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G2i

Appen

What they do: Pays businesses to license their everyday operating records.; Prepares company records and handles licensing discussions with AI labs.
Organization type: Direct buyer; Intermediary
DataDeals Score: Public Program Transparency: 68.5/100; 79.5/100
Data types: Internal communications, CRM and sales, Customer support, Finance and accounting, Documents and SOPs, Projects and workflows, Meetings and calls, HR and recruiting; 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: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Gmail, Outlook, Microsoft 365, Jira, Asana; None named
Who qualifies: One connected app can start; at least one year of genuine activity preferred; no published universal headcount minimum; Companies holding substantial historical workflows and rights; employee minimum not established on reviewed page
Company size: See who qualifies; See who qualifies
How you are paid: G2i makes a license offer after reviewing a sample. Seller fees, the payment deadline and the trigger for payment are 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 explicit statement that sellers do not pay fees/commissions; reviewed official program and application.; States Appen covers extraction, anonymization and transfer, with no seller costs.
Payment timing: Offer follows sample review; published payment deadline and acceptance/approval trigger absent.; Payment on acceptance rather than submission; no stated number of days or invoice rule.
Advertised compensation (not an offer): No public fixed payout range; No public fixed price
Exclusivity: License: not publicly specified; License: not publicly specified
Permitted AI use: Use for frontier AI training is described, but sublicense rights and particular downstream recipients not defined.; Frontier AI training is described, but sublicensing and onward recipient permissions remain unspecified.
Privacy: Identifying details scrubbed on G2i servers, seller approves final dataset; evaluation terms precede sample.; Read-only isolated encrypted pipelines, enforced exclusions, anonymization and seller sample sign-off.
Retention and deletion: If declined, collected samples deleted; seller approval gate for final dataset, but broader deletion schedule unstated.; 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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