# The Data Licensing Report

> Plain-English reporting on AI data licensing: who buys business records, how deals work, what they pay, and the legal and privacy questions owners should ask.

The Data Licensing Report covers the market for licensing business data to AI developers: buyers, brokers, deal terms, timelines, and the privacy, confidentiality and legal questions involved. Facts are sourced and dated. The publisher also operates a referral service (Operating Data Advisors) and may earn referral fees; see the disclosure page.

## Pages

- [The Data Licensing Report](https://thedatalicensingreport.com/): Home page: the latest report, a dated and sourced list of key market facts, and the newsletter sign-up.

## Reports

- [Who Buys Business Data for AI? A Buyer-by-Buyer Guide (November 2026)](https://thedatalicensingreport.com/reports/who-buys-business-data-for-ai): Buyer-by-buyer guide to companies that license business records for AI training as of November 2026: Mode (BizBuyData), Handshake AI, micro1, Scale AI, Mercor, Polyshares, Grepped, Endless Data, Labelbox Prism, Troveo, Ventra, SimpleClosure and Sunset. Covers what each buys, size floors, countries, exclusivity, timing and stated payout ranges, each labeled verified or company claim with sources.
- [Reports on AI Data Licensing](https://thedatalicensingreport.com/reports): Index of reports.

## About

- [About The Data Licensing Report: Ownership and Ethics](https://thedatalicensingreport.com/about): Publisher, editorial standards, labeling of verified facts versus company claims, corrections policy and ownership disclosure, including the publisher's referral business.