Compare two data programs
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DataSupply
View profileAppen
View profile- What they do
- Introduces operating companies to AI data buyers without holding the data.
- Prepares company records and handles licensing discussions with AI labs.
- Organization type
- Intermediary
- Intermediary
- DataDeals Score: Public Program Transparency
- 80.5/100
- 79.5/100
- Data types
- CRM and sales, Customer support, Finance and accounting, Documents and SOPs, Projects and workflows
- Internal communications, CRM and sales, Customer support, Finance and accounting, Documents and SOPs, Projects and workflows, Field and physical operations, HR and recruiting
- Systems named
- None named
- None named
- Who qualifies
- Live current page: 35+ desk staff, 3+ years operating history, 5+ data sources; earlier third-party reports list 20+, use current 35+
- Companies holding substantial historical workflows and rights; employee minimum not established on reviewed page
- Company size
- 35+ employees, stated requirement
- See who qualifies
- How you are paid
- You sign with the buyer and the buyer pays you directly. DataSupply takes a success fee set in a separate commercialization agreement; there is no upfront fee and the rate is not published.
- Appen covers extraction, anonymization and transfer at no cost to the seller. Payment follows acceptance of the data, but Appen does not say whether it or the AI lab pays, or how many days payment takes.
- Seller fees
- No upfront fee; seller-side closing commission governed by separate agreement, rate undisclosed.
- States Appen covers extraction, anonymization and transfer, with no seller costs.
- Payment timing
- Downstream buyer sets compensation and pays directly; no standard payment date published.
- Payment on acceptance rather than submission; no stated number of days or invoice rule.
- Advertised compensation (not an offer)
- $100Kâ$5M marketing possible range, no offer guarantee; 'top 0.01%' lab claim not substantiated
- No public fixed price
- Exclusivity
- License: Negotiated per deal
- License: not publicly specified
- Permitted AI use
- AI training and permitted use discussed, but buyer agreement sets final downstream rights.
- Frontier AI training is described, but sublicensing and onward recipient permissions remain unspecified.
- Privacy
- DataSupply never takes custody; buyer anonymizes under separate contract and seller approves transfer.
- Read-only isolated encrypted pipelines, enforced exclusions, anonymization and seller sample sign-off.
- Retention and deletion
- No dataset leaves before signed agreement; downstream retention/deletion not disclosed.
- Approval before use is explicit; deletion, retention and termination deadlines are not public.
- Last verified
- November 9, 2026
- November 9, 2026
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