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micro1's enterprise data partnership, for sellers

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micro1 ranks first in our seller ranking. It states $100K-$2M+ per data package, has committed $1B over 12 months to buying company data, and lets the seller keep ownership. Its terms say personal data is removed "when relevant", the vaguest wording it publishes; its partnership page says sensitive information is scrubbed before any downstream use.1,2,3,4

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What is it worth?
licensor#1 in our seller ranking, 7.7/10

Meta removed some micro1 ads in September and October 2026 for not following its Advertising Standards; what they said is not shown.5

Key facts

micro1 in its own words and others'

Key facts about micro1
FactValue and source
License price range

$100K-$2M+ per data package; over $1M for unique data

The referral page states $100K-$2M+. The over $1M tier for highly unique data is from micro1's payment tiers as reported by The Next Web (2026-10-09).

[1] micro1 company referral page · company's own claim ·

Size micro1 names on its partnership page

30 to 200 employees

Sources differ: micro1's partnership page says 30 to 200 employees; its referral page says 30+. It is unclear whether firms above 200 are excluded.

[6] micro1 Enterprise Data Partnership page · company's own claim ·

Industries micro1 names

Technology; BPOs and recruiting firms; financial services; consulting; professional services; legal and compliance; healthcare administration; logistics and operations

[8] micro1 Enterprise Data Partnership page · company's own claim ·

Data micro1 names on its partnership page

Internal docs, SOPs and playbooks, knowledge bases, project management workflows, internal comms, templates, CRM and workflow metadata, task histories

[9] micro1 Enterprise Data Partnership page · company's own claim ·

Ownership and review

The company keeps ownership of its data and reviews samples before release

[3] beri.net ·

Personal data

PII removed "when relevant"

Sources differ: micro1's partnership page (jobs.micro1.ai, checked 2026-10-14) says sensitive information is scrubbed before any downstream use and no customer information is exposed.

[4] beri.net ·

Company-data budget

Committed $1B over 12 months to buy company data

[2] The Next Web ·

micro1 Data License Master Terms

A nonexclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, sublicensable license; data deleted within 120 days of final delivery, but trained models are not deleted

micro1 may not disclose the seller's identity without written consent. The seller warrants it has not already licensed the same data to a third party on similar terms.

[21] micro1 Data License Master Terms · company's own claim ·

Who qualifies

Who micro1 takes

micro1's partnership page says 30 to 200 employees; its referral page says 30+, US first and mostly English data. It is unclear whether firms above 200 are excluded, so ask. It names technology, BPOs and recruiting firms, financial services, consulting, professional services, legal and compliance, healthcare administration, and logistics and operations.6,7,8

It asks for internal docs, SOPs and playbooks, knowledge bases, project management workflows, internal comms, templates, CRM and workflow metadata, and task histories, and says it looks for well defined workflows that employees execute repeatedly.9,10

Money

What micro1 pays and how big it is

micro1 states $100K-$2M+ per package and over $1M for unique data. It raised $100M+ at a $4B valuation and reported a $500M gross run rate in August 2026; TechCrunch puts net revenue lower. It filed a late $12.5M bid for Spirit Airlines' internal data.1,11,12,13

Referral program

micro1's company referral program

micro1 pays people who refer a company. Its referral terms set a default of 7.5% of the license price; its referral page says up to $50K, and the terms state no cap. It launched at up to $25K per referral with a $5M fund. Referrers may not present themselves as micro1's agent or partner.14,15,16,17

Its ads

How micro1's ads reach owners

micro1 advertises the program on Facebook and Instagram, and the ads open a lead form inside Facebook rather than a micro1 page. One set, from 2026-10-04, says "Answer 5 questions and find out how much your company data is worth" and that companies are earning $100K-$2M+. Another, which ran 2026-10-09 to 10-14, asks owners of closed companies whether their previous company's data could be worth up to $2M, for US firms that had 25+ employees at their peak.18,19

Meta removed micro1 ads that ran 2026-09-09 to 09-12 and 2026-10-04 to 10-08 for not following its Advertising Standards. Meta does not show what those ads said. The 25+ figure for closed companies appears only in the ads; micro1's own pages say 30+.5,19,20

The contract

What micro1's published license says

micro1 publishes its seller contract, the Data License Master Terms, last updated 2026-10-07. It grants micro1 a nonexclusive, irrevocable, perpetual license it can sublicense. micro1 deletes the data within 120 days of final delivery, but models already trained on it are not deleted. It has 30 business days to reject a delivery; you invoice after it accepts in writing, or once those 30 days pass without a rejection.21,22

Its partnership page adds that some datasets may get synthetic rewrites that reduce direct ties to the original records. Its estimator asks six things: employees, years of data, headquarters, number of business entities, share of data in English, and whether any of it is regulated or sensitive.23,24

