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title: "Polyshares: what they buy and what they pay"
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description: "What Polyshares buys, what it pays and its deal terms, from public sources with a link for every fact. Last verified November 3, 2026."
last_updated: 2026-11-03
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# Polyshares: what they buy and what they pay

Buyers › AI data vendors › Polyshares

Polyshares is profiled here as an AI data vendor [1]. Data types cited in this profile include: Slack/Teams, Drive/SharePoint, Email, CRM, Support tickets, Design files, Call recordings, Finance/ERP [2].

Last verified November 3, 2026

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | AI data vendor [1] |
| Status | Active [3] |
| Website | https://polyshares.com/ [3] |
| HQ | Not published |
| Founded | Not published |
| Ownership | Managing Partner: Nathan Mathews [4] |
| Program | https://polyshares.com/data-licensing [2] |
| Price | Typical deals run $100K to $2M and above [3] |
| Pricing basis | Depth of operating history and visible reasoning in the record move the number far more than raw volume [3] |
| Payment timing | Net 30 to 60 once the data is approved, anonymized and delivered [3] |
| How to start | Intake asks for record counts, not files or exports [5] |

## What they buy

- **Data types:** Slack/Teams, Drive/SharePoint, Email, CRM, Support tickets, Design files, Call recordings, Finance/ERP [2]
- **Excluded:** License does not cover data the company holds on behalf of its own clients [3]
- **Intended use:** Anonymized, built into data sets and supplied to AI labs [3]

## Who qualifies

- **Minimum headcount:** Length and texture of the record matter more than headcount or revenue [3]
- **Minimum history:** Any business with real operating history [3]
- **Geography:** Not published
- **Company stage:** Venture backed, middle market or founder owned [3]

## Price and payment

- **Price:** Typical deals run $100K to $2M and above [3]
- **Pricing basis:** Depth of operating history and visible reasoning in the record move the number far more than raw volume [3]
- **Payment timing:** Net 30 to 60 once the data is approved, anonymized and delivered [3]
- **Seller fees:** None; no fee, no commission [3]
- **Platform's cut:** Not published
- **Referral bounty:** Not published

## Deal terms

- **Deal structure:** A license to defined operational data; non-dilutive (no equity, no debt) [3]
- **Exclusivity:** Exclusive by default unless agreed otherwise [5] · Case studies describe a perpetual exclusive license to the operational record [6]
- **Term:** Defined material for a defined term [3]
- **Field of use:** Use bounded by the license; resale or use beyond scope not permitted [5]
- **Onward transfer:** Supplies AI labs; does not disclose which labs take which data [3]
- **Seller keeps ownership:** Yes; company keeps the business and the underlying data [3]

The company's own pages give different figures; each is listed with its source.

## Privacy and data handling

- **De-identification:** Handled by a specialist PII partner rather than in house [5]
- **Raw data deletion:** Not published
- **Certifications:** Not published
- **Personal data handling:** Names, emails, phone numbers, account numbers and addresses removed or replaced by a specialist PII partner before Polyshares or any buyer sees the record [5]

## Process

- **Steps:** (1) Check your data (2) Review and price (3) Get paid [3]
- **Timeline:** Offer within one to two weeks of intake, papered right after [3]
- **Sample before offer:** Yes; team reads an anonymized sample before pricing [5]
- **How to start:** Intake asks for record counts, not files or exports [5]

## Who they sell to

- **Sells to:** Frontier labs and applied AI companies (not named) [1]

## Track record

### Named deals

- Roofing company (home services): $450,000, perpetual exclusive license (company unnamed) [6]
- General contractor (construction): $300,000 (company unnamed) [6]
- Solar company (energy): $275,000 (company unnamed) [6]
- Global marketing agency (professional services): $110,000 (company unnamed) [6]

## Watch for

None found in public reporting as of November 3, 2026.

## Sources

1. Who buys company data? | Polyshares, polyshares.com. Accessed October 30, 2026. (company's own site) https://polyshares.com/answers/who-buys-company-data
2. Sell your company's operational data | Polyshares, polyshares.com. Accessed October 30, 2026. (company's own site) https://polyshares.com/data-licensing
3. Polyshares | A data lab that buys operational data, polyshares.com. Accessed October 30 and November 3, 2026. (company's own site) https://polyshares.com/
4. Team | Polyshares, polyshares.com. Accessed October 30, 2026. (company's own site) https://polyshares.com/team
5. How we handle your data | Polyshares, polyshares.com. Accessed October 30, 2026. (company's own site) https://polyshares.com/data-handling
6. Case studies | Polyshares, polyshares.com. Accessed October 30 and November 3, 2026. (company's own site) https://polyshares.com/track-record

Last verified November 3, 2026

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