Selling company data from outside the US
Which AI labs take companies from your country, how estimates change outside the US, and the privacy and tax steps before you license.
Last checked October 28, 2026
Most of the AI labs on this site take companies from outside the US. Mode buys only from companies in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia, and License My Data takes closed companies from ten countries. For private code, Pangea and Miro Advisory publish no country limit.
Pick a country to see who can take a company based there.
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While the program accepts referrals globally, current demand is strongest for companies based in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada.
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Most regions, with strongest demand in the US, UK, Canada, and the EU.
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Companies and nonprofits must be based in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, or Australia.
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Estimates outside the US start lower
micro1's and Telegraph's estimators multiply the US figure by 0.75 for Canada and Europe, and by 0.3 for everywhere else. Neither lists the UK, so a UK company picks Europe. Grepped's estimate is the same in every country. The worth estimator runs all three for your country.
Records that name people need a legal route to the US
Emails, chats and tickets name customers and staff, so sending them to a US buyer is a transfer of personal data under your privacy law. That holds even when the buyer removes the names after it receives them. From the EU, personal data can go to US companies on the Data Privacy Framework list, and since October 12, 2023, UK companies can send it to the ones certified to the list's UK extension. Anywhere else, ask a local lawyer before any records leave the country. The rights checklist covers the other steps.
A US buyer may hold back 30% for tax
The IRS rate on a US royalty paid to a company abroad is usually 30%, unless a tax treaty lowers it. You claim your country's rate by giving the buyer Form W-8BEN-E, and the IRS lists each country's rates in its tax treaty tables. Ask your accountant whether your license counts as a royalty.
Sources
- micro1 checked October 28, 2026
- Turing checked October 28, 2026
- Mode checked October 28, 2026
- License My Data checked October 22, 2026
- Maryah checked October 28, 2026
- Grepped checked October 28, 2026
- Telegraph checked October 28, 2026
- Scale AI checked October 28, 2026
- Miro Advisory checked October 28, 2026
- Pangea, code licensing for companies checked October 28, 2026
- Miro Advisory, codebases checked October 28, 2026
- micro1's data payout estimator checked October 26, 2026
- Telegraph's data partnerships estimator checked October 26, 2026
- Grepped's business payout estimate checked October 26, 2026
- European Commission, EU-US data transfers checked October 28, 2026
- GOV.UK, UK-US data bridge factsheet checked October 28, 2026
- IRS, withholding on specific income checked October 28, 2026
- IRS, about Form W-8BEN-E checked October 28, 2026
- IRS, tax treaty tables checked October 28, 2026