Best AI data brokers in 2027
By Gareth HoyleLast updated How we research
In short
The best AI data brokers in 2027 are Sell My Data To AI, Troveo, SellMyData, Endless Data and SimpleClosure AssetHub. Each sits between a company that holds data and the AI labs that license it. They differ on fees, exclusivity and payment timing: Troveo shares revenue on every sale, SellMyData takes a commission at closing and Endless Data charges sellers nothing.
Key takeaways
- Troveo is best for sellers who want income from repeated sales.
- SellMyData is best for smaller companies that want to approve every buyer.
- Endless Data is best for firms that want a fixed sum and a non-exclusive license.
- Sell My Data To AI wrote this list and ranks itself first. The method section explains the criteria.
- Every entry's facts come from the company's own published terms, checked November 2026.
An AI data broker values your records, checks the rights, arranges de-identification and puts the data in front of AI buyers. Some act as agents on your behalf, some buy the license and place it with several labs, and some run a brokered marketplace where you negotiate yourself.
This list covers the brokers and agents in our data buyers directory. If you want a buyer that licenses data for its own use, see our guide to AI data marketplaces, brokers and direct deals, which compares all three routes.
Fees are where brokers differ most. Troveo, SellMyData and SimpleClosure AssetHub are paid only when a deal completes, but none publishes its rate. Read our success fee definition and ask for the rate in writing before you share an export.
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Sell My Data To AI
Best for companies that want vetting on both sides before any data moves
Sell My Data To AI is an independent broker that values company records, checks the rights to license them and brokers licenses with vetted AI buyers. Every seller passes an eight-point vetting standard and every buyer is verified before seeing a sample. Sellers pay nothing to be assessed, the success fee is agreed in writing before any introduction, and we never take custody of raw data.
- Fee to seller
- Nothing to be assessed. A success fee only when a deal completes, agreed in writing before any buyer introduction
- Seller vetting
- Eight-point standard, from authority to sign to manifest accuracy, before any buyer sees your data
- Buyer vetting
- Company identity, intended use, security and retention, onward transfer limits and, for larger deals, ability to pay
- Data custody
- No custody of raw data. Buyers see redacted samples under a mutual NDA
- Your control
- You approve every buyer, sample and license term, and can withdraw at any point before signing
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Troveo
Best for sellers who want income from repeated sales
Troveo is a licensing agent that licenses company data from chat, email, documents, CRM, finance and code platforms to AI buyers on your behalf, sharing revenue on every sale. Its business data page reports more than $20 million paid to licensors and more than 40 active buyers, says full-company deals start at six figures, charges no fees and asks for time-limited exclusivity.
- Published payout
- Typical full-company deals start at six figures. More than $20 million paid to licensors to date (Troveo figure)
- Size requirement
- Not published. Its estimator uses headcount (20 to 1,000 or more) and years trading (under 3 to 15 or more)
- Exclusivity
- Time-limited and has to be earned, with exit terms in the agreement
- Fee to seller
- None. No fees, setup costs or deductions from payouts
- Payment timing
- Revenue share on every sale. Timing set in the agreement, not published
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SellMyData
Best for smaller companies that want to approve every buyer
SellMyData is a broker that de-identifies company data, such as messages, code, documents, records and tasks from Slack, GitHub, Salesforce, QuickBooks and Zendesk, and sells it to AI labs. It sets no minimum headcount, charges nothing upfront, takes a commission when a sale closes, lets sellers approve every buyer and term, and targets payment within 7 days of a sale closing.
- Published payout
- Not published. Price set by data type, volume, years of history and lab demand, and approved by the seller
- Size requirement
- No minimum headcount
- Exclusivity
- Not published
- Fee to seller
- Nothing upfront. Commission when a sale closes (rate not published)
- Payment timing
- Target of 7 days after a sale closes
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Endless Data
Best for firms that want a fixed sum and a non-exclusive license
Endless Data, the trading name of Seldon Ventures, L.L.C., licenses quotes, tickets, work orders, SOPs and internal communications and places them with several AI labs, naming micro1, Mercor and Handshake. It advertises up to $4 million as an indicative estimate, asks for roughly 30 or more staff, uses a non-exclusive license and charges the seller nothing because the labs pay it.
- Published payout
- Up to $4 million (indicative estimate based on headcount, years of history and location)
- Size requirement
- Roughly 30 or more employees, several years of history, English documentation. US, UK and Canada prioritized
- Exclusivity
- Non-exclusive
- Fee to seller
- None. Endless is paid by the labs
- Payment timing
- Fixed sum agreed before data is shared, paid after signing, preparation and transfer. No date published
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SimpleClosure AssetHub
Best for startups selling code or workspace data, including at shutdown
AssetHub is SimpleClosure's service for selling or licensing startup assets, mainly source code and workspace data from Slack, Google Drive, email, Notion and Figma, to AI labs and RL environment builders. Operating companies and companies winding down can both use it. SimpleClosure says it has facilitated deals in the tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars and takes a percentage only on a successful sale or license.
