AI data licensing deals
Reported deals in which AI companies licensed or bought training data, with values where they were made public.
- Reported AI data deals range from a few thousand dollars for small codebases to about $60 million a year for Reddit's deal with Google.
- Corporate archives from closed companies are a growing source: SimpleClosure said 47% of its wind-down deals include code or data.
- Publishers have been early sellers, with Wiley expecting $44 million from AI rights deals.
| Parties | What | Value | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alphabet and Spirit Airlines (bankruptcy auction) | About 100 million emails, 500 million Microsoft Teams chats and other internal records; customer list and card data excluded | $10 million | August 2026 | TravelPulse |
| SimpleClosure (wind-down platform) and startups | Code and data sales from shut-down startups; 47% of its deals include code or data | More than 150 deals; over $10 million expected to be returned by end of 2026 | October 2026 | MIT Technology Review |
| Troveo AI and video creators | Unpublished video footage licensed to AI companies | More than $5 million paid to creators | January 2025 | Bloomberg via The Star |
| Wiley and AI companies | Rights to publishing content for AI training | $44 million expected | August 2024 | The Bookseller |
| Shutterstock and Big Tech companies | Image, video and music library licensing | $25 million to $50 million per initial deal | Reported April 2024 | Reuters via The Star |
| Freepik and two large tech companies | Most of a 200 million image archive | 2 to 4 cents per image | Reported April 2024 | Reuters via The Star |
| Reddit and Google | Access to Reddit content for AI training | About $60 million a year | February 2024 | The Decoder |
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