AI data licensing deals, tracked

Who has paid for data to train or power AI, how much and on what terms. Every deal comes from public reporting and links to a dated source, and the whole list downloads as a CSV.

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This tracker lists 100 public AI data deals from January 2023 to September 2026, each with the buyer, the seller, the data type, the deal type, the disclosed value and a dated source. Examples include Google's winning $10M bid for bankrupt Spirit Airlines' archive, pending court approval, and HarperCollins' backlist license at $5,000 a title for 3 years.

Google's $10M bid won the bankruptcy auction for Spirit Airlines' archive. TIME, 25 Aug 2026 (opens in a new tab)
The sale still needs court approval, so the bid stays out of every total until a court approves it. Business Insider, 5 Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)
News Corp's deal with OpenAI was reported at more than $250M over five years. Variety, 22 May 2024 (opens in a new tab)
HarperCollins' backlist license with Microsoft pays $5,000 per title for 3 years. Publishers Weekly, 19 Nov 2024 (opens in a new tab)
OpenAI is the buyer in 30 of the 100 deals, more than any other company. Rightmark Deal Tracker, 10 Oct 2026

Updated 10 Oct 2026

Deals: 100; Each with a dated source
Years covered: 2023 to 2026; January 2023 to September 2026
Disclosed value, licenses and sales: $1.01B; Across the 23 licenses and sales with a US dollar figure: a floor that mixes one-off, annual and multi-year values as reported. Acquisitions, $47.4B, are counted apart, and a winning bid pending court approval is left out.
Most active buyer: OpenAI; 30 of 100 deals. Google is next, with 10.

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Deals per quarter by deal type
Quarter	Training	Training and live access	Live access	Sale	Acquisition	Winning bid	All deals
Q1 2023Jan to Mar 2023	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Q2 2023Apr to Jun 2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Q3 2023Jul to Sep 2023	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
Q4 2023Oct to Dec 2023	2	1	0	0	0	0	3
Q1 2024Jan to Mar 2024	1	3	1	0	0	0	5
Q2 2024Apr to Jun 2024	8	7	1	0	0	0	16
Q3 2024Jul to Sep 2024	2	1	3	0	0	0	6
Q4 2024Oct to Dec 2024	1	0	4	0	0	0	5
Q1 2025Jan to Mar 2025	1	0	6	0	1	0	8
Q2 2025Apr to Jun 2025	2	1	3	0	1	0	7
Q3 2025Jul to Sep 2025	2	0	3	0	1	0	6
Q4 2025Oct to Dec 2025	5	0	5	0	0	0	10
Q1 2026Jan to Mar 2026	1	2	3	0	1	0	7
Q2 2026Apr to Jun 2026	3	0	6	2	0	0	11
Q3 2026Jul to Sep 2026	4	0	7	0	0	1	12
All quarters	36	15	42	2	4	1	100

