Can you sell your Figma data for AI training?
Figma's terms let the account holder export its own data, and we found no clause in its API terms about training AI. The content itself carries low rights risk. This is research from public sources, not legal advice.
- The holder's own export
- The holder can export it
- Data pulled through its API
- No AI clause found
- Rights risk of the content
- Low
What a holder should know
Design files are usually the company's own work product and low personal-data risk, but often embed client brand assets, licensed fonts, stock imagery, and third-party UI kits whose licences forbid redistribution. If the team was on Starter or Professional with content training on, Figma may already have trained on the files: disclose to a buyer seeking exclusivity.
Getting your own data out
Files can be saved locally as .fig and assets exported (PNG, SVG, PDF) by editors; bulk organisation export not verified.
Figma Terms of Service (Effective Date: March 11, 2026), 2.8: "As between Customer and Figma, Customer retains all right, title, and interest in Customer Content, and Figma owns all right, title, and interest in the Services." Exception: on termination for breach of the export-control clause "you lose all right, title, and interest to Customer Content".
Apps that use its API
Figma Developer Terms (Effective Date May 5, 2026): no clause found on using API or MCP data to train AI. Section 8(a): "Figma owns all right, title, and interest in the Developer Resources, the Services, and any data derived from either". Figma's own use: content training is an admin setting; per Figma help (via search) Starter and Professional teams default to content training on and Organization and Enterprise default to off; training began 15 August 2024.
The sources, word for word
- Figma Terms of Service(effective 2026-03-11)
“As between Customer and Figma, Customer retains all right, title, and interest in Customer Content, and Figma owns all right, title, and interest in the Services.”
- Figma Developer Terms(effective 2026-05-05)
“Figma owns all right, title, and interest in the Developer Resources, the Services, and any data derived from either”
- Figma Help: Control AI features and content training settings(read 2026-10-11 from a search excerpt)
“content training does not affect access to AI features”
Research from public sources, read on the day shown. It is not legal advice: a sale needs a lawyer who has read the records and the contracts.
What Figma holds that buyers ask for
Technical documentation
Design documents, specifications, wikis, knowledge bases, architecture notes
Who buys it
- Mode (BizBuyData)
"The operating history of companies and nonprofits could be worth $100K-$5M."
- Handshake AI
"Payouts range from $100K to $4M." Its estimator shows $383,083 to $896,969 for 100 employees and 10 years.
- Polyshares
Typical licences of $100K to $2M, sometimes more. Its track record page lists four anonymous licences from $110,000 to $450,000.
- micro1
$100k+ for a qualified partnership, $500k+ for large or multi-team datasets, $1M+ for highly unique data.
- Scale AI
"$10K–$1M+ illustrative value per data partnership", scaling with how often data is delivered.
- SuperAnnotate
"Indicative $100K – $1M+", priced on rarity, depth and exclusivity.
What your Figma records are worth, and what to settle before anyone sees them.
In this topic
Rights and law
- Start hereCan this data legally be sold or licensed for AI training?Privacy law, copyright and fair use, software vendors' terms, de-identification, bankruptcy sales and what a licence agreement holds.
- GuideIs It Legal to Sell Customer Data? A US Guide for AI TrainingOften yes, but through layers: your privacy policy, the FTC Act, state and sector laws, and customer contracts. De-identified records are the main lawful path.
- GuideFair Use and AI Training: What US Courts Have RuledUS courts are split: training was fair use in Bartz v. Anthropic and Kadrey v. Meta, not in Thomson Reuters v. Ross, and pirated copies lost. Where each stands.
- GuideIs It Legal to Scrape Data for AI Training? (US Law, 2026)Scraping public pages is rarely a federal crime after Van Buren and hiQ, but contract, copyright, anti-circumvention and privacy law apply. Resale is hard.
- GuideCan a Company License Employee Emails and Slack for AI Training?Usually yes for business records the company controls, but only after it handles monitoring notices, third parties in the messages, privilege and vendor terms.
- GuideSelling Customer Data in Bankruptcy: Section 363 ExplainedA bankrupt company can sell customer data only if the sale fits its privacy policy, or a court-appointed privacy ombudsman reports and the judge approves it.
- GuideWhat Is a Data Licensing Agreement? The Terms for AI TrainingA data licensing agreement lets a buyer use data for set purposes while the holder keeps ownership. Each clause AI buyers ask for, and where holders stand.
- GuideHIPAA De-Identification for AI Training: Safe Harbor vs Expert DeterminationHealth data leaves HIPAA only through Safe Harbor (remove 18 identifiers) or an expert's determination of very small risk. How each works for AI training.
- GuideLicensing Company Data for AI Training Under the GDPR (2026)Yes, an EU, UK or Swiss company can license its records for AI training, if it has a lawful basis, tells people, drops sensitive data and uses a transfer tool.
- GuideSelling Data for AI Training: Privacy Law by CountryOutside the EU and UK, licensing records for AI training mostly needs consent or anonymisation, and a contract or consent to send them to a US buyer.
- RegisterLawsuits and rulingsEvery case, ruling and settlement over training data.
- RegisterLicence termsWhat buyers ask for in a licence, and where holders stand.
- PageDe-identification standardOur rules for removing people from records, each with its source.
- RegisterAI crawler censusA daily census of robots.txt across the most visited sites.