Compare two data programs

What they do

Buys company operating records directly and prepares them for AI training.

Data lab that usually licenses records itself and sometimes brokers deals with AI labs.

Organization type

Direct buyer

Buyer and intermediary

DataDeals Score: Public Program Transparency

71.5/100

Not scored

Data types

Internal communications, Finance and accounting, Documents and SOPs, Projects and workflows, Design and product

Internal communications, CRM and sales, Customer support, Finance and accounting, Software engineering, Documents and SOPs, Projects and workflows, Meetings and calls, Field and physical operations, Design and product

Systems named

Slack, Gmail, QuickBooks, NetSuite

Slack, Microsoft Teams, Gmail, Outlook, Jira, QuickBooks, SAP

Who qualifies

20+ full-time employees and 3+ years in operation

Only US-headquartered and US-operating companies per official site; records must be licensable

Company size

20+ employees, stated requirement

No minimum size published

How you are paid

Handshake says it buys company operating data directly, with payment tied to delivery under scoped terms. Acceptance conditions and payment timing are not published. Its separate $10K reward is for referring other companies, not payment for your data.

Its indexed pages say it usually pays sellers as the contracting party, but sometimes brokers a direct deal with a lab instead. Its FAQ says there is no listing fee or seller commission. Payment timing could not be verified.

Seller fees

No supplier fees, deductions or intermediary commission terms published.

Indexed official FAQ says no listing fee or seller commission; cannot inspect current full homepage directly.

Payment timing

Delivery and payment are linked in process, but exact acceptance and wire timing unpublished.

Payment timing/conditions and acceptance process not verifiable from accessible seller materials.

Advertised compensation (not an offer)

$100K to $4M+ indicative partnership range; $10K referral reward is separate

No universal seller range published

Exclusivity

License: not publicly specified

License: not publicly specified

Permitted AI use

Workflows reportedly used to build AI environments and train models; downstream scope not contractually published.

AI labs receive prepared materials; scope of sublicense and role-switching varies by deal and is not specified.

Privacy

Scope, NDA and deidentification emphasized on official program and intake pages.

Marketing discusses de-identification; linked privacy page pertains to an unrelated SEO service rather than dataset processing.

Retention and deletion

Seller consent and scope noted, but buyer deletion, model survival and revocation terms absent.

Dataset retention/deletion and seller termination are not verified in an operative seller license.

Last verified

November 9, 2026

November 9, 2026

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