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AI data licensing deals, January 2023 to September 2026. Each row has its notes below it. Source links open in a new tab.
Date	Buyer	Seller or source	Data	Deal type	Disclosed value	Term	Sources
Sep 2026	Undisclosed precision medicine AI company	OneMedNetOther	OtherHealth: clinical and imaging data	Training	Seven-figure multiyear agreementDisclosed	Multi-year	OneMedNet via GlobeNewswire, 30 Sep 2026 StockTitan, 30 Sep 2026
Notes on Sep 2026, Undisclosed precision medicine AI company and OneMedNet OneMedNet supplies de-identified clinical and imaging data from more than 2,300 healthcare sites to train clinical AI models and build derivative datasets. OneMedNet via GlobeNewswire, 30 Sep 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Sep 2026	Arcee AI	Bolt.new Pro users (opt-in, via Bolt Forge)Creator program	Code	Training	50 times more open-model usage for contributors; no cash payment reported	Research preview to Oct 2026	Yahoo Finance, 14 Sep 2026 IT Brief, 17 Sep 2026
Notes on Sep 2026, Arcee AI and Bolt.new Pro users (opt-in, via Bolt Forge) Developers who opt in share anonymized coding sessions to train open-weight models that are released publicly. Yahoo Finance, 14 Sep 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Sep 2026	Undisclosed voice AI company	SilencioMarketplace	Audio	Training	$250,000 contractDisclosed	Not reported	Advanced Blockchain AG via FinanzWire, 7 Sep 2026
Notes on Sep 2026, Undisclosed voice AI company and Silencio Silencio supplies single and multi-speaker speech recordings in Tagalog and Cebuano, its largest contract to date. Advanced Blockchain AG via FinanzWire, 7 Sep 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Sep 2026	Google	About 100 publishers and websitesPublisher	OtherWeb and news content	Live access	Usage-based; reported payments range from under $1,000 to more than $1M a year	Not reported	MediaNama, 17 Sep 2026 PPC Land, 30 Sep 2026
Notes on Sep 2026, Google and About 100 publishers and websites Google pays sites whose content significantly shapes AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini answers, through Search Console. MediaNama, 17 Sep 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Sep 2026	OpenAI	Indian Express GroupPublisher	News	Live access	About $3M a yearEstimate from industry sources	Not reported	exchange4media, 23 Sep 2026 MediaBrief, 8 Sep 2026
Notes on Sep 2026, OpenAI and Indian Express Group Indian Express journalism appears in ChatGPT with attribution and links. exchange4media, 23 Sep 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Sep 2026	OpenAI	Bennett, Coleman & Co (The Times of India)Publisher	News	Live access	About $5M a yearEstimate from industry sources	Not reported	exchange4media, 23 Sep 2026 MediaNama, 8 Sep 2026
Notes on Sep 2026, OpenAI and Bennett, Coleman & Co (The Times of India) ChatGPT shows excerpts and summaries of journalism from The Times of India and The Economic Times with attribution and links. exchange4media, 23 Sep 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Sep 2026	OpenAI	Village MediaPublisher	News	Live access	Mix of funding, API credits and technical supportReported	Not reported	Axios, 15 Sep 2026 Media in Canada, 21 Sep 2026
Notes on Sep 2026, OpenAI and Village Media Village Media content is cited in ChatGPT, and the deal funds a local services tool called Open Door. Axios, 15 Sep 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Aug 2026	OpenEvidence	Springer NaturePublisher	Academic	Live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	Springer Nature, 4 Aug 2026
Notes on Aug 2026, OpenEvidence and Springer Nature Physicians on OpenEvidence can retrieve and cite Springer Nature's peer-reviewed medical content. Springer Nature, 4 Aug 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Aug 2026	Figure AI	Contributors on Figure's Index appCreator program	Video	Training	$15M paid to contributors so farReported	Not reported	Forbes via Yahoo Finance, 26 Aug 2026
Notes on Aug 2026, Figure AI and Contributors on Figure's Index app Contributors wear cameras and sensors while doing household and commercial tasks to produce robot training data. Forbes via Yahoo Finance, 26 Aug 2026 In the Rightmark Price IndexFirst-person task video$15 to $50 per hour Copy a link to this deal
Aug 2026	Google	Spirit AirlinesCompany archive	Company records	Winning bidPending court approval	$10MWinning bankruptcy auction bid, not in totals	Not reported	TIME, 25 Aug 2026 Business Insider, 5 Oct 2026 The Next Web, 18 Sep 2026
Notes on Aug 2026, Google and Spirit Airlines Google's $10M bid won the bankruptcy auction for an archive of about 100M emails, 500M Teams messages and 30M lines of code. The sale still needs court approval: the hearing is set for 14 October 2026, the court's privacy ombudsman recommended approval on 5 October, and a rival bidder offered $12.5M after the auction. TIME, 25 Aug 2026 Totals Left out of every total until a court approves the sale. In the Rightmark Price IndexLarge enterprise archive$10M per company Copy a link to this deal
Jul 2026	OpenAI	YelpPlatform	OtherReviews and business listings	Live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	Axios, 23 Jul 2026 citybiz, 23 Jul 2026
Notes on Jul 2026, OpenAI and Yelp ChatGPT uses Yelp reviews, photos and business information for local recommendations, with Yelp branding and links. Axios, 23 Jul 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Jul 2026	Microsoft	Nine EntertainmentPublisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	Microsoft, 3 Jul 2026 Cyber Daily, 6 Jul 2026
Notes on Jul 2026, Microsoft and Nine Entertainment Copilot can reference the full text of mastheads such as The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age to ground its answers. Microsoft, 3 Jul 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Jun 2026	OpenAI	Getty ImagesMarketplace	Images	Live access	Not disclosed	Multi-year	PetaPixel, 22 Jun 2026 The Decoder, 22 Jun 2026
Notes on Jun 2026, OpenAI and Getty Images ChatGPT search shows licensed Getty images, and the announcement did not mention training. PetaPixel, 22 Jun 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Jun 2026	Google	Android app developers (pilot)Creator program	Code	Training	Not disclosed	Not reported	404 Media, 3 Jun 2026
Notes on Jun 2026, Google and Android app developers (pilot) Google invited Play Store developers to be paid for sharing the source code of live and archived apps. 404 Media, 3 Jun 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Jun 2026	Udio	NMPA member music publishers (opt-in)Publisher	Music	Training	Not disclosed	Not reported	Music Business Worldwide, 11 Jun 2026
