Mercor licenses de-identified workflow data by connecting a company's tools. What it takes, how it pays and what it does not publish.
Facts at a glance
- What they license
- Workflow data from connected tools (100+ supported, including Slack, Teams, Gmail, Outlook, Drive, Confluence, Notion, Salesforce, GitHub)
- Company minimums
- Not stated. Names target industries: legal, healthcare, finance and insurance, professional services, manufacturing, retail, real estate, logistics.
- Geography
- Not stated
- Operating or closed
- Not stated
- Published payout to companies
- No figure published. Mercor says pay depends on data volume, the tools you connect and the depth of the data.
- Who removes personal data
- Mercor, through an automated extraction and anonymisation pipeline. It states no buyer sees raw data.
- Process
- Scope, connect tools, Mercor extracts and de-identifies, payout
- Timeline
- Typically 2–4 weeks from the signed agreement, depending on extraction and processing
- Payment
- Wire transfer on delivery of the anonymised dataset to the buyer
- Fees to the company
- None. Mercor states it covers extraction, anonymisation and transfer costs.
- Exclusivity
- Not stated
How Mercor’s model differs
Most buyers ask you to export data and send it. Mercor asks you to connect your tools instead. You pick which systems are in scope from more than 100 supported apps, Mercor’s platform extracts the data and de-identifies it, and the result is licensed to AI labs. Mercor says data monetisation is always opt-in and that you choose what, if anything, is licensed.
That suits companies whose records live in many cloud tools and who do not want to run exports themselves. It is a weaker fit if your policy does not allow third-party access to production systems, even read-only.
Industries Mercor names
Mercor’s page gives examples by industry: contracts and case files in legal, clinical notes and claims in healthcare, statements and underwriting files in finance and insurance, decks and statements of work in professional services, work orders and QA logs in manufacturing, order and inventory records in retail, listings and leases in real estate, and dispatch logs in logistics.
Several of these are regulated records. A law firm’s client files or a medical practice’s patient notes carry duties that a buyer’s anonymisation does not remove on its own. Read our guide to legal considerations before you connect anything.
Payment
Mercor says it pays by wire once the anonymised dataset is delivered to the buyer, typically 2–4 weeks after the agreement is signed. It does not publish a rate or range.
What Mercor does not publish
Company size minimums, geography, whether closed companies qualify, exclusivity and licence length are not on Mercor’s pages. Ask about each in writing.
How to apply
Your company applies on Mercor's own site, and an authorised decision maker completes the application. Nobody can apply on your behalf.
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Questions people ask
Does Mercor publish how much it pays companies?
No. Its page says compensation is based on data volume, the tools you connect and the depth of your data, and that connecting more tools generally means a higher payout. Treat any figure you read elsewhere as unconfirmed until Mercor puts it in writing.
Does Mercor need access to our systems?
Yes. You connect the tools you choose from a list of more than 100, and Mercor's platform extracts and de-identifies the data. Mercor states no data leaves your systems until you approve it.
Are there costs for the company?
Mercor says there are no upfront costs, setup fees or deductions from the payment; it covers extraction, anonymisation and transfer.