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Anthropic
Anthropic, the developer of Claude, says its training data includes datasets obtained under commercial agreements with third-party businesses, alongside public web data and data from users and crowd workers. It publishes no program, prices or terms for companies that want to sell data. Adweek reported in November 2026 that Anthropic had signed its first content licensing deal with a digital publisher, the AP.
Facts checked against Anthropic's own pages in November 2026. Visit Anthropic
At a glance
- What it buys
- Datasets obtained under commercial agreements with third-party businesses, as stated in its privacy center. Content and data from the AP (reported)
- Published payout
- Not published
- Who it buys from
- Mainly large publishers and platforms, by direct deal. No open program for companies to sell records
- Exclusivity
- Not published
- Fee to seller
- Not published
- Payment timing
- Not published
Key takeaways
- Anthropic is a direct buyer.
- What it buys: Datasets obtained under commercial agreements with third-party businesses, as stated in its privacy center. Content and data from the AP (reported).
- Who it buys from: Mainly large publishers and platforms, by direct deal. No open program for companies to sell records.
- Anthropic does not publish its payout, exclusivity, fee to seller and payment timing.
- Facts checked on Anthropic's own pages in November 2026.
Where does Anthropic get its training data?
Anthropic lists four sources of training data in its privacy center: publicly available information via the internet, datasets obtained under commercial agreements with third-party businesses, data that users or crowd workers provide, and chats and coding sessions that users allow it to use. It does not name its commercial data suppliers or describe how it pays them.
Adweek reported on November 4, 2026 that Anthropic had signed a content and data licensing deal with The Associated Press shortly before the US midterm elections, its first with any digital publisher. Neither company disclosed financial terms. The deal is not yet in our AI data deals tracker, which lists no deal with Anthropic as licensee.
What did the Bartz settlement cost Anthropic?
Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle Bartz v. Anthropic, a class action by authors who said it trained Claude on books downloaded from the shadow libraries LibGen and Pirate Library Mirror. The Next Web reported that the court granted final approval on July 20, 2026, at about $3,000 per book for roughly half a million books. It also reported that the court had found training on lawfully purchased books to be fair use.
The settlement is a payment for past use, not a license, but it gives rights holders a reference figure per work. Our guide to how much your data is worth to AI compares it with licensing prices.
Can your company sell data to Anthropic?
Anthropic has no public page inviting companies to sell or license records, so there is no published route, price or set of terms. Companies with operational records can compare the training-data companies in our data buyers directory, which publish their requirements.
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Sources
- How do you use personal data in model training?, Anthropic, accessed November 2026
- Anthropic strikes its first licensing deal, with the AP, for election coverage, Adweek, accessed November 2026
- Judge signs off on Anthropic's $1.5bn book piracy settlement, the biggest in US copyright history, The Next Web, accessed November 2026
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