# Where to sell data to AI companies

URL: https://aidataforsale.com/compare/where-to-sell-data-to-ai-companies
Publisher: AI Data For Sale (Marketing Signals Ltd)
Updated: 2026-11-10

Ten places to sell or license data to AI companies, grouped by type: marketplaces, cloud exchanges, licensing agents, wind-down platforms, direct buyers and brokers.

Every main route to selling data to AI companies, grouped by how it works and who it suits.

## In short

- The right place depends on your data type, whether it is public or private, and whether you want a revenue share or a fixed fee.
- Marketplaces suit data that can be sold to many buyers; brokers and direct deals suit private archives.
- Whatever the route, check rights and privacy first.

## The options

| Option | Type | Suits |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Protege](https://aidataforsale.com/companies/protege) | Governed marketplace, revenue share | Health, imaging, video and audio data |
| [Defined.ai](https://aidataforsale.com/companies/defined-ai) | AI data marketplace | Text, speech, image and video datasets |
| [Human Native](https://aidataforsale.com/companies/human-native) (Cloudflare) | Content licensing marketplace | Publishers and creators |
| [Troveo](https://aidataforsale.com/companies/troveo) | Video licensing agent | Unpublished video, paid per minute |
| [Shutterstock](https://aidataforsale.com/companies/shutterstock) | Content licensor and contributor platform | Photographers and videographers who contribute |
| [AWS Data Exchange](https://aidataforsale.com/companies/aws-data-exchange) | Cloud marketplace | Structured data products |
| [Snowflake Marketplace](https://aidataforsale.com/companies/snowflake-marketplace) | Cloud marketplace | Tabular data, live sharing |
| [Databricks Marketplace](https://aidataforsale.com/companies/databricks-marketplace) | Cloud marketplace | Datasets and models, private exchanges |
| [SimpleClosure](https://aidataforsale.com/companies/simpleclosure) | Wind-down platform | Startups shutting down |
| AI Data For Sale (us) | Broker | Private company archives licensed to vetted AI buyers |

## How to choose

- **Is the data already public?** Content licensing and crawl control matter more than finding buyers.
- **Is it private?** A direct license through a broker keeps it off public listings.
- **Do you want recurring income?** Revenue share platforms pay as data is used.
- **Do you need exclusivity or a large fixed fee?** Negotiate one-to-one.

Start with the [data rights checker](https://aidataforsale.com/tools/data-rights-checker) and [value estimator](https://aidataforsale.com/tools/data-value-estimator).

> We are a broker, so we are one of the options on some of these pages. We label ourselves, use the same criteria for everyone and cite sources for every fact about other companies. Read our [editorial policy](https://aidataforsale.com/editorial-policy).

## Read next

- [Sell data to AI companies](https://aidataforsale.com/sell-data-to-ai)
- [Ways to monetize company data](https://aidataforsale.com/compare/ways-to-monetize-company-data)

## Questions

### Can individuals sell their data to AI companies?

Some platforms pay individuals, for example video creators through licensing agents. This list focuses on routes for businesses and content owners.

### What is the easiest way to sell company data to AI?

Describe what you hold with a [data manifest](https://aidataforsale.com/templates/data-manifest-template) and ask for an assessment. A broker or marketplace will tell you quickly whether there is demand.

## Sources

- [SiliconANGLE: Protege raises $30M to grow its governed marketplace for AI training data (January 2026)](https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/08/protege-raises-30m-grow-governed-marketplace-ai-training-data/)
- [Defined.ai: AI data marketplace explainer](https://defined.ai/blog/data-marketplace-explainer)
- [Techzine: Cloudflare acquires Human Native for AI data marketplace (January 2026)](https://www.techzine.eu/news/infrastructure/137991/cloudflare-acquires-human-native-for-ai-data-marketplace)
- [The Decoder: OpenAI and Google are buying YouTubers' unpublished videos for up to $4 per minute (January 2025)](https://the-decoder.com/openai-and-google-are-buying-youtubers-unpublished-videos-for-up-to-4-per-minute/)
- [PetaPixel: Shutterstock made $104 million licensing assets to AI developers last year (June 2024)](https://petapixel.com/2024/06/04/shutterstock-made-104-million-licensing-assets-to-ai-devs-last-year)
- [AWS: AWS Data Exchange FAQs](https://aws.amazon.com/data-exchange/faqs)
- [Snowflake documentation: About Snowflake Marketplace](https://docs.snowflake.com/en/collaboration/collaboration-marketplace-about)
- [Databricks documentation: What is Databricks Marketplace?](https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/marketplace/)
- [MIT Technology Review: AI labs are buying data from dead startups to train models (October 2026)](https://technologyreview.com/2026/10/13/1145755/ai-labs-buying-data-from-dead-startups-to-train-models)