AI Data Buyer Price Index: What Buyers Publish, Checked November 2026
The AI Data Buyer Price Index tracks the payout ranges AI buyers publish for company operating records. As of November 2026 it covers the buyers below: published ranges from $10,000 for wind-down archives to $3 million and above for highly unique enterprise data, with a documented median public sale of about $31,600 across the market's public record.
MyCompanyDataWorth.com helps U.S. companies with 20+ employees license their operating records — email, chat, CRM and project data — to AI labs and training-data buyers. Owners keep ownership of their data; valuation starts with a metadata-only manifest, and no raw data is shared to get an estimate.
The index
| Buyer / program | Type | Published payout | Published fit | Source, checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| micro1 | Training-data company | $100K–$500K (qualified partnerships); $500K–$3M (large-scale or ongoing); $3M+ (highly unique data) | 30+ full-time staff; mainly English records; US first, then UK and Canada | micro1 data-partnerships page, Nov 2026 |
| Mercor | Training-data company | $20K–$1.5M by industry across its listings | Varies by industry — some listings from 5 staff, most 20+ | Mercor referral listings, compiled Oct–Nov 2026 |
| Handshake AI | Training-data company | $100K–$4M+ | 20+ staff, 3+ years (its referral page) | Handshake AI program pages, Nov 2026 |
| Scale AI | Training-data company | $10K–$1M+ | Broad; range labelled “illustrative” by Scale | Scale AI data-partnership page, Nov 2026 |
| Polyshares | Direct buyer | $100K–$2M+ stated typical; four published licenses of $110K–$450K | No published headcount minimum | Polyshares site and track-record page, Nov 2026 |
| Endless Data | Buyer / program | Up to $4M; no typical range published | Around 30+ staff in published material | Endless Data site, Nov 2026 |
| SourceX | Buyer (exclusive licenses) | Not published — one-time fee, exclusive license structure | Best fit 50+ full-time staff | SourceX supplier/referral terms, Nov 2026 |
| SimpleClosure AssetHub | Wind-down platform | $10K–$100K for closing-company archives | Companies shutting down; smaller archives | AssetHub reporting, Oct–Nov 2026 |
| Spirit Airlines archive (market evidence, not a program) | Bankruptcy auction | $10M winning bid (Google); $7.5M backup bid (Mercor); customer/loyalty data excluded | Large bankrupt enterprise — not typical of any program above | Court record, Aug 2026 |
{FIGURE_DISCLAIMER}
Read this before the table: these are published ranges and stated figures, not completed-deal prices. AIData.Broker's compilation of public prices puts the median published offer at about $280,000 per company and the median documented public sale at about $31,600 (checked November 2026). Most real outcomes sit far below the ceilings in this table. That gap is exactly why a written bid on your own manifest — not a table — is the only number that counts.
Last updated: 10 November 2026. Buyers checked: 8 programs + 1 market-evidence entry. The index is re-verified monthly against buyer pages; changes are logged on the editorial policy page, and the method is published on the methodology page. This dataset lives only on this page — sister sites quote individual figures and link here, so there is exactly one canonical version to cite and correct.
Estimate your range
The estimator maps your staff band, years of records, number of connected systems and industry onto the ranges buyers publish. It is part of the fit check above: pass the floor and your illustrative range appears with the factors that moved it, what would move you up a band, and the disclaimer below — before any booking is offered.
This is an illustrative estimate based on ranges buyers publish. It is not an offer, quote, or valuation of your company. Actual value — if any — is set by buyer bids on a metadata-only manifest of your records, after rights and de-identification checks. Many companies will not qualify or will receive offers below published ceilings. Nothing is owed by either side until a license is signed.
Start the fit check to see your rangeHow should an owner use this index?
Use it to locate your company honestly: find the buyers whose published fit floor you meet, read their range as a range — then treat your own number as unknown until buyers bid on your manifest.
Two habits protect you. First, never average a ceiling into an expectation: a $1.5 million industry ceiling and a $31,600 documented median describe the same market at different ends. Second, note which entries are exclusive by design and which publish no price at all — both facts change how an offer should be judged, and both are invisible if you only read the largest number on the page.
Questions owners ask first
Is this a sale or a license?
A license. You keep ownership of your records and keep using them in your business. A buyer pays for the right to use a de-identified copy for AI training, on terms — length, exclusivity, permitted use — that you approve before anything is signed.
Do I have to send my data to get an estimate?
No. The estimate and the first call use only what you describe: systems, years and rough counts. Buyers bid on a metadata-only manifest. Full data moves only after you sign a license directly with a buyer, and personal data is de-identified before transfer.
What does it cost me?
$0 upfront. There is no retainer and no listing fee. We are paid a success fee only if a deal closes — the terms are stated in writing before any submission is made.