Notes on Jun 2026, Udio and NMPA member music publishers (opt-in) An industry-wide opt-in license lets member publishers' songs be used to train Udio's models. Music Business Worldwide, 11 Jun 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Jun 2026	OpenAI	Associated PressPublisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Through the 2028 US election season	MediaPost, 1 Jun 2026
Notes on Jun 2026, OpenAI and Associated Press ChatGPT will use AP's vote count data for elections in the US and Brazil. MediaPost, 1 Jun 2026 Copy a link to this deal
May 2026	Spotify	Universal Music GroupPublisher	Music	Live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	Music Business Worldwide, 21 May 2026
Notes on May 2026, Spotify and Universal Music Group Spotify Premium users will be able to make AI covers and remixes of songs whose artists and songwriters opt in. Music Business Worldwide, 21 May 2026 Copy a link to this deal
May 2026	OpenAI	Grupo Folha and UOLPublisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	LatAm Journalism Review, 26 May 2026
Notes on May 2026, OpenAI and Grupo Folha and UOL ChatGPT shows summaries of the outlets' reporting with links, and the agreement ended Folha's lawsuit against OpenAI. LatAm Journalism Review, 26 May 2026 Copy a link to this deal
May 2026	Snowflake customers (via Snowflake Cortex)	AP, People Inc., USA Today Network, The Washington Post and 13 other publishersPublisher	News	Live access	Six-figure deals, flat fee or usage-basedReported	Not reported	Digiday, 29 May 2026
Notes on May 2026, Snowflake customers (via Snowflake Cortex) and AP, People Inc., USA Today Network, The Washington Post and 13 other publishers Enterprises on Snowflake license publisher content for retrieval-based AI, and Snowflake takes no share of the fees. Digiday, 29 May 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Apr 2026	Undisclosed AI data buyers	Nearly 100 shut-down startups (via SimpleClosure)Company archive	Company records	Sale	More than $1M in total; $10,000 to $100,000 per companyReported	Not reported	Forbes, 16 Apr 2026 Gizmodo, 17 Apr 2026
Notes on Apr 2026, Undisclosed AI data buyers and Nearly 100 shut-down startups (via SimpleClosure) SimpleClosure brokered sales of source code and workplace data from closing startups over about a year. Forbes, 16 Apr 2026 In the Rightmark Price IndexShut-down startup, code and workspace$10,000 to $100,000 per company Copy a link to this deal
Apr 2026	Undisclosed AI data buyer	cielo24Company archive	Company records	Sale	Hundreds of thousands of dollarsReported	Not reported	Forbes, 16 Apr 2026 Slashdot (citing Fast Company), 18 Apr 2026
Notes on Apr 2026, Undisclosed AI data buyer and cielo24 The transcription company sold 13 years of Slack, Jira and email records through the wind-down firm SimpleClosure. Forbes, 16 Apr 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Apr 2026	Udio	KobaltPublisher	Music	Training	Not disclosed	Not reported	Music Business Worldwide, 9 Apr 2026
Notes on Apr 2026, Udio and Kobalt Udio licensed Kobalt's catalog for training, with participating artists and songwriters credited and paid. Music Business Worldwide, 9 Apr 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Apr 2026	Google	Folha de S.PauloPublisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	Meio & Mensagem, 8 Apr 2026
Notes on Apr 2026, Google and Folha de S.Paulo Folha supplies archive and real-time content to keep Gemini's answers current. Meio & Mensagem, 8 Apr 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Mar 2026	Meta	Le Figaro, Prisa and Süddeutsche ZeitungPublisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	Engadget, 13 Mar 2026
Notes on Mar 2026, Meta and Le Figaro, Prisa and Süddeutsche Zeitung Meta AI surfaces the publishers' news with links to their sites. Engadget, 13 Mar 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Mar 2026	Meta	News CorpPublisher	News	Training and live access	Up to $50M a yearReported	At least three years	New York Post via Yahoo Finance, 4 Mar 2026 Media and the Machine, 10 Jul 2026
Notes on Mar 2026, Meta and News Corp Meta can use content from News Corp's US and UK titles in its AI products, and the deal was reported to include training. New York Post via Yahoo Finance, 4 Mar 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Mar 2026	Amazon	Reach plcPublisher	News	Live access	Usage-based paymentsReported	Not reported	Press Gazette, 4 Mar 2026 VideoWeek, 23 Jul 2026
Notes on Mar 2026, Amazon and Reach plc Amazon pays Reach each time its content is used by the Alexa assistant and the Nova AI model. Press Gazette, 4 Mar 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Feb 2026	Microsoft	AP, Business Insider, Condé Nast, Hearst, USA Today and Vox MediaPublisher	News	Live access	Usage-based paymentsReported	Not reported	Search Engine Land, 3 Feb 2026 MediaPost, 3 Feb 2026
Notes on Feb 2026, Microsoft and AP, Business Insider, Condé Nast, Hearst, USA Today and Vox Media Microsoft's Publisher Content Marketplace pays publishers when AI products, starting with Copilot, use their content. Search Engine Land, 3 Feb 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Jan 2026	Udio	MerlinPublisher	Music	Training	Not disclosed	Not reported	RouteNote, 20 Jan 2026
Notes on Jan 2026, Udio and Merlin Independent labels represented by Merlin can opt in to license their recordings for Udio's models. RouteNote, 20 Jan 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Jan 2026	Cloudflare	Human NativeMarketplace	OtherAI data marketplace	Acquisition	Not disclosed	Not reported	SiliconANGLE, 15 Jan 2026 CNBC, 15 Jan 2026
Notes on Jan 2026, Cloudflare and Human Native Cloudflare bought the AI data marketplace, which helps rights holders prepare and price their content for AI developers. SiliconANGLE, 15 Jan 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Jan 2026	Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI and Perplexity	Wikimedia Foundation (Wikimedia Enterprise)Platform	OtherEncyclopedia content	Training and live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	AP via Broadband Breakfast, 29 Jan 2026 GIGAZINE, 16 Jan 2026
Notes on Jan 2026, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI and Perplexity and Wikimedia Foundation (Wikimedia Enterprise) The companies pay for high-volume access to Wikipedia content through Wikimedia Enterprise, joining Google and Ecosia. AP via Broadband Breakfast, 29 Jan 2026 Copy a link to this deal
Dec 2025	OpenAI	The Walt Disney CompanyPublisher	Video	Live access	Not disclosed	Three years	Axios, 11 Dec 2025 PYMNTS, 12 Dec 2025
Notes on Dec 2025, OpenAI and The Walt Disney Company Sora users can make short videos with more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars characters, and Disney agreed to invest $1B in OpenAI. Axios, 11 Dec 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Dec 2025	Google	Der Spiegel, El País, Folha, Infobae, Kompas, The Guardian, The Times of India, The Washington Post, AP and othersPublisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	TechCrunch, 10 Dec 2025 Digiday, 1 Jan 2026
