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What buyers want now
Buyers are asking for the records behind real work in specific industries: closed legal matters, tax workpapers, shop-floor production logs, CAD designs, deal files and code. Below is what buyers say they want, industry by industry, with the earnings ranges they publish. Every figure is the buyer's own example, not an offer.
Records most buyers ask for
How many of the 17 buyers we list name each kind of record on their own pages.
Counted from each buyer's published list of what it takes, as of October 25, 2026. Many buyers take more than they list.
By industry
Industry detail currently comes from Mercor, which publishes what it wants and what companies earn for each industry. We add other buyers' industry lists as they publish them.
Professional services
Law firm
Complete files from closed matters and completed deals
- Size it asks for
- 5–300 attorneys and staff
- What it says companies earn
- $50K–$1.2M (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Other buyers that name this industry: Handshake AI (we may be paid), HUMXN (we may be paid), micro1 (we may be paid), Mode (we may be paid), LH2 AI Labs, Telegraph Lab.
Our guide: Law firms · Title and escrow
Design and web agency
Design systems, websites and the code behind them
- Size it asks for
- 10–200 employees
- What it says companies earn
- $20K–$890K (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Other buyers that name this industry: Handshake AI (we may be paid), HUMXN (we may be paid), Halluminate, Telegraph Lab.
Our guide: Marketing agencies
Consulting and advisory firm
Client deliverables, models and the drafts behind them
- Size it asks for
- 10–500 employees
- What it says companies earn
- $150K–$300K (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Other buyers that name this industry: Handshake AI (we may be paid), HUMXN (we may be paid), Halluminate, Telegraph Lab.
Our guide: Consulting firms
Call center or BPO
Recorded customer conversations, ideally in more than one language
- Size it asks for
- 50–5,000 agents
- What it says companies earn
- $20K–$250K (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Finance
Hedge fund or quant firm
Proprietary market, risk and sports data, or trading code
- Size it asks for
- 5–500 employees
- What it says companies earn
- $25K–$1.1M (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Other buyers that name this industry: HUMXN (we may be paid), Halluminate.
Our guide: Financial advisory
Payments and fintech company
Years of transaction, order, inventory or shipment tables
- Size it asks for
- Size not stated
- What it says companies earn
- $80K–$900K (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Accounting and tax firm
Tax returns, workpapers and bookkeeping records
- Size it asks for
- 5–200 employees
- What it says companies earn
- $25K–$865K (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Other buyers that name this industry: HUMXN (we may be paid), micro1 (we may be paid), Mode (we may be paid), Telegraph Lab.
Our guide: Accounting firms
Investment firm
Closed-deal records, credit files and portfolio reporting
- Size it asks for
- 5–200 employees
- What it says companies earn
- $50K–$800K (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Other buyers that name this industry: HUMXN (we may be paid), Halluminate.
Our guide: Financial advisory
Software
Cybersecurity company
Security alerts, investigations and case write-ups, or security software
- Size it asks for
- 20–2,000 employees
- What it says companies earn
- $20K–$750K (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Other buyers that name this industry: Handshake AI (we may be paid), HUMXN (we may be paid), micro1 (we may be paid), Defined.ai, LH2 AI Labs, pre.dev.
Our guide: Software companies · IT managed services
Software company
Private code the engineering team built, and its history
- Size it asks for
- 15–500 employees
- What it says companies earn
- $50K–$500K (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Other buyers that name this industry: Handshake AI (we may be paid), HUMXN (we may be paid), micro1 (we may be paid), Defined.ai, LH2 AI Labs, pre.dev.
Our guide: Software companies
AI product company
Real usage data from an AI app, agent or developer tool
- Size it asks for
- 5–200 employees
- What it says companies earn
- $20K–$480K (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Other buyers that name this industry: Handshake AI (we may be paid), HUMXN (we may be paid), micro1 (we may be paid), Defined.ai, LH2 AI Labs, pre.dev.
