party licenses?
  • What formats is the data in?

If you can answer these easily, you are likely a good fit.

Company earns $25k–$1.1M, depending on history and exclusivity.

Law FirmProfessional services · 5–300 attorneys and staff Complete files from closed matters and finished deals $50k–$1.2M

Law firms and in-house legal teams that keep complete matter files: pleadings and discovery productions from concluded litigation, and data rooms and contracts from completed transactions. A single matter with hundreds or thousands of documents is the most valuable. Everything is anonymized and active matters are excluded.

Location
United States preferred
Company size
5–300 attorneys and staff
Track record
5+ years of closed matters
Kinds of companies
Litigation boutiques, mid-size full-service firms, in-house legal departments, e-discovery providers

What they look for

  • Complete files from closed matters or completed transactions
  • Matters with 500+ documents
  • Client consent, or documents that can be fully anonymized

Not a fit

  • Active matters
  • Privileged material clients will not release
  • Single filings without the rest of the file

The license covers

Pleadings, filings and discovery productionsContracts and deal documentsMatter correspondence

Extras that raise what the company earns

Custodial email and chat from discoveryE-discovery exportsContract repositoriesTransaction data rooms

Tools they work with

RelativityEverlawiManageNetDocumentsClio

Questions you will be asked

  • Do you keep complete discovery productions for closed matters?
  • What is your largest matter by document count?
  • Would clients accept anonymized licensing?
  • Which practice areas?

If you can answer these easily, you are likely a good fit.

Company earns $50k–$1.2M, depending on matter size and completeness.

Design & Web AgencyProfessional services · 10–200 employees Design systems, websites and the code behind them $20k–$890k

Studios that keep both the design files and the production code behind what they ship. Proprietary design systems, award-quality websites and 3D or WebGL projects are in the highest demand, especially when the briefs and revision history survive.

Location
Anywhere
Company size
10–200 employees
Track record
3+ years of shipped work
Kinds of companies
Product design studios, web and front-end agencies, branding agencies, 3D and WebGL studios, in-house design teams

What they look for

  • Figma files and production code for the same projects
  • A portfolio of shipped sites or products over 3+ years
  • The right to license the work, either your own or cleared with clients

Not a fit

  • Template or AI-generated sites
  • Open-source design systems such as Material
  • Client work you cannot license

The license covers

Design filesFront-end code with historyBriefs and revisions

Extras that raise what the company earns

Proprietary design systems and component libraries, with codeAward-level websitesThree.js, React Three Fiber or WebGL projectsBrowser gamesBriefs, iterations and client feedbackBrand guidelines and presentation decks

Tools they work with

FigmaAdobe Creative CloudGitHubWebflowFramerThree.js

Questions you will be asked

  • Do you hold the Figma files and the code for the same projects?
  • How many shipped sites or design systems are in your archive?
  • Is the work yours to license, or only some of it, once clients clear it?
  • Do you have 3D, WebGL or game projects?

If you can answer these easily, you are likely a good fit.

Company earns $20k–$890k, depending on archive size and rights.

Consulting & Advisory FirmProfessional services · 10–500 employees Client deliverables, models and the drafts behind them $150k–$300k

Professional-services firms whose work product is long, careful documents: reports, financial models, decks and memos. Drafts and source material kept next to the final deliverable are especially valuable. Deliverables are anonymized so clients cannot be identified.

Location
Anywhere; English-language work preferred
Company size
10–500 employees
Track record
5+ years of engagements
Kinds of companies
Strategy and management consulting, financial due diligence, transaction advisory, market and economic research, engineering consultancies

What they look for

  • Client deliverables in their original Word, PowerPoint, Excel or PDF files
  • 5+ years of engagements
  • The right to license deliverables once anonymized

Not a fit

  • Firms with only marketing collateral and templates
  • Short or image-only files

The license covers

Final deliverablesDrafts, workpapers and sourcesModels and decks

Extras that raise what the company earns

Drafts and workpapers kept alongside final versionsThe source material behind each deliverableReports of 60+ pagesFinancial modelsDecks with complex charts and diagrams

Tools they work with

Microsoft 365SharePointGoogle WorkspaceBoxDropbox

Questions you will be asked

  • How many engagements and files do you hold?
  • Do you keep drafts alongside final versions?
  • Can deliverables be licensed once anonymized?
  • Which practice areas do they cover?