Notes on Dec 2025, Google and Der Spiegel, El País, Folha, Infobae, Kompas, The Guardian, The Times of India, The Washington Post, AP and others Google compensates publishers in a pilot that adds AI article overviews and other features to their Google News pages. TechCrunch, 10 Dec 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Dec 2025	Meta	CNN, Fox News, Fox Sports, Le Monde Group, People Inc., The Daily Caller, The Washington Examiner and USA TodayPublisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Multi-year	TechCrunch, 5 Dec 2025
Notes on Dec 2025, Meta and CNN, Fox News, Fox Sports, Le Monde Group, People Inc., The Daily Caller, The Washington Examiner and USA Today Meta AI uses the publishers' real-time news in answers with links back to their sites. TechCrunch, 5 Dec 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Nov 2025	Suno	Warner Music GroupPublisher	Music	Training	Not disclosed	Not reported	TechCrunch, 25 Nov 2025
Notes on Nov 2025, Suno and Warner Music Group Suno settled WMG's copyright suit, agreed to launch licensed models and bought the Songkick platform from WMG. TechCrunch, 25 Nov 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Nov 2025	Udio	Warner Music GroupPublisher	Music	Training	Not disclosed	Not reported	Music Business Worldwide, 19 Nov 2025
Notes on Nov 2025, Udio and Warner Music Group Udio settled WMG's copyright suit and licensed its recordings and publishing for a new platform launching in 2026. Music Business Worldwide, 19 Nov 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Nov 2025	Microsoft	People Inc.Publisher	News	Live access	Usage-based paymentsReported	Not reported	TechCrunch, 4 Nov 2025
Notes on Nov 2025, Microsoft and People Inc. People Inc. joined Microsoft's pay-per-use content marketplace pilot, with Copilot as the first buyer. TechCrunch, 4 Nov 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Nov 2025	Undisclosed AI companies	CuriosityStreamPublisher	Video	Training	$23.4M of AI licensing revenue in the first nine months of 2025Reported	Not reported	Ars Technica, 21 Nov 2025 CuriosityStream via StockTitan, 11 Mar 2026
Notes on Nov 2025, Undisclosed AI companies and CuriosityStream The documentary streamer completed 18 AI licensing deals in 2025 from a library of about 2M hours of video and audio. Ars Technica, 21 Nov 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Oct 2025	Perplexity	Getty ImagesMarketplace	Images	Live access	Not disclosed	Multi-year	PetaPixel, 31 Oct 2025
Notes on Oct 2025, Perplexity and Getty Images Perplexity displays Getty images with credits and source links in its search tools. PetaPixel, 31 Oct 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Oct 2025	Stability AI	Universal Music GroupPublisher	Music	Training	Not disclosed	Not reported	Music Business Worldwide, 30 Oct 2025 Variety, 30 Oct 2025
Notes on Oct 2025, Stability AI and Universal Music Group The two companies agreed to build professional music creation tools trained on licensed material. Music Business Worldwide, 30 Oct 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Oct 2025	Udio	Universal Music GroupPublisher	Music	Training	Not disclosed	Not reported	Music Business Worldwide, 30 Oct 2025
Notes on Oct 2025, Udio and Universal Music Group Udio settled UMG's copyright suit and licensed recordings and songs for a new music creation platform. Music Business Worldwide, 30 Oct 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Aug 2025	Tempus AI	PaigeOther	OtherHealth: pathology slides	Acquisition	$81.25M , mostly in Tempus stockDisclosed	Not reported	MedTech Dive, 26 Aug 2025
Notes on Aug 2025, Tempus AI and Paige Tempus acquired nearly 7M digitized pathology slides with clinical data to help build an oncology foundation model. MedTech Dive, 26 Aug 2025 In the Rightmark Price IndexPathology slides (acquisition-implied)About $11.60 per slide Copy a link to this deal
Aug 2025	Perplexity	Publishers in the Comet Plus programmePublisher	News	Live access	$42.5M initial pool; publishers receive 80% of Comet Plus revenueReported	Not reported	Engadget, 25 Aug 2025
Notes on Aug 2025, Perplexity and Publishers in the Comet Plus programme Perplexity pays publishers when its browser and AI assistant use their content. Engadget, 25 Aug 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Aug 2025	ElevenLabs	Merlin and KobaltPublisher	Music	Training	Not disclosed	Not reported	Music Business Worldwide, 5 Aug 2025 ETCentric, 15 Aug 2025
Notes on Aug 2025, ElevenLabs and Merlin and Kobalt Kobalt's publishing catalog and Merlin's independent recordings were licensed for the Eleven Music platform, with publishing and recordings paid on equal terms. Music Business Worldwide, 5 Aug 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Jul 2025	Perplexity	Gannett (USA Today Network)Publisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	Gannett, 30 Jul 2025 MediaPost, 30 Jul 2025
Notes on Jul 2025, Perplexity and Gannett (USA Today Network) USA Today and more than 200 local titles appear in Perplexity answers and its Comet browser. Gannett, 30 Jul 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Jul 2025	Undisclosed AI company	Johns Hopkins University PressPublisher	Books	Training	Under $100 per title per license for authorsReported	Not reported	Inside Higher Ed, 25 Jul 2025
Notes on Jul 2025, Undisclosed AI company and Johns Hopkins University Press The press planned to license about 3,000 backlist and new titles for model training, with an opt-out for authors. Inside Higher Ed, 25 Jul 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Jul 2025	Amazon	Condé Nast and HearstPublisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Multi-year	Digiday, 10 Jul 2025
Notes on Jul 2025, Amazon and Condé Nast and Hearst Editorial content from the two groups feeds Amazon's Rufus shopping assistant. Digiday, 10 Jul 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Jun 2025	ProRata.ai	More than 500 publicationsPublisher	News	Live access	50% of revenue from answers that use their contentReported	Not reported	ProRata via Business Wire, 6 Jun 2025 ProRata via Yahoo Finance, 6 Jun 2025 ProRata via Business Wire, 6 Aug 2024
Notes on Jun 2025, ProRata.ai and More than 500 publications ProRata's Gist search engine licenses content from titles including The Atlantic, Fortune and the Guardian. ProRata via Business Wire, 6 Jun 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Jun 2025	Meta	Scale AIOther	OtherData labeling company	Acquisition	About $14.3B for a 49% stake, valuing Scale AI at more than $29BReported	Not reported	Maginative, 13 Jun 2025 Axios, 13 Jun 2025
