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Your company\u2019s Slack history might be worth more than your office furniture. AI data brokers are buying Slack threads, presentations and other internal records and licensing them to AI companies hungry for training material, the New York Post<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n Micro1 is one of the biggest players. CEO Ali Ansari says about 200 businesses a day sign up to explore selling their data. \u201cIt can be quite lucrative,\u201d he said. Payouts range from a couple hundred thousand dollars to a few million. Even dead companies are cashing in. Spirit Airlines reportedly sold its operational data for around $10 million after shutting down.<\/p>\n The catch is that the smaller companies rarely qualify because they don\u2019t generate enough volume. There are also privacy issues. Brokers strip out names and identifying details, but Ansari admits the anonymization isn\u2019t foolproof. Still, he expects data licensing to become a standard revenue line for businesses, as common as advertising.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Your company\u2019s Slack history might be worth more than your office furniture. AI data brokers are buying Slack threads, presentations and other internal records and licensing them to AI companies hungry for training material, the New York Post<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n Micro1 is one of the biggest players. CEO Ali Ansari says about 200 businesses a day sign up to explore selling their data. \u201cIt can be quite lucrative,\u201d he said. Payouts range from a couple hundred thousand dollars to a few million. Even dead companies are cashing in. Spirit Airlines reportedly sold its operational data for around $10 million after shutting down.<\/p>\n The catch is that the smaller companies rarely qualify because they don\u2019t generate enough volume. There are also privacy issues. Brokers strip out names and identifying details, but Ansari admits the anonymization isn\u2019t foolproof. Still, he expects data licensing to become a standard revenue line for businesses, as common as advertising.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n