Compare two data programs
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CodeMerchant
View profileAI26
View profile- What they do
- Licenses and resells private code repositories and engineering records to AI buyers.
- Introduces mature companies' data to AI research labs.
- Organization type
- Intermediary
- Intermediary
- DataDeals Score: Public Program Transparency
- 94/100
- 58.5/100
- Data types
- Software engineering, Documents and SOPs, Projects and workflows
- Internal communications, CRM and sales, Customer support, Software engineering, Documents and SOPs, Projects and workflows
- Systems named
- None named
- Slack, Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp
- Who qualifies
- Seller must have legal rights to private repo/history; engineering-focused
- Prioritizes 50+ employees and 5+ years of operations; India, Singapore, UAE and Germany highlighted
- Company size
- No minimum size published
- 50+ employees preferred, not a stated requirement
- How you are paid
- You receive an agreed share of each completed sale. CodeMerchant must disclose the buyer, price and your split before each deal, and pays within one calendar month of the sale. Unpaid evaluations do not count as sales.
- Compensation is a one-time payment that depends on eligibility, buyer approval and signed terms. AI26 does not name who pays, publish its fees or say when payment is made.
- Seller fees
- Buyer price and seller split disclosed before each deal, but no public standard commission rate.
- Site checked for seller commission/fees; no express fee-free or rate disclosure found.
- Payment timing
- Seller paid within one calendar month of actual sale; unpaid evaluation is excluded.
- One-time compensation depends on eligibility, buyer acceptance and signed terms; no timing/public invoice term.
- Advertised compensation (not an offer)
- No universal seller payout in reviewed terms
- $100Kâ$500K promoted on homepage; not fixed or guaranteed
- Exclusivity
- License: Non-exclusive by default
- License: not publicly specified
- Permitted AI use
- Worldwide sublicensing, derivatives, buyer resale and any lawful AI use expressly authorized; no public release.
- AI lab training/evaluation use and buyer-specific agreement referenced; sublicensing details absent.
- Privacy
- Seller must clear PII/third-party rights; CodeMerchant performs assistive redaction and safeguards.
- PII redacted, encrypted in transit/at rest and unredacted original deleted after processing.
- Retention and deletion
- Termination stops new use; operational copies deleted 30 days, backups 90 days, completed buyer licenses survive.
- Original redacted-version retention is stated but duration and seller termination absent.
- Last verified
- November 9, 2026
- November 9, 2026
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