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Scale AI

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What they do
Runs an ongoing data partnership for companies' de-identified workflows.
Prepares company records and handles licensing discussions with AI labs.
Organization type
Direct buyer
Intermediary
DataDeals Score: Public Program Transparency
54/100
79.5/100
Data types
Internal communications, CRM and sales, Customer support, Finance and accounting, Documents and SOPs, Projects and workflows, Meetings and calls, Field and physical operations, 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, Salesforce, Zendesk, Jira, Confluence, Notion, SAP, Asana, Linear, ServiceNow
None named
Who qualifies
40+ employees preferred starting point; case-by-case assessment
Companies holding substantial historical workflows and rights; employee minimum not established on reviewed page
Company size
40+ employees preferred, not a stated requirement
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How you are paid
Scale describes recurring partner revenue, but does not publish who pays, how pricing works or when payment is made.
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 seller charges or no-fee statement found in current official program page.
States Appen covers extraction, anonymization and transfer, with no seller costs.
Payment timing
No public payment acceptance, billing, or due-date terms found.
Payment on acceptance rather than submission; no stated number of days or invoice rule.
Advertised compensation (not an offer)
No fixed payout range on reviewed official page
No public fixed price
Exclusivity
License: Negotiated per deal
License: not publicly specified
Permitted AI use
Frontier AI model use clear, but downstream access/sublicensing specifics not made public.
Frontier AI training is described, but sublicensing and onward recipient permissions remain unspecified.
Privacy
Identities de-identified, encryption and seller sign-off/audit trail; on-prem/VPC options named.
Read-only isolated encrypted pipelines, enforced exclusions, anonymization and seller sample sign-off.
Retention and deletion
Per-package approval and exclusion rights published; retention/deletion schedule absent.
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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