Selling company data to AI labs: how micro1's data partnership programs work
AI developers want real business data that is not available on the open web. micro1 runs three programs for companies. Here is who qualifies and what to check before you apply.
Updated October 16, 2026
The three programs
These are the programs micro1 lists to its referral partners as of 16 October 2026. The compensation figures are micro1's stated ranges for the company, not offers or guarantees: micro1 evaluates each company and decides whether to proceed.
| Program | Who qualifies | Listed compensation to the company |
|---|---|---|
| Defunct Company Data Partnership | Companies that are no longer operating, with 50 or more peak employees and substantial Microsoft Teams or Slack data. Based in the US, UK, Canada, India, Australia, Singapore, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany or France. | $100K to $2M+ |
| Enterprise Data Partnership | Operating companies with 30 or more employees, 2 or more years in business and at least 70 percent of their data in English. US first, then other Western markets. Strong operational documents: SOPs, knowledge bases, CRM metadata, project histories, QA processes and operational communications. | $100K to $2M+ |
| Video Data Collection Partner | Companies with 25 or more employees, with about 20 staff available a few hours a week and recent phones (iPhone 12 or newer, Google Pixel 6 to 9, or Samsung Galaxy S21 or newer). LATAM, South Africa, the US and other Western markets. | $8 to $10 per hour of approved video |
What a defunct company can sell
When a company shuts down, its internal communications and documents usually sit in an archive nobody uses. micro1's defunct company program is aimed at exactly that material, for example years of Slack or Teams conversations from a company that once had 50 or more people. Whether you are free to sell it depends on your situation, which is why the checklist below matters.
Check these before you apply
- Who owns the data. A dissolved company may be controlled by a liquidator or trustee, and creditors or buyers of the business may have claims.
- Personal data. Chat archives and CRM records contain employees, customers and third parties. Privacy law may restrict sharing them, and your own contracts may too.
- Confidentiality. Customer, vendor and investor agreements often limit what you can disclose.
- What micro1 does to the data. Ask how it is anonymized or filtered, who sees it, and how it can be used. Get the answer in the contract.
- Who signs. Make sure an authorized person at the company agrees before anything is shared.
We are not lawyers and this is not legal advice. Take the contract to your own counsel.
How the process works
- Your company's point of contact applies through the link below.
- micro1 evaluates the company.
- If it goes ahead, the company completes onboarding.
- Payment follows once the program's conditions are met.
micro1 states that referring a company does not guarantee it will be selected.
Apply for a micro1 data partnership
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Know a company that could qualify?
If you know companies but do not run one yourself, you can share a ready-made message and register as a referral partner.
Companies in Mexico and Latin America
The video program is the one that lists LATAM. We have a separate page for it in Spanish: datos en video para IA.
How we are involved
We are a referral partner. If your company signs through our link, micro1 may pay us. We do not see or set your terms, and the price is whatever micro1 and your company agree. See the affiliate disclosure. If you would rather talk it through first, contact us.