Data Partnerships · AI data licensing
Turn your company’s data into growth capital.
AI labs are paying established companies to license the records they already have: email, tickets, CRM history, SOPs and code. Odesa introduces you to the buyers that fit. It’s free to you, we never touch your data, and you sign directly with the buyer.
Short form · about 2 minutes · every company reviewed personally by Val
Projected spend on AI training data in 2026. The market AI labs are buying from, growing about 20% a year.
Precedence Research; The Business Research Company, 2026 estimatesThe range of published buyer offers for one company’s records, depending on size, history and systems.
Buyers’ published programs and press reports, Oct 2026What sellers pay Odesa. Buyers pay our referral fee, and it never comes out of your payout.
No retainer, no listing feeWhy now
AI is learning to do office work. It learns from records like yours.
Public internet text taught AI models to write. To handle real work, like resolving a support ticket, closing a deal or running a project, AI labs need the working record of how businesses actually operate: the decisions, escalations and handoffs inside your systems.
That record only exists inside companies. So buyers now license it directly from owners, and a company that has run for years can hold an asset it has never put on its books.
History beats volume
Years of continuous records move the price more than raw size. A decade of email and tickets is worth more than a year of anything.
Linked records are worth the most
A request, the work and the result, traceable across systems. A ticket tied to the fix that resolved it shows reasoning buyers can’t find elsewhere.
Expert work is rarest
Judgment-heavy fields like legal, finance, insurance, engineering and consulting are underrepresented in training data, and buyers know it.
What buyers pay for
The working record of your business.
If your company has run any of these systems for three years or more, you may have something buyers are already paying for. You don’t move or export anything to find out.
Team chat
Slack and Microsoft Teams history, channels and threads.
Email archives
Gmail and Outlook, including shared inboxes.
CRM history
HubSpot or Salesforce deals, notes and pipelines.
Support tickets
Zendesk, Intercom or Freshdesk conversations and resolutions.
Code and issues
GitHub or GitLab repositories with Jira or Linear tickets.
SOPs and training
Playbooks, onboarding materials, QA checklists and process docs.
Docs and drives
Google Drive, Notion, SharePoint and internal wikis.
Call recordings
Sales and support calls, with transcripts where they exist.
Private data stays private
Buyers license how your business works. Not who it works with.
You decide what’s in scope. Client and customer data, sensitive financials and personal details are excluded or removed before any records reach a buyer, and you approve every sample before anything moves.
Stays with you
- Client and customer dataNames, contacts, accounts and anything you hold on a client’s behalf.
- Sensitive financialsBank and card details, account numbers and private financial records.
- Personal detailsEmails, phone numbers and identifying fields, removed before review.
- HR and health recordsPersonnel files and medical information stay out by default.
What buyers license
- How work gets doneWorkflows, tickets and the steps from request to result.
- Know-howSOPs, playbooks and training materials.
- Project and code historyIssues, decisions and fixes over time.
Every license should ban re-identification. Your lawyer reviews the terms before you sign.
Reported deals
What buyers have paid for company data.
Seven deals reported in the press and in buyers’ own published track records, from five figures to six. Company names are withheld by the sources.
Reported in the press and in buyers’ own published track records, October 2026. Not arranged by Odesa. Every deal is priced on its own data; results vary and many companies won’t qualify.
What sets the price
Buyers price each company on its own data.
There’s no list price. These are the factors buyers tell us move an offer up or down.
↑Raises the value
- More people, especially at your peak headcount
- More years of continuous history
- Several connected systems, not one export
- Expert, judgment-heavy work
- Decisions and approvals visible in the records
- Data you clearly own
↓Lowers the value
- A small team or a short history
- A single tool or one export
- Client-owned or personal data
- Records mostly outside English
- Gaps where accounts were cancelled or deleted
- No owner or officer able to approve the deal
How it works
We make the introduction. You stay in control.
Odesa is a referral partner. We learn about your company, match you with buyers whose criteria you meet, and introduce you. Everything after that is between you and the buyer.
Tell us about your company
A short form: your size, years of records and the systems you use. Nothing to upload.
Val reviews it personally
We look at your size, history and systems, then reply with which buyers fit and what they ask for, usually on a 15-minute call.
Buyer introduction
We introduce you to the buyers that fit. They review samples, remove personal details and decide whether to make an offer.
You decide
Compare what comes back, have your lawyer review the license, and sign only if the terms work for you.
Your data never passes through Odesa. Records go from you to the buyer you choose, under a license you sign. We never see, hold or transfer them.
Before you sign
Price is half the deal. Know the terms.
A higher number on a perpetual, exclusive license can be worth less than a lower one you can license again. These are the terms worth understanding before any offer. Your own lawyer reviews and negotiates the agreement.
License, not sale
You keep ownership of your data and keep using it as before. The buyer receives a licensed copy.
Term and field of use
A set number of years, for AI training only, leaves you free to license the same records again later.
Exclusive or not
Exclusive licenses pay more up front but end your ability to license that data to anyone else.
No re-identification
The buyer commits not to re-link the data to people, on purpose or by negligence.
Limits on resale
Onward transfer only to approved categories of buyer, disclosed to you in writing.
Raw copies deleted
Unprocessed data destroyed within an agreed window after delivery. A trained model can’t unlearn, so scope matters.
Who qualifies
Is your company a fit?