If you can answer these easily, you are likely a good fit.

Company earns $150k–$300k, depending on volume and document depth.

Call Center or BPOProfessional services · 50–5,000 agents Recorded customer conversations, ideally in more than one language $20k–$250k

Contact centers and voice businesses with consented recordings of real conversations. The most useful calls have each speaker on a separate channel, and bilingual calls that switch between English and Hindi, French, Spanish or Japanese are also in demand.

Location
India, France and francophone markets, Latin America, U.S. Hispanic markets, Japan
Company size
50–5,000 agents
Track record
An archive of recorded calls
Kinds of companies
BPOs, bilingual support centers, telesales, voice-agent operators, meeting and podcast platforms

What they look for

  • Recorded calls with consent that covers reuse
  • 1,000+ hours of recordings
  • Each speaker on a separate channel

Not a fit

  • Scripted read speech
  • Recordings made without consent

The license covers

Call audio by channelTranscripts and call metadata

Extras that raise what the company earns

Calls that mix English with Hindi, French, Spanish or JapaneseTranscriptsThree-way callsLong recordings of a single speaker

Tools they work with

Five9GenesysNICETalkdeskAmazon ConnectTwilio

Questions you will be asked

  • How many hours of recorded calls, and in which languages?
  • Are speakers recorded on separate channels?
  • Does caller consent cover reuse of recordings?
  • Do you keep transcripts?

If you can answer these easily, you are likely a good fit.

Company earns $20k–$250k, depending on hours and languages.

Game StudioMedia & games · 10–500 employees Company records, game code and gameplay footage for games you shipped $100k–$1M

Company records, game code and gameplay footage for games you shipped.

The full requirements for this listing are not on this page yet. Email me and I will send them.

Publisher or Education CompanyMedia & games · 10–500 employees Long-form content you hold the rights to: journals, textbooks, courses and video $35k–$370k

Long-form content you hold the rights to: journals, textbooks, courses and video.

The full requirements for this listing are not on this page yet. Email me and I will send them.

Video Production StudioMedia & games · 5–500 employees Original video you shot and own, from short clips to full programs $95k–$870k

Studios and creators that own their footage outright: talks, sports, sketches, explainers, music videos and educational series. Long-form video of 30 minutes or more is the scarcest, and raw footage kept next to the final edit is a plus.

Location
Anywhere; multilingual content welcome
Company size
5–500 employees
Track record
An archive of produced work
Kinds of companies
Production houses, sports media, creator networks, e-learning and medical education, post-production houses

What they look for

  • Original footage the company owns, with appearance releases
  • 100+ hours of video
  • A clear record of where each video came from

Not a fit

  • Downloaded or third-party clips
  • Content under non-commercial or no-derivatives licenses

The license covers

Finished videosRaw footageScripts and transcripts

Extras that raise what the company earns

Videos of 30 minutes or longerVertical short-form videoRaw footage paired with the final editContent in several languagesScripts and transcripts

Tools they work with

Frame.ioAdobe PremiereDaVinci ResolveDropboxAmazon S3

Questions you will be asked

  • How many hours of video do you own outright?
  • What lengths and formats?
  • Do you hold appearance releases?
  • Do you keep raw footage as well as edits?

If you can answer these easily, you are likely a good fit.

Company earns $95k–$870k, depending on hours and rights.

Consumer Brand or Photo StudioMedia & games · 10–500 employees Original product, apparel and campaign imagery you own $30k–$800k

Brands and studios with large archives of original, high-resolution images they own, grouped by product or campaign: several angles of each product, full apparel looks, and ads with their layered source files.

Location
Anywhere
Company size
10–500 employees
Track record
An archive of shoots and campaigns
Kinds of companies
Direct-to-consumer and apparel brands, product photography studios, ad and creative agencies, software companies with UI archives

What they look for

  • Original high-resolution images the company owns, with model and usage releases
  • Images grouped by product or campaign
  • Thousands of images

Not a fit

  • Stock or licensed imagery
  • Images without usage rights

The license covers

Original imagesLayered source filesProduct and campaign metadata

Extras that raise what the company earns

Apparel outfit setsAds and posters with layered PSD, AI or Figma sourcesUI screenshots with their designsCharts and infographics

Tools they work with

ShopifyAdobe Creative CloudFigmaBynderBrandfolderDropbox

Questions you will be asked

  • How many original images do you own, with releases?
  • Are images organized by product or campaign?
  • Do you keep layered source files?
  • Has any of it been licensed before?

