Guides
Guides to licensing company data for AI
Plain answers for companies deciding whether, how and on what terms to license their data.
- 01AI data licensing agreement: clause by clauseA data licensing agreement for AI training sets out what data is licensed, what the buyer may do with it and for how long, how and when the seller is paid, and what the seller promises about rights and privacy. The clauses that move the most value are the grant, acceptance, deletion, warranties and the liability cap.
- 02Exclusive vs non-exclusive data license: how to chooseA non-exclusive data license lets you license the same data to other buyers. An exclusive one gives a single buyer sole rights within a defined scope and time, so price it at the other sales you give up. Exclusivity is often narrower than the word suggests, limited to a field, a set of records or a window.
- 03How to sell data to AI companies: routes and red flagsA company usually sells data to AI companies by licensing a defined copy of it rather than handing over ownership. It can go direct to a buyer, list on a marketplace, or work through a broker or data partner. Rights, uniqueness and preparation set the price, and a short deadline is a reason to slow down.
- 04Is it legal to sell company data to AI?Usually yes, if the company owns the data, no contract or platform term forbids the use, and personal data is lawfully re-used or de-identified first. The hard cases are customer-held data, footage of people, health and biometric data, and closed companies. General information, not legal advice.
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