- Published payout
- Deals in the tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars for unique assets
- Size requirement
- None published. Operating companies and companies winding down can both sell
- Exclusivity
- Not published
- Fee to seller
- No upfront cost. A percentage on a successful sale or license (rate not published)
- Payment timing
- Not published. Initial viability assessment within days or hours
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FileYield
Best for sellers ready to run their own negotiation and diligence
FileYield, operated by Dployers LLC, is a brokered marketplace where sellers list AI training datasets free and negotiate price, license type and exclusivity directly with buyers. Its taxonomy covers 2,566 data types across 36 categories. FileYield does not touch the data, process payments or hold escrow, and its terms say any facilitation fees are disclosed when you list, request or accept a deal.
- Published payout
- Seller sets the price
- Size requirement
- Not published. Listings are reviewed before going live
- Exclusivity
- Seller chooses: exclusive or non-exclusive, time-limited or perpetual
- Fee to seller
- Free to list. Any facilitation fees are disclosed when you list, request or accept a deal
- Payment timing
- Arranged directly between seller and buyer
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Protege
Best for holders of healthcare, media and sensor data
Protege licenses real-world data from data holders to AI model builders, from startups to frontier labs, in healthcare, video, audio and speech, spatial and physical data and other domains. Its site covers pre-training, post-training and evaluation data, including healthcare benchmarks built on clinical documentation. It does not publish payouts, exclusivity, fees or payment timing, and data partners start through a contact form.
- Published payout
- Not published
- Size requirement
- Not published
- Exclusivity
- Not published
- Fee to seller
- Not published
- Payment timing
- Not published
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Grepped
Best for companies willing to confirm terms directly with a new broker
Grepped is a data brokerage start-up founded in 2026 by Erik Newsham that lets companies list internal records such as chat logs, codebases, documents and Salesforce or QuickBooks exports, then strips identifying details and sells packaged data to AI labs. We could not load Grepped's own site, so these details come from Dealroom and ARR Club, which report payment within a week of a sale.
- Published payout
- Not verified on Grepped's site
- Size requirement
- Not verified on Grepped's site
- Exclusivity
- Not verified on Grepped's site
- Fee to seller
- Not verified on Grepped's site
- Payment timing
- Not verified on Grepped's site. Dealroom and ARR Club report payment within a week of a sale
How we ranked this list
Sell My Data To AI wrote this list and ranks itself first. We are a broker with a commercial interest in the result, and some companies below offer a service similar to ours. Read the order with that in mind.
For this list we gave extra weight to companies that act on the seller's behalf or place data with several buyers, and to those that publish their fee model, exclusivity and payment timing.
| Criterion | What we checked |
|---|---|
| Fit for the data type | Whether the company names this kind of record in its own published brief |
| Published terms | Whether payouts, size requirements and license terms appear on the company's own pages |
| Vetting | What checks the company says it runs on sellers, buyers or datasets before a sample changes hands |
| Exclusivity | Whether licenses are exclusive, non-exclusive or perpetual, and whether that is published |
| Fees | Whether the seller pays a fee or commission, and whether the rate is published |
| Payment timing | When sellers are paid, as stated by the company |
| Transparency | How much of the above you can confirm before a first call |
Every fact about another company comes from our profile of it in the data buyers directory, checked on that company's own pages in November 2026. Where a term is missing we write "Not published" rather than guess. After first place, the order reflects fit for a company selling or licensing its data, not a quality score, and we do not rate any company negatively.
We rank Sell My Data To AI first because this is our list and our service is built for this reader, not because we scored ourselves against the others. We are independent of the buyers we work with, and our terms are on our fees and how we vet pages so you can compare them line by line.
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Sources
- Business data, Troveo, accessed November 2026
- SellMyData homepage and FAQ, SellMyData, accessed November 2026
- Endless Data homepage and FAQ, Endless Data, accessed November 2026
- AssetHub, SimpleClosure, accessed November 2026
- FileYield homepage, FileYield, accessed November 2026
- How it works, FileYield, accessed November 2026
- Terms of service, FileYield, accessed November 2026
- Protege homepage, Protege, accessed November 2026
- Data providers, Protege, accessed November 2026
- Grepped dangles $9m VP role as AI data licensing boom heats up, Dealroom, accessed November 2026
- Grepped, ARR Club, accessed November 2026