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Who buys business data for AI?
By SourceX Editorial · Updated
Short answer
Buyers of business data for AI include frontier AI labs, model developers, startups building industry-specific AI, enterprise software companies and research organizations. They seek legally licensable, proprietary data not available on the public internet.
What they want
Specialized, high-volume, high-quality data with clear rights.
Why use an intermediary
Intermediaries help match sellers with relevant buyers and manage the deal process.
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