Notes on Jun 2025, Meta and Scale AI Meta bought a non-voting minority stake in the data labeling company and hired its chief executive. Maginative, 13 Jun 2025 Copy a link to this deal
May 2025	Amazon	The New York TimesPublisher	News	Training and live access	$20M to $25M a yearReported	Not reported	Engadget, 30 Jul 2025 Axios, 29 May 2025
Notes on May 2025, Amazon and The New York Times Amazon uses New York Times, NYT Cooking and The Athletic content in Alexa and to train its AI models. Engadget, 30 Jul 2025 Copy a link to this deal
May 2025	Perplexity	Le MondePublisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	Reuters via KFGO, 14 May 2025 MediaPost, 21 May 2025
Notes on May 2025, Perplexity and Le Monde Perplexity pays Le Monde when its answers draw on Le Monde articles, which are linked, and the agreement does not allow model training. Le Monde also uses Perplexity's technology in its own products. Reuters via KFGO, 14 May 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Apr 2025	Synthesia	ShutterstockMarketplace	Video	Training	Not disclosed	Not reported	Engadget, 10 Apr 2025 UKTN, 10 Apr 2025
Notes on Apr 2025, Synthesia and Shutterstock Synthesia licensed Shutterstock's video library to train its EXPRESS-2 avatar model. Engadget, 10 Apr 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Apr 2025	AstraZeneca and Pathos AI	Tempus AIOther	OtherHealth: oncology data	Training	$200M in data licensing and model development feesDisclosed	Not reported	Fierce Biotech, 23 Apr 2025 Tempus, 23 Apr 2025
Notes on Apr 2025, AstraZeneca and Pathos AI and Tempus AI Tempus will use its de-identified oncology data to build a multimodal cancer foundation model with the two partners. Fierce Biotech, 23 Apr 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Apr 2025	OpenAI	The Washington PostPublisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	The Washington Post, 22 Apr 2025 MediaPost, 22 Apr 2025
Notes on Apr 2025, OpenAI and The Washington Post ChatGPT search shows summaries, quotes and links to Washington Post reporting. The Washington Post, 22 Apr 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Mar 2025	xAI	XPlatform	Forums	Acquisition	All-stock deal valuing X at $33BDisclosed	Not reported	TechCrunch, 29 Mar 2025 SiliconANGLE, 28 Mar 2025
Notes on Mar 2025, xAI and X Elon Musk said the deal combines X's data and distribution with xAI's models, compute and talent. TechCrunch, 29 Mar 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Feb 2025	OpenEvidence	NEJM GroupPublisher	Academic	Live access	Not disclosed	Multi-year	OpenEvidence via PR Newswire, 19 Feb 2025
Notes on Feb 2025, OpenEvidence and NEJM Group All NEJM Group content published since 1990 informs answers on OpenEvidence's clinical AI platform. OpenEvidence via PR Newswire, 19 Feb 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Feb 2025	OpenAI	Guardian Media GroupPublisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	OpenAI, 14 Feb 2025 MediaPost, 14 Feb 2025
Notes on Feb 2025, OpenAI and Guardian Media Group Guardian journalism appears in ChatGPT as attributed summaries and extracts, and the Guardian gains access to OpenAI tools. OpenAI, 14 Feb 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Feb 2025	OpenAI	Schibsted MediaPublisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	MediaPost, 11 Feb 2025 Nieman Lab, 11 Feb 2025
Notes on Feb 2025, OpenAI and Schibsted Media Journalism from VG, Aftenposten, Aftonbladet and Svenska Dagbladet appears in ChatGPT as summaries with attribution. MediaPost, 11 Feb 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Jan 2025	OpenAI, Google and other AI companies	YouTubers and other video creatorsCreator program	Video	Training	$1 to $4 a minute, depending on qualityReported	Not reported	Bloomberg Law, 10 Jan 2025 The Decoder, 11 Jan 2025
Notes on Jan 2025, OpenAI, Google and other AI companies and YouTubers and other video creators AI developers buy unpublished footage from creators through licensing intermediaries, paying more for 4K, drone and 3D material. Bloomberg Law, 10 Jan 2025 In the Rightmark Price IndexUnused creator footage$1 to $4 per minute Copy a link to this deal
Jan 2025	Mistral AI	Agence France-PressePublisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Multi-year	TechCrunch, 16 Jan 2025
Notes on Jan 2025, Mistral AI and Agence France-Presse Mistral's Le Chat assistant can draw on AFP's full text output, about 2,300 stories a day in six languages. TechCrunch, 16 Jan 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Jan 2025	Google	Associated PressPublisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	Google, 15 Jan 2025 Fast Company, 16 Jan 2025
Notes on Jan 2025, Google and Associated Press AP supplies a real-time news feed to Google's Gemini app. Google, 15 Jan 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Jan 2025	OpenAI	AxiosPublisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Three years	TechCrunch, 15 Jan 2025 Press Gazette, 23 Sep 2026
Notes on Jan 2025, OpenAI and Axios OpenAI funds four new Axios Local newsrooms, and Axios content appears in ChatGPT with attribution and links. TechCrunch, 15 Jan 2025 Copy a link to this deal
Dec 2024	OpenAI	Future plcPublisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	Game Developer, 5 Dec 2024
Notes on Dec 2024, OpenAI and Future plc Content from more than 200 Future brands, including Tom's Guide and PC Gamer, appears in ChatGPT with attribution. Game Developer, 5 Dec 2024 Copy a link to this deal
Nov 2024	Microsoft	HarperCollinsPublisher	Books	Training	$5,000 per title, split equally between author and publisherReported	Three years	Publishers Weekly, 19 Nov 2024 eWeek, 7 Dec 2024
Notes on Nov 2024, Microsoft and HarperCollins Authors of selected nonfiction backlist titles could opt in, and the license limits verbatim reproduction of text. Publishers Weekly, 19 Nov 2024 In the Rightmark Price IndexNonfiction backlist license$5,000 for 3 years per title Copy a link to this deal
Oct 2024	Meta	ReutersPublisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Multi-year	Axios, 25 Oct 2024 SiliconANGLE, 25 Oct 2024
Notes on Oct 2024, Meta and Reuters Meta AI uses Reuters reporting to answer questions about news and current events in the US. Axios, 25 Oct 2024 Copy a link to this deal
Oct 2024	OpenAI	HearstPublisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	CNBC, 8 Oct 2024 Houston Chronicle, 8 Oct 2024
Notes on Oct 2024, OpenAI and Hearst Content from more than 20 Hearst magazines and 40 newspapers appears in ChatGPT with citations and links. CNBC, 8 Oct 2024 Copy a link to this deal
Oct 2024	Microsoft	Reuters, Axel Springer, Hearst Magazines, USA Today Network and the Financial TimesPublisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	TechCrunch, 1 Oct 2024
