Figures / Deals and cases
111
Disclosed licensing deals
Every licence of data to an AI company that a party or the press disclosed, July 2023 onwards.
Updated 15 Oct 2026, from its newest record.
The 111 records it is computed from, largest first
- Amount$1BAs stated$1bn to be spent over the next 12 months (program budget, not one deal),…Dated9 Oct 2026Sourcemicro1 (company blog)
- Amount$250MAs stated"Could be" close to $250 million over five years, per The Wall Street Journal…Dated22 May 2024SourceVentureBeat
- Amount$203MAs stated$203.0 million aggregate contract value, terms of two to three years; at least…DatedJan 2024SourceReddit, Inc. (SEC Form 424B4 prospectus)
- Amount$104MAs stated$104 million revenue in 2023 from AI licensingDated31 Dec 2023SourceBloomberg Law
- Amount$75MAs statedOver $75m in revenue in 2024Dated31 Dec 2024SourceInforma PLC
- Amount$65MAs statedAbout $65 million combined total deal value across both multiyear agreementsDated16 Mar 2026SourceThe Motley Fool (earnings call transcript)
- Amount$60MAs statedReportedly about $60 million per year (Bloomberg-sourced, per Sherwood); a…Dated16 May 2024SourceSherwood News
- Amount$60MAs statedReportedly about $60 million per yearDated22 Feb 2024SourceThe Verge
- Amount$50MAs statedUp to $50 million a year (people familiar); News Corp confirmed the dealDated4 Mar 2026SourceEditor & Publisher
- Amount$49MAs stated$49 million AI revenue in FY2026 (+23%); lifetime AI revenue over $110 millionDated30 Apr 2026SourceJohn Wiley & Sons (SEC Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.1)
- Amount$42.5MAs stated$42.5 million set aside for the first phaseDated26 Aug 2025SourceShelly Palmer
- Amount$42MAs statedCommitted payments of $42 million over the next three years, replacing…Dated21 Sep 2026SourceTempus AI
- Amount$40MAs statedAnnual run-rate revenue of $40 million; $15 million paid out to contributors…Dated14 May 2026SourceTechCrunch
- Amount$23MAs stated$23 million content rights projectDated13 Jun 2024SourceJohn Wiley & Sons (SEC Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.1)
- Amount$21MAs stated$21 million content rights project; $17 million realized in Q1 FY2025Dated5 Sep 2024SourceJohn Wiley & Sons (SEC Form 8-K exhibit)
- Amount$16MAs statedAt least about $16 million per year (fixed component only; variable component…DatedMay 2024SourceAdweek
- Amount$10MAs stated$10 million winning bid at the 14 Aug 2026 auction; not yet approved: the sale…Dated14 Aug 2026SourceThe Star (Reuters report)
- Amount$5MAs statedCould be worth around $5m per year (E4m report, relayed by Press Gazette);…Dated23 Sep 2026SourcePress Gazette (citing E4m)
- Amount$3MAs statedCould be worth $3m per year (E4m report, relayed by Press Gazette); parties…Dated23 Sep 2026SourcePress Gazette (citing E4m)
- AmountNot statedAs statedPaid; no amounts or contract lengths statedDated15 Oct 2026SourceGoogle (The Keyword blog)
- AmountNot statedAs statedFinancial terms not disclosed; multiyearDated15 Oct 2026SourceTheWrap
- AmountNot statedAs statedTerms not disclosedDated15 Oct 2026SourcePR Newswire
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated12 Oct 2026SourcePress Gazette
- AmountNot statedAs statedMarketplace starting priceDated11 Oct 2026SourceDatarade
- AmountNot statedAs statedMarketplace starting priceDated11 Oct 2026SourceDatarade
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated21 Sep 2026SourceProtege and GrabMaps (joint announcement)
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosed (funding, API credits and technical support, no figure)Dated17 Sep 2026SourcePress Gazette
- AmountNot statedAs statedFive to ten codebases boughtDated14 Sep 2026SourceFortune
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated10 Sep 2026SourceElevenLabs
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated8 Sep 2026SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs statedLicences granted alongside a $76 million funding round (round size, not a…Dated25 Aug 2026SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated12 Aug 2026SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs statedNo financial terms stated in the reportDated23 Jul 2026SourceMediaPost
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated20 Jul 2026SourceUnite.AI
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated16 Jul 2026SourceProtege and Dailymotion (joint announcement)
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated3 Jul 2026SourceMicrosoft Source Asia
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated21 Jun 2026SourceGetty Images
- AmountNot statedAs statedCatalog list priceDated18 Jun 2026SourceSpeechData.ai
- AmountNot statedAs statedSix-figure deals (per Digiday)Dated1 Jun 2026SourcePress Gazette (citing Digiday)
- AmountNot statedAs statedValues not disclosed, citing confidentialityDated25 May 2026SourceOlhar Digital
- AmountNot statedAs statedPricing not sharedDated21 May 2026SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs statedNearly 100 deals in the past year, as of April 2026. Newer count: over 150…Dated17 Apr 2026SourceGizmodo
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated10 Apr 2026SourcePress Gazette
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated9 Apr 2026SourceMusic Business Worldwide
- AmountNot statedAs statedTerms not disclosedDated13 Mar 2026SourceEngadget
- AmountNot statedAs statedTerms not disclosedDated13 Mar 2026SourceEngadget
- AmountNot statedAs statedTerms not disclosedDated13 Mar 2026SourceEngadget
- AmountNot statedAs statedUsage-based; publisher-set pricing; Microsoft commission undisclosedDated4 Feb 2026SourceWinBuzzer
- AmountNot statedAs statedNo licence fee disclosed; Disney makes a $1 billion equity investment in…Dated11 Dec 2025SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs statedDirect payments; amounts not disclosedDated10 Dec 2025SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs statedTerms not publicly disclosedDated5 Dec 2025SourceBNN Bloomberg