Our guide: Software companies
SaaS and subscription company
Product databases, warehouse and analytics code
- Size it asks for
- 50–1,000 employees, with a data team
- What it says companies earn
- $55K–$350K (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Other buyers that name this industry: Handshake AI (we may be paid), HUMXN (we may be paid), micro1 (we may be paid), Defined.ai, LH2 AI Labs, pre.dev.
Our guide: Software companies
Industrial
Manufacturing and industrial company
Production, maintenance and inspection records from the shop floor
- Size it asks for
- 20–2,000 employees
- What it says companies earn
- $100K–$1.5M (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Other buyers that name this industry: Handshake AI (we may be paid), HUMXN (we may be paid), micro1 (we may be paid), The General Data Company (we may be paid), Telegraph Lab, Turing (Project Lazarus).
Our guide: Manufacturing · Contract manufacturing and packaging
Hardware engineering company
CAD assemblies, circuit designs and test results from real products
- Size it asks for
- 20–2,000 employees
- What it says companies earn
- $45K–$1.3M (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Other buyers that name this industry: Handshake AI (we may be paid), HUMXN (we may be paid), micro1 (we may be paid), The General Data Company (we may be paid), Ooak Data, Telegraph Lab.
Our guide: Manufacturing · Architecture and engineering
Construction company
Project records, drawings and site imagery from completed projects
- Size it asks for
- 50–2,000 employees
- What it says companies earn
- $115K–$1M (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Other buyers that name this industry: HUMXN (we may be paid), Ooak Data, Telegraph Lab.
Our guide: Construction · Architecture and engineering · Roofing contractors
Science and R&D
Biotech and life sciences lab
Experiment records, lab notebooks and trial data the company owns
- Size it asks for
- 10–1,000 employees
- What it says companies earn
- $50K–$875K (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Semiconductor and materials company
Run records that tie each recipe to a measured result
- Size it asks for
- 10–2,000 employees
- What it says companies earn
- $100K–$750K (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Media and games
Game studio
Company records, game code and gameplay footage
- Size it asks for
- 10–500 employees
- What it says companies earn
- $100K–$1M (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Other buyers that name this industry: Handshake AI (we may be paid), HUMXN (we may be paid), micro1 (we may be paid), Defined.ai, LH2 AI Labs, pre.dev.
Our guide: Software companies
Video production studio
Original video you shot and own
- Size it asks for
- 5–500 employees
- What it says companies earn
- $95K–$870K (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Video and imagery: handled by our sister site, licensemydata.com.
Consumer brand or photo studio
Original product, apparel and campaign imagery you own
- Size it asks for
- 10–500 employees
- What it says companies earn
- $30K–$800K (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Video and imagery: handled by our sister site, licensemydata.com.
Publisher or education company
Long-form content you hold the rights to: journals, textbooks, courses
- Size it asks for
- 10–500 employees
- What it says companies earn
- $35K–$370K (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Healthcare
Digital health company
Consented recordings of patient visits, with transcripts and notes
- Size it asks for
- 10–500 employees
- What it says companies earn
- $100K–$900K (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Clinical records: handled by our sister site, licensemydata.com.
Medical practice or health system
De-identified patient records with years of physician notes
- Size it asks for
- 10+ clinicians or 2,500+ patients
- What it says companies earn
- $80K–$820K (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Clinical records: handled by our sister site, licensemydata.com.
Imaging and diagnostics center
De-identified imaging studies and diagnostic tests, with reports
- Size it asks for
- Any size
- What it says companies earn
- $80K–$620K (Mercor's figure, not an offer)
Clinical records: handled by our sister site, licensemydata.com.
What to do next
If your industry is here, the check shows which buyers fit your size and systems. If it isn't, buyers still take records from many other industries; the check covers them too.
Sources: each buyer's own pages, re-checked weekly. Ranges are the buyers' published examples and are not offers; what a company receives depends on its records and the buyer's review.