AI data referral programs: 15 buyers
This list of AI data referral programs holds 15 buyers. Of the 15, 6 publish a price anchor. The first three are Defined.ai (content owners get 20 to 30% of deal value; $1 to $2 per image; $100 to $300 per hour of film; partners average $600k revenue), ElevenLabs Voice Library (creator-set price tiers; $22M+ paid out by May 2026) and micro1 ($100k to $2M per company; tiers $100k / $500k / $1M+). 10 of the 15 license non-exclusively. By type, the list holds 4 marketplaces, 3 brokers, 3 direct buyers, 1 collective, 1 data collector, 1 matchmaker, 1 exchange and 1 licensor.
Sells for: companies, studios, data vendors.
Buyers named: Google, Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft.
Listed for a published rate and named lab customers.
Sells for: voice actors, rights holders, musicians.
Buyers named: ElevenLabs users, enterprises.
Listed for a published price anchor and reported payouts.
Sells for: companies, defunct startups, agencies.
Buyers named: frontier labs (unnamed).
Listed for a published rate and reported payouts.
Sells for: communities.
Buyers named: labs, enterprises.
Listed for a published price anchor and reported payouts.
Sells for: creators, photographers, videographers.
Buyers named: 6 foundation-model labs plus hyperscalers.
Listed for a published price anchor and reported payouts.
Sells for: hospitals.
Buyers named: AI developers.
Listed for reported payouts and non-exclusive terms.
Sells for: gig workers.
Buyers named: labs.
Listed for reported payouts and a stated payout model.
Sells for: hospitals.
Buyers named: AI developers.
Listed for reported payouts and non-exclusive terms.
Sells for: consumers, data vendors, developers, companies.
Buyers named: labs, routes to DataVendor, Pangea, Turing, micro1.
Listed for a published price anchor and non-exclusive terms.
Sells for: its own catalog.
Buyers named: both.
Listed for non-exclusive terms and a stated payout model.
Sells for: companies, domain experts.
Buyers named: labs.
Listed for a stated payout model and a referral program.
Sells for: data vendors.
Buyers named: pharma, AI.
Listed for non-exclusive terms and a stated payout model.
Sells for: companies.
Buyers named: labs.
Listed for a stated payout model and a referral program.
Sells for: developers.
Buyers named: labs and open source.
Listed for a stated payout model and published minimums.
Sells for: companies, domain experts.
Buyers named: Meta (49% owner), government.
Listed for named lab customers and a stated payout model.
What differs for AI data referral programs
Of the 15 programs, 4 state a fixed fee, 2 state a share of earnings and 11 publish no amount. The largest stated amounts are $50k at micro1, $50k at Scale AI and $10k at Handshake AI. Each referral link on this site is marked on its card.
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