Updated 17 Oct 2026

The AI training data market, in numbers.

Who is paying for data, how fast, and what the companies in the middle earn and raise. Every bar and row is built from records with a source.

111

licensing deals made public

56

of them for training models

$4.2B

disclosed funding raised by data companies

83

lawsuits, rulings and regulatory actions

Licensing deals per quarter

Deals made public between data owners and AI companies. Most are publishers; private company-data sales are rarely announced.

2Q320232Q45Q1202416Q27Q35Q47Q120252Q26Q321Q46Q1202610Q215Q37Q4
Disclosed deals per quarterFor trainingShown in answers or not stated

Lawsuits and rulings per quarter

The legal pressure that makes buyers pay for data with clear rights.

1Q320232Q4Q120242Q23Q34Q43Q1202511Q27Q316Q47Q120262Q220Q35Q4
Legal events per quarter

What the data vendors earn

The newest headline figure each vendor published. Run rates are often the best month times twelve, and gross revenue includes the 60 to 70 percent that passes through to the experts doing the work.

  • Figure
    $2B
    Measure
    run-rate
    Period
    run-rate Jun 2026
  • Figure
    $1.2B
    Measure
    revenue
    Period
    FY2024
  • Figure
    $1B
    Measure
    annualized revenue
    Period
    run-rate early 2026
  • Figure
    $1B
    Measure
    run-rate
    Period
    run-rate Oct 2026
  • Figure
    $870M
    Measure
    revenue
    Period
    FY2024
  • Figure
    $699M
    Measure
    revenue
    Period
    Q2 2025
  • Figure
    $500M
    Measure
    run-rate
    Period
    annualised revenue May 2026
  • Figure
    $375M
    Measure
    run-rate
    Period
    run-rate Sep 2026
  • Figure
    $309M
    Measure
    revenue
    Period
    Q2 2026
  • Figure
    $300M
    Measure
    run-rate (projection)
    Period
    projected run-rate end of 2026
  • Figure
    $300M
    Measure
    ARR
    Period
    ARR Mar 2025
  • Figure
    $200M
    Measure
    run-rate
    Period
    annualized revenue Sep 2026

Money raised by data companies

Disclosed funding rounds of companies that make, buy or broker training data, in US dollars per quarter.

$200MQ12022Q2Q3Q4Q12023Q2$32MQ3$1.3MQ4$5.5MQ12024$1BQ2$60MQ3$67MQ4$226MQ12025$247MQ2$174MQ3$395MQ4$177MQ12026$292MQ2$742MQ3$651MQ4
Disclosed funding per quarter

The largest rounds

The ten largest disclosed rounds raised by companies that make, buy or broker training data.

  • Scale AI

    Series F, May 2024, valued at $13.8B

    $1B
  • SignSplit

    Strategic seed, Oct 2026, valued at $1B

    $400M
  • Snorkel AI

    Series E, Sep 2026, valued at $3.5B

    $350M
  • Mercor

    Series C, Oct 2025, valued at $10B

    $350M
  • Handshake AI

    Series F, Jan 2022, valued at $3.5B

    $200M
  • Prime Intellect

    Series A, Jul 2026

    $130M
  • Turing

    Series E, Mar 2025, valued at $2.2B

    $111M
  • Labelbox

    Series E, Oct 2026, valued at $1.3B

    $100M
  • micro1

    Series B, Sep 2026, valued at $4B

    $100M
  • Invisible Technologies

    Growth, Sep 2025, valued at $2B

    $100M

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