- AmountNot statedAs statedTerms not publicly disclosedDated5 Dec 2025SourceBNN Bloomberg
- AmountNot statedAs statedTerms not publicly disclosedDated5 Dec 2025SourceBNN Bloomberg
- AmountNot statedAs statedTerms not publicly disclosedDated5 Dec 2025SourceBNN Bloomberg
- AmountNot statedAs statedTerms not publicly disclosedDated5 Dec 2025SourceBNN Bloomberg
- AmountNot statedAs statedTerms not publicly disclosedDated5 Dec 2025SourceBNN Bloomberg
- AmountNot statedAs statedTerms not publicly disclosedDated5 Dec 2025SourceBNN Bloomberg
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot stated on the source pageDatedDec 2025SourceNational Library of Norway (AI-lab)
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated25 Nov 2025SourceWarner Music Group
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated20 Nov 2025SourceAl Jazeera
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated20 Nov 2025SourceAl Jazeera
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated20 Nov 2025SourceAl Jazeera
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated19 Nov 2025SourceAl Jazeera
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated19 Nov 2025SourceAl Jazeera
- AmountNot statedAs statedDeal terms not sharedDated4 Nov 2025SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs statedTerms not elaboratedDated31 Oct 2025SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs stated$33,000 in the past year for about 1,000 hoursDated31 Oct 2025SourceSemafor
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated30 Oct 2025SourceUniversal Music Group
- AmountNot statedAs statedCompensatory settlement and licence terms not disclosedDated29 Oct 2025SourceUniversal Music Group
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated5 Aug 2025SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated5 Aug 2025SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs statedFinancial terms not disclosedDated30 Jul 2025SourceUSA TODAY Co. (Gannett press release)
- AmountNot statedAs statedTerms undisclosedDated10 Jul 2025SourceDigiday
- AmountNot statedAs statedTerms undisclosedDated10 Jul 2025SourceDigiday
- AmountNot statedAs stated$20 million to $25 million a year (WSJ, people familiar); not disclosed by the…Dated29 May 2025SourceeWeek
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated22 Apr 2025SourceTheWrap
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDatedMar 2025SourceThe Next Web
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated14 Feb 2025SourceThe Guardian (GNM press office)
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated11 Feb 2025SourceMediaPost
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated16 Jan 2025SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs statedFunding amount not disclosedDated15 Jan 2025SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated15 Jan 2025SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs statedDeals often worth thousands of dollarsDated11 Jan 2025SourceThe Decoder
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDatedNov 2024SourceeWeek
- AmountNot statedAs statedDollar value not disclosedDated25 Oct 2024SourceSiliconANGLE
- AmountNot statedAs statedMicrosoft won't reveal payments or termsDated1 Oct 2024SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDatedOct 2024SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated26 Sep 2024SourcePunto Informatico
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated18 Sep 2024SourceRunway
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated20 Aug 2024SourceTechCrunch
- Oxford University Press to Undisclosed LLM developers: OUP confirmed AI partnerships with companies…AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated5 Aug 2024SourceBooks+Publishing
- AmountNot statedAs statedAd revenue share; split not disclosedDated30 Jul 2024SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated25 Jul 2024SourceThe Bookseller
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated27 Jun 2024SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated4 Jun 2024SourceBloomberg Law
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated29 May 2024SourceTechCrunch
- The Atlantic to OpenAI: Licensing and product partnership: current content used to generate ChatGPT…AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated29 May 2024SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs statedInitial data access fee of around $10 million plus recurring payments over the…Dated8 May 2024Sourceinteractive investor (ii.co.uk)
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated6 May 2024SourceStack Overflow
- AmountNot statedAs statedFinancial terms not made publicDated29 Apr 2024SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs stated$120 per qualifying submissionDated11 Apr 2024SourceMaginative
- AmountNot statedAs stated$25 million to $50 million each initially; most later expandedDated5 Apr 2024SourceReuters (archived copy on gwern.net)
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated5 Apr 2024SourceReuters (archived copy on gwern.net)
- AmountNot statedAs statedRates discussed in negotiations, no deal confirmedDated5 Apr 2024SourceReuters (archived copy on gwern.net)
- AmountNot statedAs statedRates vary by buyer and content typeDated5 Apr 2024SourceReuters (archived copy on gwern.net)
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated13 Mar 2024SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated13 Mar 2024SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs statedFinancial terms not discussedDated29 Feb 2024SourceTechCrunch
- AmountNot statedAs stated"Tens of millions of euros" per year (FT, per The Decoder); figure not…Dated13 Dec 2023SourceThe Decoder
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosed in the announcementDated13 Jul 2023SourceThe Associated Press
- AmountNot statedAs statedNot disclosedDated11 Jul 2023SourceTechCrunch
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