Buyer · Data lab (licenses records and supplies AI labs)

Polyshares: what they pay for company data

Short answer

Polyshares is a data lab that licenses operational records (Slack, email, Drive, CRM, tickets, call recordings, accounting exports) directly from companies, then anonymizes them and supplies AI labs. It says typical deals run $100K to $2M and above, with no fee to the company, an offer within one to two weeks of intake and payment within 30 to 60 days after delivery (net 30 to 60). Its four published case studies range from $110,000 to $450,000, each a perpetual exclusive license.

WebsiteData program page
Payment
30 to 60 days after approval, anonymization and delivery13
Speed
Offer within 1 to 2 weeks of intake13
Minimum
No headcount or revenue minimum published13
Fees to you
No fee and no commission14
Referral reward
Not published
Kind
Buyer · Data lab (licenses records and supplies AI labs)

What does Polyshares buy?

  • Slack and Microsoft Teams history
  • Email (Gmail, Outlook)
  • Google Drive and SharePoint files
  • CRM history (HubSpot, Salesforce)
  • Support tickets (Zendesk)
  • Design files, call recordings, accounting and ERP exports
  • Engineering records (Jira, Linear, GitHub)

How it works

As Polyshares describes it on its own pages.

  1. Check your data: three quick questions, which ask for record counts, not files.
  2. Review and price: a specialist partner anonymizes a sample, and Polyshares reads it before pricing.
  3. Offer within one to two weeks, then terms are signed.
  4. Data is anonymized and delivered, and payment follows net 30 to 60.

What we know about Polyshares

Each fact links to its source below.

  • Polyshares says typical deals run $100K to $2M, and higher for large or long records.13
  • Polyshares says it pays net 30 to 60 once the data is approved, anonymized and delivered, and that it does not pay for a record it has not seen.13
  • It makes an offer within one to two weeks of intake, with terms papered right after. Any company with real operating history, in any sector, qualifies.13
  • Polyshares publishes four case studies: a roofing company ($450,000), a general contractor ($300,000), a solar company ($275,000) and a global marketing agency ($110,000). Each is described as a perpetual exclusive license, and company names are kept confidential.2
  • Its homepage shows an example offer card for $640,000 that expires in 14 days. It is an illustration on the page, not a reported deal.1
  • Polyshares says it anonymizes the data, builds it into data sets and supplies AI labs, and does not disclose which labs take which data.34
  • Its data handling page says licenses are exclusive by default unless agreed otherwise, and that names, emails, phone numbers, account numbers and addresses are removed by a specialist partner that strips personal details before Polyshares or any buyer sees the record.4
  • Polyshares says depth of operating history, visible reasoning, a specialized domain and clean rights raise the price, while a short history, records owned by clients and already-public material cap it.5
  • The two managing partners are Nathan Mathews, who founded and bought four companies including Roofer.com and AO Swag, and Ryan Lock, who built and sold two companies including Simplicity Solar.6

Is it a good fit?

Good fit

  • Operating businesses in any sector with a long, detailed working record
  • Smaller companies with a deep history, since Polyshares says texture matters more than headcount
  • Owners who want one counterparty and a fixed offer quickly

Worth checking

  • Its case studies are perpetual exclusive licenses, and its data handling page says licenses are exclusive by default. Ask what that means for licensing the same records to anyone else.
  • Its homepage says there is no listing, while its data handling page describes de-identified listings in a buyer portal. Ask how your record is offered to labs.
  • You will not be told which AI labs receive the data.
  • The case-study figures are Polyshares' own. We could not confirm them independently.
Questions owners ask

Polyshares FAQ

How much does Polyshares pay for company data?

Polyshares says typical deals run $100K to $2M, and above for large or long records (checked October 2026). Its four published case studies range from $110,000 to $450,000.

Is Polyshares a buyer or a broker?

Polyshares says it is the buyer: it licenses the data itself, pays the company and then supplies AI labs. It charges the company no fee or commission.

When does Polyshares pay?

Polyshares says payment is net 30 to 60 once the data is approved, anonymized and delivered, after an offer that comes within one to two weeks of intake (2026).

Is a Polyshares data license exclusive?

Its data handling page says licenses are exclusive by default unless agreed otherwise, and all four published case studies are perpetual exclusive licenses. Ask before signing if you want to license the records elsewhere.

Alternatives to Polyshares

Other companies that pay for, broker or resell the same kinds of records. Sorted by name.

BuyerThat's usData LicensorsLicenses de-identified copies of company records from owners and licenses them to AI labs for training and testing.Price not publishedRead Polyshares vs Data LicensorsBrokerEndlessData broker that agrees a fixed payment with a company for its operational records, then licenses them on to several AI labs.Up to $4MAbout EndlessBuyermicro1AI data company that licenses operating records from established companies to train and evaluate AI models.$100K to $2M+Read Polyshares vs micro1BuyerNyneData company that pays operating businesses to license anonymized history from their accounting, CRM, scheduling and project tools.$100K+About NyneBrokerTroveoLicensing agent that anonymizes a company's data and licenses it to AI labs on the owner's behalf, sharing revenue on every sale.$100K+About Troveo

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Sources

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  1. Polyshares: A data lab that buys operational dataPolyshares · Publish date not shown · Accessed 29 Oct 2026
  2. Case studiesPolyshares · Publish date not shown · Accessed 29 Oct 2026
  3. Sell your company's operational dataPolyshares · Publish date not shown · Accessed 29 Oct 2026
  4. How we handle your dataPolyshares · Publish date not shown · Accessed 29 Oct 2026
  5. How much is my company's data worth?Polyshares · Published Sep 2026 · Accessed 29 Oct 2026
  6. TeamPolyshares · Publish date not shown · Accessed 29 Oct 2026

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