Notes on Oct 2024, Microsoft and Reuters, Axel Springer, Hearst Magazines, USA Today Network and the Financial Times Microsoft pays publishers whose journalism is summarized in its Copilot Daily news briefing. TechCrunch, 1 Oct 2024 Copy a link to this deal
Sep 2024	Runway	LionsgatePublisher	Video	Training	Not disclosed	Not reported	The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep 2024
Notes on Sep 2024, Runway and Lionsgate Runway trains a custom video model on Lionsgate's film and television library for the studio's own production use. The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep 2024 Copy a link to this deal
Sep 2024	OpenAI	GEDIPublisher	News	Training and live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	Tech Monitor, 2 Dec 2024 ANSA, 29 Nov 2024
Notes on Sep 2024, OpenAI and GEDI ChatGPT can cite Italian-language content from titles such as La Repubblica and La Stampa; GEDI said no archive content had been shared while Italy's data protection authority reviewed the deal. Tech Monitor, 2 Dec 2024 Copy a link to this deal
Aug 2024	OpenAI	Condé NastPublisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Multi-year	Axios, 20 Aug 2024 Al Jazeera, 21 Aug 2024
Notes on Aug 2024, OpenAI and Condé Nast OpenAI can display content from brands such as Vogue, The New Yorker and Wired in ChatGPT and its search products. Axios, 20 Aug 2024 Copy a link to this deal
Aug 2024	ProRata.ai	Financial Times, Axel Springer, The Atlantic, Fortune and Universal Music GroupPublisher	News	Live access	50% of revenue from answers that use their contentReported	Not reported	ProRata via Business Wire, 6 Aug 2024 Digiday, 27 Dec 2024
Notes on Aug 2024, ProRata.ai and Financial Times, Axel Springer, The Atlantic, Fortune and Universal Music Group ProRata licensed content for its attribution-based AI search engine and splits revenue with rights holders. ProRata via Business Wire, 6 Aug 2024 Copy a link to this deal
Jul 2024	Undisclosed AI company	Taylor & Francis (Informa)Publisher	Academic	Training	Part of more than $75M of AI partnership revenue Informa expected in 2024Reported	Not reported	Inside Higher Ed, 29 Jul 2024
Notes on Jul 2024, Undisclosed AI company and Taylor & Francis (Informa) Informa disclosed a second data access agreement for Taylor & Francis content without naming the buyer. Inside Higher Ed, 29 Jul 2024 Copy a link to this deal
Jul 2024	Perplexity	TIME, Der Spiegel, Fortune, Entrepreneur, The Texas Tribune and WordPress.comPublisher	News	Live access	Share of advertising revenue when content is citedReported	Not reported	Nieman Lab, 30 Jul 2024
Notes on Jul 2024, Perplexity and TIME, Der Spiegel, Fortune, Entrepreneur, The Texas Tribune and WordPress.com Perplexity's Publishers' Program shares advertising revenue with partners whose content appears in its answers. Nieman Lab, 30 Jul 2024 Copy a link to this deal
Jun 2024	OpenAI	TIMEPublisher	News	Live access	Not disclosed	Multi-year	TIME, 27 Jun 2024
Notes on Jun 2024, OpenAI and TIME OpenAI gained access to 101 years of TIME's archive to show in ChatGPT answers with citations and links. TIME, 27 Jun 2024 Copy a link to this deal
Jun 2024	Undisclosed tech company	WileyPublisher	Academic	Training	$21M projectDisclosed by Wiley	Limited duration	Yahoo Finance (Wiley earnings call), 14 Jun 2024 Books+Publishing, 4 Sep 2024
Notes on Jun 2024, Undisclosed tech company and Wiley Wiley licensed a mix of learning and research content for model training, recognized in its 2025 financial year. Yahoo Finance (Wiley earnings call), 14 Jun 2024 Copy a link to this deal
Jun 2024	Reka AI	ShutterstockMarketplace	Images	Training	Not disclosed	Not reported	Shutterstock, 4 Jun 2024 Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance, 4 Jun 2024
Notes on Jun 2024, Reka AI and Shutterstock Reka licensed Shutterstock images, video and metadata to train multimodal models; Shutterstock reported $104M of AI licensing revenue in 2023. Shutterstock, 4 Jun 2024 Copy a link to this deal
May 2024	OpenAI	The AtlanticPublisher	News	Training and live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	Axios, 29 May 2024 Voicebot.ai, 29 May 2024
Notes on May 2024, OpenAI and The Atlantic OpenAI can train on The Atlantic's archive and use its current journalism in ChatGPT answers with links. Axios, 29 May 2024 Copy a link to this deal
May 2024	OpenAI	Vox MediaPublisher	News	Training and live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	Axios, 29 May 2024 Voicebot.ai, 29 May 2024
Notes on May 2024, OpenAI and Vox Media OpenAI can train on Vox Media's archive and use current content from titles such as The Verge in ChatGPT answers. Axios, 29 May 2024 Copy a link to this deal
May 2024	OpenAI	News CorpPublisher	News	Training and live access	More than $250M over five yearsReported	Five years	Variety, 22 May 2024 The Register, 23 May 2024
Notes on May 2024, OpenAI and News Corp OpenAI can use current and archived content from titles including The Wall Street Journal, The Times, The Sun and the New York Post. Variety, 22 May 2024 Copy a link to this deal
May 2024	OpenAI	RedditPlatform	Forums	Training and live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	Bloomberg via Fortune, 16 May 2024 MediaPost, 16 May 2024
Notes on May 2024, OpenAI and Reddit OpenAI gained access to Reddit's Data API for real-time content in ChatGPT and model training, and became a Reddit advertising partner. Bloomberg via Fortune, 16 May 2024 Copy a link to this deal
May 2024	OpenAI	Stack OverflowPlatform	Forums	Training and live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	Stack Overflow, 6 May 2024 SD Times, 6 May 2024
Notes on May 2024, OpenAI and Stack Overflow OpenAI uses Stack Overflow's API to improve model performance for developers and surfaces attributed answers in ChatGPT. Stack Overflow, 6 May 2024 Copy a link to this deal
May 2024	Microsoft	Taylor & Francis (Informa)Publisher	Academic	Training	More than $10M for initial data access, plus recurring payments over three yearsDisclosed by Informa	Three years	interactive investor, 8 May 2024 Times Higher Education, 30 Jul 2024
Notes on May 2024, Microsoft and Taylor & Francis (Informa) Microsoft gained access to advanced learning content and data to improve the relevance and performance of its AI systems. interactive investor, 8 May 2024 Copy a link to this deal
May 2024	OpenAI	Dotdash Meredith (now People Inc.)Publisher	News	Training and live access	At least $16M a year, plus variable paymentsDisclosed by IAC	Not reported	Engadget, 19 Nov 2024 Digiday, 27 Dec 2024
Notes on May 2024, OpenAI and Dotdash Meredith (now People Inc.) OpenAI licenses content from brands such as People and Better Homes & Gardens for ChatGPT and model training. Engadget, 19 Nov 2024 Copy a link to this deal
Apr 2024	OpenAI	Financial TimesPublisher	News	Training and live access	$5M to $10M a yearReported	Not reported	Nieman Lab, 29 Apr 2024 Digiday, 27 Dec 2024