Buyers generally look for established operating companies. You’re likely a fit if you have:
- 20 or more people, now or at your peak
- 2 or more years of records in email, chat, tickets, CRM or code
- A base in the United States, Canada or the United Kingdom
- Records mostly in English
- An owner or officer who can approve a deal
Strongest fit: legal, accounting, consulting, finance, insurance, software, IT services, marketing agencies, construction and home services. Not a fit: health records, HR files or data that belongs to your clients.
Closing, selling or winding down?
Check what your data is worth before you cancel anything.
Years of Slack, email, tickets and project history can be licensed, but only while the accounts still exist. During a wind-down they often get cancelled with everything else, and on Slack’s free plan, messages older than a year are deleted.
- Keep email and shared drives paid until you decide
- Keep Slack or Teams, CRM and helpdesk accounts open
- Don’t export and delete code repositories or trackers
- Note how many years each system covers
Why Odesa
Free to you, and we never touch your data.
We never ask for data or logins
Records go from you to the buyer, under your license. We never see them.
We never charge you
Buyers pay our referral fee. It doesn’t come out of what they pay you.
We never rush you
Holding an offer with a 48-hour deadline? Talk to us before you accept it.
We tell you if you don’t qualify
If buyers are unlikely to make an offer, you hear it from us on the first call.

Every fit check is with Val Narodetsky, founder and CEO. Odesa.co is a US company in Lighthouse Point, Florida, and the same founder-led team behind Odesa’s staff augmentation and tech recruitment services. You sign directly with the buyer, on terms your lawyer approves.
For AI data buyers
Sourcing real company data? We bring you screened sellers.
Odesa sources and screens established companies across the US, Canada and the UK, then introduces only the ones that match your criteria, with an owner or officer ready to talk.
- Screened before you see themCompany size, years of history and systems in use, checked against your published criteria.
- Decision-makers, not gatekeepersOwners and officers who can approve a license, not a general inbox.
- Your process, untouchedYou run your own review, samples, pricing and contract directly with the company.
Questions, answered
Selling company data to AI companies: what owners ask first.
Straight answers on value, privacy, process and how Odesa is paid.
Can a company sell its data to AI companies?
Yes, if it qualifies and has the rights to do so. Most deals are a license to a copy of the data, not a sale of the data itself, so you keep your records and keep using them. Before anything moves, check employee notices, customer and vendor contracts, NDAs and the terms of the software the data came from, and have your own counsel review the license.
How much is company data worth to AI labs?
Published buyer offers run from about $50K to $2M+ for one company’s records, and reported deals include $110K for a marketing agency and $450K for a roofing company, both exclusive licenses. Years of history, the number of connected systems, the type of work and how much reasoning the records show move the price more than raw volume. Only a buyer that has reviewed your data can name a price, and many companies won’t qualify.
What kind of company data do AI companies buy?
The working record of how a business runs: team chat in Slack or Teams, email archives, CRM history, support tickets, code with its issues and docs, SOPs and training materials, shared drives and call recordings. Records that link across systems, like a ticket tied to the fix that resolved it, are worth the most.
Who buys company data for AI training?
Four kinds of buyer: AI data vendors that supply the labs, builders of agent-training environments, data marketplaces, and the labs’ own partnership programs. Odesa matches you with the buyers whose published criteria fit your company.
Do we sell our data or license it?
Almost always a license. A sale, or a perpetual exclusive license, means you can never offer the same records again. A license with a set term and a field of use limited to AI training leaves you free to license again. A trained model can’t unlearn data, so read the scope closely.
What does Odesa charge?
Nothing. When a company we introduce signs with a buyer, that buyer may pay Odesa a referral fee. It is paid by the buyer and doesn’t come out of what the buyer pays you. There’s no retainer and no listing fee.
Does Odesa see or store our data?
No. We never ask for your data or logins. Buyers review samples and receive records directly from you, under the license you sign. Odesa never sees, holds or transfers them.
Is Odesa a data broker?
No. Odesa is a referral partner. We assess fit and introduce you to buyers. We don’t buy, hold, appraise or resell data, and we don’t negotiate on your behalf. You deal with the buyer directly, with your own lawyer.
Is our clients’ and customers’ data shared with the buyer?
No. Private data stays private. Client and customer data, sensitive financials such as bank and account details, and personal details are excluded or removed before any records reach a buyer. Buyers license how your business works, like workflows, tickets, SOPs and project history, not who it works with. You set the scope and approve every sample first.
What about our employees’ privacy?
Names, emails, phone numbers and other identifying details are removed before review, and HR files and health records are left out by default. No method removes every risk, so you approve samples first and require a no re-identification clause in the license.
How long does it take, and how much work is it?
Buyers usually decide whether to make an offer within a week or two of reviewing samples. Expect one to three months to a signed deal, including your legal review. On your side it’s a few hours to list your systems, plus some IT time to give the buyer read-only access. The buyer handles extraction and scrubbing.
We’re shutting down. Is it too late?
Usually not, as long as the accounts still exist. Wind-down archives are one of the most active parts of this market. Keep Slack, email, CRM and code accounts paid until you decide, because cancelled accounts take their history with them.
We already have an offer. Can you help?
Yes. Don’t accept a deadline of 48 hours or less without a second opinion. We’ll tell you how buyers usually price data like yours and which other buyers fit, so you can decide with the full picture.
Get started
Tell us about your company.
A short form, about two minutes. Val reviews every request personally and replies within one business day with which buyers fit, if any.
- Free, with no obligation
- Private data stays private
- No data or logins, ever
- You deal directly with the buyer

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