Compare two data programs

What they do

Licenses and packages company data for frontier AI labs.

Data lab that licenses company records as the buyer and pays sellers directly.

Organization type

Buyer and intermediary

Direct buyer

DataDeals Score: Public Program Transparency

82/100

92.5/100

Data types

Internal communications, CRM and sales, Customer support, Software engineering, Documents and SOPs

Internal communications, CRM and sales, Customer support, Finance and accounting, Software engineering, Documents and SOPs, Meetings and calls, Design and product

Systems named

Slack, Microsoft Teams, Gmail, Outlook, Salesforce, Confluence, GitHub, Notion

Slack, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365

Who qualifies

Legal, healthcare, finance, manufacturing, logistics and other industries; no universal employee minimum published

Company must control rights to its operating record; no fixed minimum published in report

Company size

See who qualifies

No minimum size published

How you are paid

Mercor pays you by wire when the anonymized dataset is delivered, typically 2 to 4 weeks after signing. It says there are no setup fees, extraction costs or deductions.

Polyshares is the buyer and pays you directly, Net 30 to 60 days after the anonymized data is approved and shared. There is no seller fee or commission.

Seller fees

FAQ explicitly states no setup fees, extraction costs or deductions from payment.

Official site explicitly states zero seller fee or commission.

Payment timing

Wire on delivery of anonymized dataset to buyer, typically 2-4 weeks after signed agreement.

Published Net 30–60 following approved, shared and anonymized data.

Advertised compensation (not an offer)

No universal payout range on current page

Typical advertised deals $100K-$2M; larger possible

Exclusivity

License: not publicly specified

License: Exclusive by default

Permitted AI use

Frontier lab receives deidentified asset; downstream permitted-use limits and sublicensing unpublished.

Onward AI labs see prepared datasets, under a bounded license; company acts as principal.

Privacy

Process claims automated de-identification, logged access, encryption and no raw-lab access.

Specialist PII processor anonymizes before Polyshares/buyers view; contact data removed.

Retention and deletion

No specific post-processing retention, termination or deletion terms published.

Seller controls what is submitted; scope and term bounded; no public post-term erasure deadline for anonymized copies.

Last verified

November 9, 2026

November 9, 2026

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