Notes on Apr 2024, OpenAI and Financial Times ChatGPT shows attributed FT summaries and links, and the FT archive can be used to train OpenAI's models. Nieman Lab, 29 Apr 2024 Copy a link to this deal
Apr 2024	Adobe	Video creators and Adobe Stock contributorsCreator program	Video	Training	About $2.60 a minute on average, up to $7.25 a minuteReported	Not reported	PetaPixel, 11 Apr 2024
Notes on Apr 2024, Adobe and Video creators and Adobe Stock contributors Adobe paid for short clips of everyday actions and emotions to train its Firefly video model. PetaPixel, 11 Apr 2024 In the Rightmark Price IndexStock footage bought by a major platform$2.60 avg, up to $7.25 per minute Copy a link to this deal
Apr 2024	Two undisclosed large tech companies	FreepikMarketplace	Images	Training	2 to 4 cents per imageReported	Not reported	Reuters via Rappler, 7 Apr 2024
Notes on Apr 2024, Two undisclosed large tech companies and Freepik Freepik licensed most of its archive of about 200M images in two deals and said five more were under negotiation. Reuters via Rappler, 7 Apr 2024 In the Rightmark Price IndexStock images$0.02 to $2 per image Copy a link to this deal
Apr 2024	Amazon	ShutterstockMarketplace	Images	Training	$25M to $50MReported range for each of Shutterstock's big tech deals	Not reported	Reuters via Rappler, 7 Apr 2024
Notes on Apr 2024, Amazon and Shutterstock Reuters reported a training data license between Shutterstock and Amazon; the signing date was not disclosed. Reuters via Rappler, 7 Apr 2024 Copy a link to this deal
Apr 2024	Google	ShutterstockMarketplace	Images	Training	$25M to $50MReported range for each of Shutterstock's big tech deals	Not reported	Reuters via Rappler, 7 Apr 2024
Notes on Apr 2024, Google and Shutterstock Reuters reported a training data license between Shutterstock and Google; the signing date was not disclosed. Reuters via Rappler, 7 Apr 2024 Copy a link to this deal
Apr 2024	Apple	ShutterstockMarketplace	Images	Training	$25M to $50MReported	Not reported	VentureBeat, 8 Apr 2024 9to5Mac, 6 Apr 2024
Notes on Apr 2024, Apple and Shutterstock Apple licensed millions of Shutterstock images to train its AI models. VentureBeat, 8 Apr 2024 Copy a link to this deal
Mar 2024	Undisclosed large tech company	WileyPublisher	Academic	Training	$23M one-off projectDisclosed by Wiley	Limited duration	Yahoo Finance (Wiley earnings call), 14 Jun 2024 Books+Publishing, 4 Sep 2024
Notes on Mar 2024, Undisclosed large tech company and Wiley Wiley licensed previously published learning content for model training on a non-exclusive, limited-duration basis. Yahoo Finance (Wiley earnings call), 14 Jun 2024 Copy a link to this deal
Mar 2024	OpenAI	Prisa MediaPublisher	News	Training and live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	OpenAI, 13 Mar 2024 MediaPost, 14 Mar 2024
Notes on Mar 2024, OpenAI and Prisa Media Spanish-language journalism from titles such as El País appears in ChatGPT and also contributes to training OpenAI's models. OpenAI, 13 Mar 2024 Copy a link to this deal
Mar 2024	OpenAI	Le MondePublisher	News	Training and live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	OpenAI, 13 Mar 2024 MediaPost, 14 Mar 2024
Notes on Mar 2024, OpenAI and Le Monde ChatGPT shows summaries of Le Monde journalism with links, and the content also contributes to training OpenAI's models. OpenAI, 13 Mar 2024 Copy a link to this deal
Feb 2024	Google	Stack OverflowPlatform	Forums	Live access	Not disclosed	Not reported	TechCrunch, 29 Feb 2024
Notes on Feb 2024, Google and Stack Overflow Google Cloud surfaces validated Stack Overflow answers in Gemini for Google Cloud through Stack Overflow's API, on a non-exclusive basis. TechCrunch, 29 Feb 2024 Copy a link to this deal
Feb 2024	Google	RedditPlatform	Forums	Training and live access	About $60M a yearReported	Not reported	Fortune, 23 Feb 2024 TechCrunch, 22 Feb 2024
Notes on Feb 2024, Google and Reddit Google gained real-time access to Reddit's Data API for model training and its products; Reddit's IPO filing disclosed $203M of data licensing contracts signed in January 2024. Fortune, 23 Feb 2024 In the Rightmark Price IndexCommunity Q&A (forum archive)About $60M per year Copy a link to this deal
Dec 2023	Runway	Getty ImagesMarketplace	Video	Training	Not disclosed	Not reported	PetaPixel, 4 Dec 2023
Notes on Dec 2023, Runway and Getty Images Runway and Getty Images agreed to build a video generation model trained on Getty's licensed library for enterprise customers. PetaPixel, 4 Dec 2023 Copy a link to this deal
Dec 2023	OpenAI	Axel SpringerPublisher	News	Training and live access	Tens of millions of euros a yearReported	Not reported	Axios, 13 Dec 2023 The Decoder, 19 Dec 2023
Notes on Dec 2023, OpenAI and Axel Springer ChatGPT shows summaries of Axel Springer journalism with links, and the content is also used to train OpenAI's models. Axios, 13 Dec 2023 Copy a link to this deal
Nov 2023	Recursion	Tempus AIOther	OtherHealth: oncology records and genomics	Training	Up to $160M in cash or equity over five yearsDisclosed	Five years	Recursion via GlobeNewswire, 9 Nov 2023
Notes on Nov 2023, Recursion and Tempus AI Recursion gained access to Tempus's de-identified oncology data, spanning DNA, RNA and health records, to train causal AI models. Recursion via GlobeNewswire, 9 Nov 2023 Copy a link to this deal
Sep 2023	Stability AI	AudioSparxMarketplace	Music	Training	Not disclosed	Not reported	Music Business Worldwide, 14 Sep 2023 TechCrunch, 13 Sep 2023
Notes on Sep 2023, Stability AI and AudioSparx Stability AI trained its Stable Audio model on music and sound effects licensed from the AudioSparx library. Music Business Worldwide, 14 Sep 2023 Copy a link to this deal
Jul 2023	OpenAI	ShutterstockMarketplace	Images	Training	Not disclosed	Six years	Shutterstock, 11 Jul 2023 VentureBeat, 13 Jul 2023
Notes on Jul 2023, OpenAI and Shutterstock OpenAI renewed its license to use Shutterstock's images, video, music and metadata as training data for six years. Shutterstock, 11 Jul 2023 Copy a link to this deal
Jul 2023	OpenAI	Associated PressPublisher	News	Training	Not disclosed	Not reported	Axios, 13 Jul 2023 Fortune, 13 Jul 2023
Notes on Jul 2023, OpenAI and Associated Press OpenAI licensed part of AP's text archive going back to 1985, and AP gained access to OpenAI's technology. Axios, 13 Jul 2023 Copy a link to this deal
Jan 2023	Meta	ShutterstockMarketplace	Images	Training	$25M to $50MReported range for each of Shutterstock's big tech deals	Not reported	Shutterstock via PR Newswire, 12 Jan 2023 Reuters via Rappler, 7 Apr 2024
Notes on Jan 2023, Meta and Shutterstock Shutterstock expanded its relationship with Meta to supply licensed images and metadata for Meta's generative AI work. Shutterstock via PR Newswire, 12 Jan 2023 Copy a link to this deal

