AI data vendor

Turing: what they buy and what they pay

Turing is profiled here as an AI data vendor[1]. Data types cited in this profile include: Chat, Email, Tickets, Docs/wiki, CRM, Support history, Databases, Code[1].

Last verified November 3, 2026

Quick facts

Quick facts about Turing
TypeAI data vendor[1]
StatusActive[1]
Websitehttps://www.turing.com/[2]
HQSan Francisco, CA[3]
FoundedNot published
Ownership$111M Series E (reported March 2025) led by Khazanah Nasional Berhad, doubling its valuation to $2.2B[4]
ProgramProject Lazarus[1]https://lazarus.turing.com/[1]
PriceNot published
Pricing basisRevenue share: paid from each sale when a lab licenses the record, and for training tasks, evaluations or environments Turing builds on it; no fixed price[1]
Payment timingNot published
How to start'Get started' form (about 2 minutes, no files and no call needed to start); mutual NDA before any data moves[1]

What they buy

What they buy: Turing
Data typesChat, Email, Tickets, Docs/wiki, CRM, Support history, Databases, Code[1]
ExcludedNot published
Intended useLicensed to AI labs; Turing also builds training tasks, evaluations and RL environments for AI labs on the records[1]Pretraining and benchmarking corpus for multi-turn, tool-rich LLM workflows (Turing newsletter, Dec 2025)[5]

Who qualifies

Who qualifies: Turing
Minimum headcountNot published
Minimum historyNot published
GeographyMost regions; strongest demand in the US, UK, Canada and the EU; English-language records sell best; some jurisdictions carry export rules Turing flags early[1]
Company stageActive, winding-down and wound-down companies (most are still active)[1]

Price and payment

Price and payment: Turing
PriceNot published
Pricing basisRevenue share: paid from each sale when a lab licenses the record, and for training tasks, evaluations or environments Turing builds on it; no fixed price[1]
Payment timingNot published
Seller feesNot published
Platform's cutNot published
Referral bountyUp to $50K, if the referred company signs and its record sells[1]

Deal terms

Deal terms: Turing
Deal structureNon-exclusive license; Turing is the only seller for the first 90 days after signing, then the seller can renew or opt out[1]
ExclusivityNot published
TermNot published
Field of useNot published
Onward transferNot published
Seller keeps ownershipYes; the seller gives Turing the right to prepare and license the record, and ownership does not change hands[1]

Privacy and data handling

Privacy and data handling: Turing
De-identificationTuring removes personal data and secrets before anything reaches a model, at its own cost[1]
Raw data deletionNot published
CertificationsSOC 2 Type II (report available under NDA, per the Lazarus site)[1]
Personal data handlingIsolated, air-gapped processing; access limited to a named team under NDA; seller approves scope first[6]

Process

Process: Turing
Steps
  1. Tell us about your data
  2. Sign the mutual NDA
  3. Tell us how much you have
  4. Share your samples
  5. QC and agreement (QA review, 5 business days)[1]
TimelineQA review of samples within 5 business days; usually earns within the first 2 months of scoping[1]
Sample before offerYes; priced from a real sample (small slice, under mutual NDA) reviewed by QA within 5 business days; no estimate from a form[1]
How to start'Get started' form (about 2 minutes, no files and no call needed to start); mutual NDA before any data moves[1]

Who they sell to

Who they sell to: Turing
Sells toFrontier AI labs and companies building AI models (unnamed)[1]OpenAI and other LLM producers (Turing's broader data business) (reported)[4]

Track record

Named deals

  • CEO Jonathan Siddharth told The Information (as reported by Fortune) that Turing had bought five to ten failed-startup codebases, paying an average in the tens of thousands of dollars for each[7]

Coverage

  • Fortune (Sept 14, 2026) reports Turing's CEO told The Information it had bought five to ten failed-startup codebases (reported)[7]

Watch for

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

Sources

  1. Project Lazarus | Turing, lazarus.turing.com. Accessed October 30 and November 3, 2026. (company's own site)
  2. Turing homepage, turing.com. Accessed October 30, 2026. (company's own site)
  3. About Turing, turing.com. Accessed October 30, 2026. (company's own site)
  4. Turing, a key coding provider for OpenAI and other LLM producers, raises $111M at a $2.2B valuation, techcrunch.com. Published March 6, 2025. Accessed October 30 and November 3, 2026. (press)
  5. Project Lazarus: Training AI on Dead Startups' Code (Turing AGI Advance newsletter), turing.com. Published December 24, 2025. Accessed November 3, 2026. (company's own site)
  6. Get started | Project Lazarus by Turing, lazarus.turing.com. Accessed November 3, 2026. (company's own site)
  7. Google wants Spirit Airlines' data. Micro1 wants to pay more (Fortune), fortune.com. Published September 14, 2026. Accessed October 30 and November 3, 2026. (press)

Last verified November 3, 2026