Best ways to sell recruitment agency data to AI companies
By Gareth HoyleLast updated How we research
In short
The best ways to sell recruitment agency data to AI companies are a vetted broker such as Sell My Data To AI, or a license with Handshake AI, Mercor, Endless Data or micro1. Job descriptions, anonymized shortlisting decisions and placement outcomes can be licensed. Candidates' CVs cannot without consent, under Regulation 28 of the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003.
Key takeaways
- Handshake AI is best for agencies with documented hiring workflows.
- Mercor is best for agencies on Gmail, Salesforce and Notion.
- Endless Data is best for agencies that want personal data excluded by rule.
- 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.
Recruitment agencies hold records of how people are matched to roles: job descriptions, shortlisting decisions with the reasons recorded, interview feedback and placement outcomes. Our recruitment agency data page lists the records buyers ask for.
No buyer we checked publishes a recruitment price range. Handshake AI is the AI arm of the Handshake careers network, Mercor names professional services among its target industries, and Endless Data says it never licenses customer, employee or client personal data.
Candidate data is the constraint. Regulation 28 of the Conduct Regulations 2003 bars disclosing work-seekers' information without consent except for work-finding services. Annex III of the EU AI Act lists recruitment AI as high-risk, so buyers need documented provenance. Our EU AI Act guide explains what they will ask.
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Sell My Data To AI
Best for agencies that need candidate data kept out and buyers vetted
Sell My Data To AI values recruitment process records and brokers licenses with vetted AI buyers. Our eight-point seller vetting checks the privacy notice and lawful basis for candidate data, client contract restrictions and the de-identification method. You pay nothing to be assessed, approve every buyer, sample and license term, and agree the success fee in writing before any introduction. We do not take custody of your 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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Handshake AI
Best for agencies with documented hiring workflows
Handshake AI, the AI arm of the Handshake careers network, buys operational data such as financial models, process documentation, underwriting workflows, design documentation and test reports. Its data partnerships page headlines $100,000 to more than $4 million and sets out a five-step process ending in delivery and payment. Its page text does not state size thresholds, exclusivity, fees or payment timing.
- Published payout
- $100,000 to more than $4 million (headline). Its calculator shows estimates up to $100,000 and $400,000 to $800,000 or more
- Size requirement
- Not published. The calculator asks for employees, tools used and years in business
- Exclusivity
- Not published
- Fee to seller
- Not published
- Payment timing
- Not published. Payment follows delivery as the final process step
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Mercor
Best for agencies on Gmail, Salesforce and Notion
Mercor pays businesses to license workflow data from more than 100 supported tools, including Slack, Microsoft Teams, Gmail, Salesforce, GitHub and Notion. Its data monetization page says Mercor covers extraction, anonymization and transfer costs and pays by wire after delivery, typically within 2 to 4 weeks of the signed agreement. ddiy.co reported Mercor's referral page listing $20,000 to $1.5 million by industry in October 2026.
- Published payout
- Not published on mercor.com/data. ddiy.co reported Mercor's referral page listing $20,000 to $1.5 million by industry (October 2026)
- Size requirement
- Not published on mercor.com/data. Target industries include legal, healthcare, finance and insurance, professional services, manufacturing, retail, real estate and logistics
- Exclusivity
- Not published
- Fee to seller
- None. Mercor covers extraction, anonymization and transfer costs
- Payment timing
- Wire transfer after delivery, typically within 2 to 4 weeks of the signed agreement
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Endless Data
Best for agencies that want personal data excluded by rule
Endless Data licenses quotes, tickets, SOPs, handover notes and internal communications and places them with several AI labs on a non-exclusive license. Its site says it never licenses customer, employee or client personal data, which matches what a recruitment agency has to leave out. It advertises up to $4 million as an indicative estimate and charges the seller nothing.
- 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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micro1
Best for established agencies with CRM records
micro1 licenses operational records such as engineering documentation, finance SOPs, support tickets, CRM records and logistics workflows, and supplies them to AI labs and enterprises in the US and allied countries. Its data partnerships page publishes tiers from $100,000 to more than $3 million, asks for 30 or more full-time staff and mainly English records, and says micro1 removes or transforms personal information before sharing data.
- Published payout
- $100,000 to $500,000 (qualified partnerships), $500,000 to $3 million (large-scale or ongoing), more than $3 million (highly unique data). Agent trajectories listed at $1 million to $2 million a year
- Size requirement
- 30 or more full-time staff, mainly English records, US first, then the UK and Canada
- Exclusivity
- Not published
- Fee to seller
- None stated
- Payment timing
- Homepage says within 30 days of acceptance. FAQ says up to 30 days to review, then payment within 30 days of invoice
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SellMyData
Best for smaller agencies with Salesforce or HubSpot exports
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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Troveo
Best for agencies that 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
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 recruitment agencies we gave extra weight to buyers that exclude personal data by rule or name professional services in their published brief, because candidate data has to stay out.
| 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.
Frequently asked questions
Is it legal to sell a candidate database to AI companies?
Does the EU AI Act affect a UK agency selling data?
Can we license job descriptions to AI companies?
Sources
- The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003, regulation 28, legislation.gov.uk, accessed November 2026
- What is special category data?, Information Commissioner's Office, accessed November 2026
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act), EUR-Lex, accessed November 2026
- Data partnerships, Handshake, accessed November 2026
- Data monetization, Mercor, accessed November 2026
- Sell company data to AI, ddiy.co, accessed November 2026
- Endless Data homepage and FAQ, Endless Data, accessed November 2026
- Data partnerships, micro1, accessed November 2026
- SellMyData homepage and FAQ, SellMyData, accessed November 2026
- Business data, Troveo, accessed November 2026