If you can answer these easily, you are likely a good fit.

Company earns $30k–$800k, depending on archive size and rights.

Common reasons a company does not qualify. The data belongs to a client, customer or partner. There is no consent covering reuse, or personal information cannot be removed. The material is already public or published. It is synthetic or scripted. It is already licensed exclusively to someone else. It includes third-party IP the company cannot license.

Not on the list? The licensing partner says it also takes referrals for companies it has not listed. Email me and ask.

Fit check

Five questions

A rough screen against the published listings. Mercor makes the real decision.

For law firms count attorneys and staff. For call centers count agents.
Do you own the data, or can you get the right to license it?
Do you hold three or more years of records?
Can personal information be removed, or is it already de-identified or covered by consent for reuse?

Safety and security

What happens to your data

What Mercor says in public, and the questions I would ask regardless. The license you sign is what binds anyone.

What Mercor says it does

  • NDA firstIt scopes the data and signs an NDA with you before it runs the export.
  • AnonymizedIts pipeline combines pattern matching with generative AI to irreversibly mask personal, health and business-confidential information in everything it extracts.
  • Labs do not see raw dataNo AI lab and no third-party vendor sees your raw data. Its engineers run the pipeline but do not review the data by hand.
  • No cost to youIt pays for extraction, anonymization and transfer.

Ask before you sign

  • Who signs the license, and which labs or kinds of buyer can receive the data?
  • Can I see a sample of the anonymized output before anything is delivered?
  • What is in scope exactly, and can I leave out channels, folders or clients?
  • Where is the raw data held while it is processed, and when is it deleted?
  • What happens to data already delivered if the license ends?
  • What security reviews or audits has the pipeline passed, and can I see the results?
  • If anonymization fails, who carries the liability?
  • Do my client contracts, employee agreements and customer terms allow this?

Check your rights before you apply. Client contracts, employee privacy and customer consent can all limit what you are allowed to license. Have your lawyer read the agreement before you sign it.

Questions

Common questions

Am I selling my company or my data?

You would be licensing data, not selling the company. The terms sit in the license you sign with Mercor. Some listings mention exclusive terms on part of the data, so ask which applies to you.

Who pays whom, and what does it cost me?

Mercor pays the company for the license. Mercor says it covers the cost of extraction, anonymization and transfer. I get a referral fee from Mercor if you sign, and I charge you nothing.

Who sees my data?

Mercor says its pipeline masks personal, health and business-confidential information, and that no AI lab or third-party vendor sees your raw data. The license is what binds them, so read it with your lawyer.

What if my records contain client, patient or employee information?

That is the main limit on qualifying. Most listings need consent that covers reuse, client clearance, or records that can be fully de-identified. Check your contracts and consents first.

How much could the company earn?

Each listing shows a range, from $20k up to $1.5M across the types. The figure depends on data volume, depth of history, the tools involved and the rights you hold. Mercor sets the offer.

How long does it take?

I cannot point to a timeline that Mercor publishes. The introduction takes about two minutes. Ask Mercor for dates on your first call.

What happens after you introduce me?

Mercor contacts you, scopes the data and handles the agreement. I am not a party to your license and I never see your data.

Are you part of Mercor?

No. I am an independent introducer, and this is not an official Mercor page.

Contact

Ask about a fit

Email me your company type, your size and how many years of data you hold. I will tell you whether it looks like a fit, and what I would need to make the introduction.

alex@idlevalue.co
  1. Your company name and website
  2. One contact there who can decide on a data license
  3. The tools you use, for example Slack, Jira, GitHub or Figma

Who is behind this page. I am Alex B, an independent introducer based in Sydney. I do not work for Mercor and this is not an official Mercor page. If a company signs through my introduction, Mercor pays me a referral fee. I never see or handle your data, and your agreement is with Mercor.