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Surge AI: what they buy and what they pay

Surge AI is profiled here as an AI data vendor[1]. Data types cited in this profile include: Company data archives (Surge's RL-environments lead compares the value of Slack history with Slack, email and calendars) (reported)[2].

Last verified November 3, 2026

Quick facts

TypeAI data vendor[1]
StatusActive (buying data archives, as reported)[2]
Websitehttps://surgehq.ai/[3]
HQSan Francisco (reported)[4]
FoundedNot published
OwnershipNot published
ProgramNot published
PriceNot published
Pricing basisNot published
Payment timingNot published
How to startNot published

What they buy

Data typesCompany data archives (Surge's RL-environments lead compares the value of Slack history with Slack, email and calendars) (reported)[2]
ExcludedNot published
Intended useRL environments ('reinforcement-learning gyms') where clients' AI agents practice tasks (reported)[2]

Who they sell to

Sells toMeta, OpenAI (reported)[4]

Track record

Coverage

  • MIT Technology Review: Surge's RL-environments lead Nick Heiner seeks data archives reflecting disagreements and tricky judgment calls (reported)[2]

Watch for

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

Sources

  1. Surge AI Off-the-Shelf, surgehq.ai. Accessed October 30, 2026. (company's own site)
  2. AI labs are buying data from dead startups to train their models (MIT Technology Review), technologyreview.com. Published October 13, 2026. Accessed October 30 and November 3, 2026. (press)
  3. Surge AI | Human Intelligence for AGI, surgehq.ai. Accessed October 30, 2026. (company's own site)
  4. Surge AI is latest San Francisco startup accused of misclassifying its workers (Los Angeles Times via AOL), aol.com. Published May 21, 2025. Accessed October 30, 2026. (press)

Last verified November 3, 2026