Against the others

How micro1 compares for a seller

micro1 publishes a price but no payment timeline. Mercor is the reverse: no price, but a wire 2-4 weeks after signing. Polyshares publishes both, an offer 1-2 weeks after intake and Net 30-60 payment, and is more specific on personal data: it says a third-party partner scrubs data before licensing, where micro1 says PII is removed when relevant.1,25,26,27,28,4

Process

How it works with each buyer

In each buyer's own published words. Where a buyer publishes nothing, we say so rather than guess.

micro1

What it buys
Internal docs, SOPs and playbooks, knowledge bases, project management workflows, internal comms, templates, CRM and workflow metadata, task histories9
Who qualifies
30 to 200 employees6
Offer range
$100K-$2M+ per data package; over $1M for unique data1
Personal data
PII removed "when relevant"4
Ownership
The company keeps ownership of its data and reviews samples before release3
Time to payment
Not published

Check first

How to check micro1, or any buyer

The same checks for every company we profile. We state facts; you decide.

  1. 1.Find the company behind the ad: a legal name, a registered address and named people.
  2. 2.Ask for a written offer and a sample agreement before you send any data.
  3. 3.Ask who removes personal data, by what method, and approve it before anything is exported.
  4. 4.Ask which AI labs will receive the data, and whether you will be told.
  5. 5.Ask how they are paid: by you, by the buyer, or from a share of your deal.
  6. 6.Get terms from at least one other buyer before you answer.

FAQ

Questions, answered with sources

  • It is a well funded company: it raised $100M+ at a $4B valuation and has committed $1B over 12 months to buying company data, both reported independently. We have no incidents on record for it.11,2

  • It states $100K-$2M+ per data package, and over $1M for unique data. That is its own published range, not an audited figure.1

  • micro1's partnership page says 30 to 200 employees, and its referral page says 30+. Ask whether a firm above 200 qualifies.6,7

  • micro1 says the company keeps ownership and reviews samples before release. Its published master terms grant micro1 a nonexclusive, perpetual license; ask whether your deal uses those terms.3,21

  • It says PII is removed "when relevant". That is less specific than Polyshares, which says a third-party partner scrubs data before licensing. Ask micro1 for its method in writing.4,28

  • Its terms set a default of 7.5% of the license price. The referral page says up to $50K; the terms state no cap.14,15

  • We do not answer legal questions. Ask the licensing company: their team reviews this with you before anything is signed.

Before you sign

We do not answer legal questions. Ask the licensing company before you sign: their team reviews these with you.

Questions for this kind of business

  • Do customer, vendor or platform contracts, NDAs or API terms restrict this?

Questions for any buyer

  • Is the license exclusive, and for how long?
  • Can you sublicense the data, and to whom?
  • Which AI labs will receive it, and will you tell us?
  • How long do you keep it, and how is it deleted?
  • What is your liability cap, and who indemnifies whom?
  • Will the contract ban re-identification of people in the data?
  • Who removes personal data, by what method, and do we approve it first?

How this page was made

Every figure comes from a published source listed below, each with the date we checked it. Buyer statements are the buyer's own claims and are marked so in the source list. Firm counts come from the US Census Bureau's Statistics of US Businesses. Anything marked as our estimate is ours, not a buyer quote.

Drafted with AI assistance from our research files, then checked against each source. Reviewed 14 Oct 2026. Last updated 14 Oct 2026.

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Sources (28)

  1. 1.micro1 company referral page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  2. 2.The Next Web, published 9 Oct 2026. Accessed 14 Oct 2026.
  3. 3.beri.net, published 10 Oct 2026. Accessed 14 Oct 2026.
  4. 4.beri.net, published 10 Oct 2026. Accessed 14 Oct 2026.
  5. 5.Meta Ad Library, micro1 page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026.
  6. 6.micro1 Enterprise Data Partnership page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  7. 7.micro1 company referral page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  8. 8.micro1 Enterprise Data Partnership page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  9. 9.micro1 Enterprise Data Partnership page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  10. 10.micro1 Enterprise Data Partnership page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  11. 11.Forbes, published 22 Sep 2026. Accessed 14 Oct 2026.
  12. 12.TechCrunch, published 20 Aug 2026. Accessed 14 Oct 2026.
  13. 13.AI Weekly. Accessed 14 Oct 2026.
  14. 14.micro1 referral terms (updated 2026-10-08), published 8 Oct 2026. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  15. 15.micro1 company referral page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  16. 16.micro1 launch post, published 16 Jun 2026. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  17. 17.micro1 referral terms (updated 2026-10-08), published 8 Oct 2026. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  18. 18.Meta Ad Library, micro1 page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  19. 19.Meta Ad Library, micro1 page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  20. 20.micro1 data partnerships page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  21. 21.micro1 Data License Master Terms, published 7 Oct 2026. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  22. 22.micro1 Data License Master Terms, published 7 Oct 2026. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  23. 23.micro1 data partnerships page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  24. 24.micro1 payout estimator. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  25. 25.Mercor Data page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  26. 26.Mercor Data page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  27. 27.Polyshares website. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  28. 28.Polyshares website. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.