Guides to AI training data
How to license data to AI companies, how to buy it safely, what the law says, and what data is worth. Every figure is sourced.
Selling data
How to sell data to AI companiesAI companies license data they cannot get from the open web: private, well-structured records from real work, with clear rights.For data holdersSelling data from a closed or closing companyAI labs and data vendors are buying workspace data and code from companies that have shut down.For data holdersQuestions to ask an AI data buyerAsk who exactly will hold a copy of your data, and whether that includes affiliates, contractors or later customers.For data holdersHow to build a data manifestA data manifest is an inventory of a dataset that a buyer can evaluate without seeing the data itself.For data holders
Buying data
How to buy AI training dataStart with a written data request that names the modality, domain, volume, labels and rights you need.For ai teamsHow to write a training data requestA good data request states what the model should learn, not just what files you want.For ai teamsHow to evaluate a training data sampleA sample is only useful if it was drawn at random from the full set, not hand-picked.For both
Rights and law
Is it legal to sell company data for AI training?No single US law bans companies from licensing their data for AI training, but privacy, sector, contract and labor rules all apply.For data holdersData provenance explainedData provenance is the documented history of a dataset: who created it, how it was collected, under what terms, and what was done to it.For bothWhat goes in an AI data license agreementAn AI data license grants a named buyer defined rights to use a copy of data, for set purposes, on set terms.For both
Privacy
Pricing and value
How to value a dataset for AI trainingAI training data has no list price. Value is set by how scarce, useful and legally clean the data is for a specific buyer.For bothExclusive vs non-exclusive data licensesA non-exclusive license lets the seller license the same data to other buyers; an exclusive license does not.For bothHow AI training data is pricedAI data is priced per unit, as a flat fee, as a revenue share, or as milestones tied to delivery and acceptance.For both
Market
AI data brokers vs data marketplacesA marketplace lists datasets for buyers to browse; a broker finds the right counterparty and helps structure a direct deal.For bothSynthetic vs licensed training dataSynthetic data is generated by models or simulations; licensed data comes from real people and systems.For ai teamsWhat is AI training data?AI training data is the examples a model learns from: text, images, audio, video, code, actions and human judgments.For both
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