Zach Perry

Zach Perry is the owner of The Corner. The Corner helps companies license their internal records, such as team chat, email, support tickets and CRM history, to AI labs and data vendors, and it runs search and lead-generation campaigns. Zach writes and maintains The Corner's Data guides.

Role: Owner, The Corner
Writes about: Licensing company data to AI labs and data vendors
Offices: Seattle · Houston · Washington DC
Contact: LinkedIn · zach@thecorner.ai

In Zach's words

I'm very bullish on AI. Pairing these systems with human judgment already gets outsized results, so The Corner is built on them. We grow with them, and we change how we work whenever they get better, so our clients stay on the cutting edge.
Zach Perry

How the guides are written: every figure and named deal links to its source, numbers are checked again each January, and the guides are general information, not legal, tax or financial advice. The Corner is a referral partner of micro1, a data vendor.

Guides by Zach Perry

Note / 001 · Start here24 min read

How to sell your company's data: who buys it, what it pays and every step

The whole process in one place: who buys company data, what it pays, who qualifies and every step from application to payment.

Note / 002 · Pricing27 min read

How much is your company's data worth to AI buyers?

How much AI labs and data vendors pay for company data, what sets the price, and an estimate range for your company.

Note / 003 · Why26 min read

AI training data: what it is, and why AI companies want your company's data

What AI training data is, how models learn from it, why public data is running short and what company records add.

Note / 004 · Qualifying25 min read

Does my company qualify to sell its data to AI labs and data vendors?

Data vendors check a company's size, years of records, language, location, software and status; this guide explains each check, with a one-minute checker and the rules for closed companies.

Note / 005 · Privacy23 min read

How company data is anonymized for AI training

What counts as PII, why names become consistent stand-ins, what is deleted outright, and how GDPR and CCPA treat the result.

Note / 006 · Deal terms29 min read

Data licensing: how the deal works, and what to agree to

How licensing differs from selling, the four ways deals pay, and what exclusivity, permitted use, term and deletion mean in the agreement.

Note / 007 · Legal31 min read

Is it legal to sell company data to AI companies?

Who owns what in your records, the app terms and privacy laws that limit a deal, and what a data licensing lawyer reviews.

Note / 008 · Channels28 min read

Where to sell data: AI labs vs. data marketplaces vs. data brokers

AI labs vs. data marketplaces vs. data brokers vs. a database sale: what each buys, what it pays, the work, and who it fits.

Note / 009 · Strategy30 min read

Data monetization: models, strategies and how to monetize your data

The six data monetization models, how each makes money, a strategy framework, and the newest model: licensing records to AI labs and data vendors.

Note / 010 · Examples25 min read

Data monetization examples: real AI data deals, with dates and figures

More than 40 dated data monetization examples, from Reddit and News Corp's AI deals to what ordinary and closed companies are paid.

Find out what your data is worth.

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