From these deals to your data

Each data type has its own page on what buyers pay, what sets the price and what blocks a deal. To see what buyers are sourcing right now, read Wanted now.

How we build the tracker

100 deals, each checked against a party's statement or an independent report. The same rules apply to every row.

What counts: A license or sale of content or data for AI training or AI products, a creator footage program, a bankruptcy or shutdown data sale, a data marketplace transaction, or the purchase of a data supplier or a stake in one. A winning bankruptcy auction bid is listed with its status while it waits for court approval.
Public facts only: A named publication or one of the parties reported who bought or licensed the data, who supplied it, what it covers and when. Nothing here comes from Rightmark's own work for owners, and we never publish terms that were not reported publicly.
Dates: The month a deal was announced or first reported, which can be later than signing. One announcement is one row, even when it covers several publishers or several buyers.
Deal types: Training: a reported right to train models. Training and live access: training rights plus use in AI answers or generated output. Live access: content used in AI answers or generated output, with no reported training right. Sale: an outright purchase of a dataset. Acquisition: a purchase of a data supplier or an equity stake in one. Winning bid: a winning bid in a bankruptcy auction that still needs court approval. It is not a sale until a court approves it, so it stays out of every total and of the sales count.
Values: Shown as reported, with estimates labeled. For sorting and totals each deal carries one US dollar figure: the lower end of a range, the stated maximum of an 'up to' figure and one year of an annual figure. Unit prices, euro amounts and undisclosed terms stay out of totals, so totals mix one-off, annual and multi-year values and are a floor, not the size of the market. Totals add licenses and sales only. Acquisitions are counted apart, and a winning bid that still needs court approval stays out of every total and of the sales count until a court approves the sale.
Left out: Settlements for past use, negotiations and talks, losing bids, funding rounds, offers to authors with no named buyer, partnerships with no reported payment for data and synthetic data companies.
Sources: Every row links to at least one dated source. In our last check, completed on 10 Oct 2026, a source loaded for 99 of 100 rows. We started from the public deal counts published by Media and the Machine and the deal lists kept by Digiday, Press Gazette and Ithaka S+R, then checked each deal against a party's statement or an independent report.
Corrections: Spotted an error or a missing deal? Email hello@rightmark.ai with a link to the source.

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Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab), with attribution to the Rightmark Deal Tracker and a link to this page.

Rightmark Deal Tracker: AI data licensing deals, January 2023 to September 2026. Updated 10 Oct 2026. https://rightmark.ai/deal-tracker/

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The CSV and JSON hold every column on this page plus the source links, the value we use for sorting and totals, and whether each deal counts in the totals.

Questions

See the Rightmark Price Index for what buyers pay per unit, by data type.

Which AI companies have signed data licensing deals?

The buyers named in the most deals here are OpenAI, Google, Meta, Microsoft and Perplexity. OpenAI is the buyer in the most deals in this tracker, 30 of 100. Each deal is listed with its date and a source.

How much do AI data deals pay?

Reported unit prices include unused creator footage from $1 a minute and nonfiction backlist titles at $5,000 a title for 3 years. The largest disclosed deal value here is more than $250M over five years for News Corp's deal with OpenAI. A winning bid is not a sale: Google's $10M bid for bankrupt Spirit Airlines' archive is pending court approval. Typical prices for company archives are in the Price Index.

Sources: The Decoder, 11 Jan 2025 (opens in a new tab); eWeek, 7 Dec 2024 (opens in a new tab); Variety, 22 May 2024 (opens in a new tab); TIME, 25 Aug 2026 (opens in a new tab)

Why do the totals mix annual and one-off figures?

Because deals are reported that way. We add each published US dollar figure as reported: the lower end of a range, the maximum of an 'up to' figure and one year of an annual figure. So the $1.01B total for licenses and sales is a floor for the public market, not its size. Acquisitions are counted apart, and a winning bid that still needs court approval stays out of every total until the sale is approved.

Do you include rumored or private deals?

No. We list only deals reported by a named publication or disclosed by a party, with the date and a link. Negotiations, losing bids, settlements and funding rounds are left out, and we never publish terms that were not reported publicly.

How often is the tracker updated?

The date at the top of the page shows the last update. We add a deal only after checking it against a named source. To cite a fixed version, quote that date or keep a copy of the CSV.

Can I use the tracker data?

Yes. It is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0, with attribution to the Rightmark Deal Tracker and a link. Download the CSV or JSON, or email hello@rightmark.ai about a deal we missed.

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How the Deal Tracker classifies public records

The Deal Tracker is a record of public reports about data transactions. It does not show current demand or a relationship that is not in the cited record.

The tracker should use the term supported by the source. Do not upgrade a training arrangement to a sale, or a bid to a completed transaction.

Keep the primary public link and the date used for the row. A source check should confirm who reported what and when. Do not add a row for a relationship merely because it sounds commercially plausible.

Research note template

Record: [short source-backed description]
Public source: [URL]
Source date: [date or month]
Deal type: [one current type]
Value text: [verbatim source description or undisclosed]
Value treatment: [reported, range, up to, annual, estimate, excluded]
Status: [completed or pending]
Notes: [unit, scope, and source limitation]

The record can retain a counterparty name when the public source does. The surrounding copy should not add a buyer, seller, partner, demand signal, or relationship beyond the record.

Data reuse

General information, not legal advice.

When reusing public records, preserve their source links, dates, limitations and applicable attribution requirements. Do not infer a new price or market conclusion from a row without a current source.

Use the appraisal path for a separate review of a specific collection. A tracker row is not an appraisal.

Public deal calendar and filter guide

Use the filters to narrow the records that are already in the source dataset. Treat disclosed, estimated, reported, and undisclosed values differently: a missing value is a record state, not a zero.

type: a deal type from the filter menu. Read the row definition, not only the label.
year: the calendar year of the record date.
data: a data type from the filter menu, not a Price Index family. Do not infer it from a headline.
buyer: the source-owned buyer field where present, not a relationship or endorsement.
quarter: a grouping of dated records, not a market statistic.
q: a cleaned, bounded text search. Check the returned row and its source link.
sort: a display order. Unknown values stay outside numeric totals.
open: the record to open. Open its source before repeating a claim.

Filter values the page does not recognize are ignored. Keep the URL and the returned row together when citing a result. Read the returned row as a source record, not as a new dataset created by the filter.

Open a record in the deal table and read its source before using it in research.