How consulting and advisory firms can sell data to AI companies

Mercor's published range for consulting firms is the narrowest of the 11 Mercor industry listings ddiy.co recorded in October 2026: $150,000 to $300,000 per company, for firms with 10 to 500 staff. It also has the highest floor of the 11.

How much do AI companies pay for consulting firm data?

AI companies pay consulting firms $150,000 to $300,000 per company, according to Mercor's published listing. The $150,000 floor compares with $50,000 for law firms and software companies and $115,000 for construction companies in the same set of listings.

Other buyers publish general terms. micro1's tiers start at $100,000 to $500,000 for a qualified partnership, and it asks for 30 or more full-time staff. Our guide to what your data is worth explains the factors that move a price within a range.

What consulting data do AI companies buy?

AI companies buy consulting data that shows how a problem is framed, analyzed and answered. Methodologies, proposal libraries and engagement reviews do that without exposing a client, which makes them the natural core of a consulting license.

Do you own your client deliverables?

You own client deliverables only if the engagement contract leaves the rights with you. Under 17 U.S.C. section 201, copyright vests initially in the author, and the employer is treated as the author of work employees prepare within the scope of their employment, but many consulting contracts assign deliverable IP to the client and leave only pre-existing materials and know-how with the firm.

Even where you keep the copyright, the facts inside a deliverable are usually confidential to the client. Daniel Goldberg of Frankfurt Kurnit Klein and Selz notes that email and chat contain other companies' confidential information, often covered by NDAs and commercial agreements, and holding data does not give you the right to sell it.

Consulting firms should leave transaction and capital markets files out of any data license. Those files hold client information you agreed to keep confidential, and SEC Rule 10b5-2(b)(1) says a duty of trust or confidence exists whenever a person agrees to maintain information in confidence, which matters under the misappropriation theory of insider trading.

Older deal files may no longer hold material nonpublic information, but checking that file by file costs more than excluding them. Take independent securities advice if transaction work is a large part of your archive.

What else should consulting firms check?

• Associates and subcontractors: confirm a signed written assignment covers methodologies and templates they helped build, as 17 U.S.C. section 204(a) requires
• Expert interviews: transcripts carry the views of third parties who spoke in confidence
• Client logos and case studies: marketing permissions are unlikely to cover data licensing
• Staff names and resumes in proposals: remove or de-identify them

If you hold UK or EU data

UK deal work falls under UK MAR. The FCA explains that Article 10 sets out what amounts to unlawful disclosure of inside information, and that disclosure is permitted only where necessary in the normal exercise of employment, a profession or duties. UK copyright in deliverables follows section 11 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

How do you sell consulting data through Sell My Data To AI?

We start with a consultation, then a rights pre-check against your engagement contracts. Every seller passes our eight-point vetting standard before a buyer sees anything, including ownership and chain of title and contract restrictions.

Sellers pay nothing to be assessed, and our success fee is agreed in writing before any introduction. Read the licensing agreement checklist, or book a consultation.