DataVendor: what owners are paid on this marketplace
DataVendor is HUD's marketplace for private AI training and evaluation data: vendors list codebases, tasksets, RL environments and raw data such as enterprise documents, and AI companies license them. Vendors set their own prices; DataVendor says well-documented codebases have licensed for up to $20,000 each, and it keeps 20% of earnings when they are withdrawn. Earnings settle 14 days after a buyer pays, and DataVendor estimates vendors typically complete a first deal within 2 to 8 weeks.
What does DataVendor buy?
- Private codebases with commit history, pull requests and tickets
- Tasksets, evals and RL environments
- Corpora and raw data, such as enterprise documents and records
- A closed company's code and records, sold by its owners
How it works
As DataVendor describes it on its own pages.
- Sign up and set up a vendor organization. Vendor setup is self-serve.
- Add inventory: connect GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket, or upload a ZIP.
- Pass the automated quality checks, then price and publish a listing.
- Buyers buy the listing or make an offer. Earnings settle 14 days after payment and can then be withdrawn.
What we know about DataVendor
Each fact links to its source below.
- DataVendor's docs say well-documented, production-grade codebases have licensed for up to $20,000 each, and that buyer requests are usually priced at around $500 to $1,500 per task, with hundreds to thousands of tasks per request. Exact figures move with the market.7
- Vendors set their own price per listing, and buyers can buy it or make an offer. Its codebase estimator gives an advisory, dated value only.4
- Withdrawal review typically takes up to 3 business days, then Stripe's payout schedule applies. The minimum withdrawal is $1,000 before fees.3
- The 20% platform fee applies only when earnings are withdrawn to a bank; converting earnings to HUD credits is fee-free. Stripe's transfer cost is itemized on each withdrawal, a lost card dispute carries a $15 pass-through fee, and buyers pay their own transaction fee at checkout.23
- Vendors who refer other vendors earn a referral fee paid out of DataVendor's own share. Rates are set in its data vendor referral agreement.5
- DataVendor is run by HUD and runs on the HUD platform.12
- Buyers are AI companies that need training and evaluation data, and they join through an invite-only waitlist. Before buying they see metadata, redacted file trees, quality evidence and taskset previews, never the raw files.24
- A sale is a license: vendors keep ownership by default, and the rights a buyer gets depend on the agreement behind the listing.24
- Buy-now purchases are anonymous to the vendor, while an offer names the buyer organization so the vendor can choose whom to accept.2
- All sales are final with no refunds. While the marketplace is in beta, DataVendor can temporarily pause purchases, invoicing and payouts.2
- Public repositories cannot be estimated, because models are often already trained on public code.4
- aitrainer.work says it has a limited number of DataVendor invites and that three unrelated businesses use the DataVendor name (datavendor.ai, datavendor.org and datavendor.info).6
Is it a good fit?
Good fit
- Teams with private, production codebases that have years of commits, tickets and docs.
- Builders of tasksets, evals or RL environments.
- Founders of closed companies whose main asset is code.
Worth checking
- You set the price, so compare reported deals before listing.
- The 20% fee applies when you withdraw, on top of Stripe's transfer cost, and earnings wait 14 days to settle.
- Sales are final and the marketplace is in beta, so payouts can be paused during an incident or payments review.
- You remove secrets and customer data from a codebase before listing it, so plan that work in advance.
DataVendor FAQ
How much can I make selling my codebase on DataVendor?
DataVendor does not publish a full price list: you set your own price and buyers can make offers. Its docs say well-documented, production-grade codebases have licensed for up to $20,000 each (checked October 2026).
What fee does DataVendor take?
DataVendor keeps 20% of your earnings, charged only when you withdraw to a bank, plus Stripe's transfer cost (fees page, October 2026).
How fast does DataVendor pay?
Earnings settle 14 days after the buyer pays, and withdrawal review usually takes up to 3 business days before Stripe sends the money. The minimum withdrawal is $1,000.
Do I keep ownership of code I sell on DataVendor?
Yes, by default. DataVendor says a sale licenses your assets for a commercial use rather than transferring them, and the exact rights depend on the listing's agreement.
Alternatives to DataVendor
Other companies that pay for, broker or resell the same kinds of records. Sorted by name.
Guides that mention DataVendor
Guides for owners that cite DataVendor's terms or prices.
- How to sell company data to AI labs: a step-by-step guide (2026)Basics · 5 min read · Updated
- Sell your startup's codebase to AI labs: prices, buyers and checks (2026)Shutting down · 5 min read · Updated
Sources
Numbers in the text link here. See every player in the buyer index and reported deals in the deal ledger.
- DataVendor: Monetize your data supplyDataVendor · Publish date not shown · Accessed 29 Oct 2026
- General FAQDataVendor · Publish date not shown · Accessed 29 Oct 2026
- Fees and limitsDataVendor · Publish date not shown · Accessed 29 Oct 2026
- How DataVendor worksDataVendor · Publish date not shown · Accessed 29 Oct 2026
- Selling FAQDataVendor · Publish date not shown · Accessed 29 Oct 2026
- Sell on DataVendoraitrainer.work · Publish date not shown · Accessed 29 Oct 2026
- What you can sellDataVendor · Publish date not shown · Accessed 29 Oct 2026
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