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Independent AI data-licensing research
An AI company wants your archive. Here’s what to ask first.
Use our briefings, ten free tools and a vetted partner directory to test any proposal, from rights scope to net proceeds. No supplier commissions.
For licensing directors, counsel and data teams.
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01 / Start here
Understand the evidence. Decide the next step.
Briefings · Tools · Deal analysisBriefings
Short research notes on partners, permissions and deal economics.
Browse the research →Tools
10 browser-based tools, from a rights matrix to a proceeds calculator.
See the tools →Deal tracker
What published AI licensing deals do and don't establish.
See the deal tracker →Build a brief
A bounded brief for the specific decision in front of you.
Build my brief →See what published
AI deals establish.
Published agreements show that deals happened. They do not establish a live mandate for your archive.
Historical announcementWhat the source establishesWhat remains unknown
Sources linked in each record. Historical contracting is not evidence of current procurement availability.
Research for your
next licensing decision.
How this works. Tools run in your browser with example data, and results are ready to review and download straight away. Briefs you send are saved for our research desk.
The preparation decision / Next steps
Validate demand before funding archive preparation.
A well-prepared archive is not the same as a qualified opportunity. Establish the proposed use, the procurement route and the permissions before committing.
Retrieval access is not
a training licence.
A single phrase like “AI use” can conceal very different permissions. Start by naming the intended use.
Keep separate: derivative use, sublicensing and redistribution.
Illustrative questions for a commercial discussion. Scope depends on the agreement; this is not legal advice.
The owner's working kitTest the proposal
Test the proposal
before releasing
the archive.
Use all 10 tools free in your browser. Work through your assumptions and download the results. No email required.
Price the restrictions
alongside the receipts.
Headline revenue leaves out commission, preparation and delivery. Start with a one-year view of what remains.
Deductions, preparation, legal and delivery.
Illustrative year-one proceeds
$48,000
Net before tax
Net proceeds$48,000
Commission$20,000
Other costs$32,000
Exclusivity has an additional cost: the alternatives you give up. It is not included in this simple illustration.
Choose the support
your decision needs.
Start with free research and tools. Commission implementation or specialist advice when the work needs a named owner.
Build a workflow.
Permissions→Release→Reporting
Commission a workflow for permissions, controlled delivery and reconciliation inside your business.
Agree the scope, implementation fee and maintenance responsibilities before work starts.Bring in an expert.
Rights ambiguityExclusivityBuyer evidence
Appoint a legal, technical or commercial specialist for the question you need to resolve.
You appoint the specialist separately and agree their remit and fee before work starts.Build my brief →No supplier commissions or paid rankings. Paid work is scoped and agreed separately.
Describe the archive
before pricing
the opportunity.
What you own, how it changes and the decision in front of you shape the questions worth asking.
No upload needed. These choices set the archive context in your brief below.
Your archive profile
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Build my brief →A specialist publishing archive
Separate owned articles, contributor material and third-party inserts before discussing scope.
Build a brief around
your next decision.
Frame a partner review, rights issue map or investment decision. Start with your question and leave out confidential material.
Your brief, ready immediately.
Review a concise decision brief, then download it to share with your team. It captures your archive, permissions position, question and requested review.