micro1 licenses operational data from companies with 30+ employees, including closed ones. Requirements, published payouts and how to apply.
Facts at a glance
- What they license
- Operational records: internal communications, SOPs, project histories, CRM records, support tickets, engineering workflows and other business documentation
- Company minimums
- 30+ full-time employees and substantial historical data; several years of records across systems is a stronger fit. No fixed minimum file count or size.
- Geography
- US companies first, then other Western markets. Data should be mainly in English.
- Operating or closed
- Both. Operating companies apply to the Enterprise Data Partnership; companies no longer operating apply to the Defunct Company Data Partnership.
- Published payout to companies
- micro1 states $100K to $3M+ per approved data package (as published November 2026). Not a guarantee; the final offer depends on sources, size, quality and due diligence.
- Who removes personal data
- micro1. You do not need to anonymise before transfer; personal and identifying information is removed or transformed before data reaches third parties.
- Process
- Discovery and pricing, contracting, secure transfer, review for completeness, payment
- Timeline
- No guaranteed timeframe. After transfer, micro1 has 30 days to review and approve the data.
- Payment
- After approval you invoice; payment within 30 days of invoicing
- Fees to the company
- Not stated
- Exclusivity
- Not stated. Data is licensed only to labs and enterprises in the US and allied countries.
What micro1 is looking for
micro1 describes the data it wants as the records a business already produces while it operates: how work moves through support tickets, CRM, engineering tools, finance approvals, policies and internal documentation. It names software and engineering, finance and accounting, customer support, sales and CRM, legal and contracts, and operations and logistics as examples, and says data from every industry can contribute.
The size bar is the clearest rule it publishes: 30 or more full-time employees. It has no fixed minimum number of files or terabytes, but says several years of records across several business systems make a company a stronger fit.
Companies that have closed
micro1 is the only buyer on our list with a published program for companies that no longer operate. The Defunct Company Data Partnership lists the same 30-employee bar and asks for data in English. For a closed company the practical constraint is time: once Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 or Slack is cancelled, the records are deleted on the vendor’s schedule. Our guide to company email and Slack when you close covers the deadlines.
What to expect
micro1 screens applications, then a partnership manager scopes which datasets it wants and makes an offer. You can review representative samples before use. After you transfer the data, micro1 has 30 days to check it. Payment follows an invoice and is due within 30 days.
micro1 states that it licenses data only to AI labs and enterprises based in the US and allied countries, keeps each company’s data separate, and deletes raw data on an agreed schedule.
Points to raise before you sign
- Which systems and date ranges the licence covers, and what is excluded.
- How privileged, health or payment-card data is handled if your records contain any.
- Whether the licence is exclusive, and for how long it runs. micro1 does not publish either.
- The deletion schedule for raw data.
How to apply
Your company applies on micro1's own site, and an authorised decision maker completes the application. Nobody can apply on your behalf.
Enterprise Data Partnership
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Defunct Company Data Partnership
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Questions people ask
Can a company that has already shut down work with micro1?
Yes. micro1 runs a separate Defunct Company Data Partnership for companies that are no longer operating. Its published requirements are 30 or more employees and data in English. The records have to still exist, so act before the email, chat and file accounts are cancelled.
Does my company have to remove personal data before sending it?
No. micro1 says it has its own process for de-identifying and transforming sensitive information, and that personal and identifying information is removed or transformed before data is shared with third parties.
Who owns the data after the licence?
micro1 states that companies retain ownership of their underlying data, and that raw data is deleted on a schedule agreed in the contract.
How long until we are paid?
micro1 has 30 days to review data after transfer. Once it approves the data, it asks for an invoice and pays within 30 days of that invoice. There is no guaranteed time from application to signing.