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A dated list of public deals

AI data licensing deals: 22 public deals and what each published

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Our index holds 22 public AI data licensing deals, read up to 31 October 2026. OpenAI is the buyer on 14, news and magazine journalism is the data in 14, and 10 have a price a party, a court or the press published.

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Which AI data licensing deals are public?

Public AI data licensing deals, oldest first, read between 11 and 31 October 2026
Licensor and licenseeYear of the dealData licensedPriceSource
Axel Springer and OpenAI2023News and magazine journalism"Tens of millions of euros" a year, by a press report OpenAI announcement
The Associated Press and OpenAINot statedNews: part of AP's text archiveNo price in what we read AP press release
Le Monde, Prisa Media and OpenAI2024News and magazine journalismNo price in what we read OpenAI announcement
Reddit, licensees not named2024Forum and user posts$203.0 million aggregate, two to three years Reddit Form S-1
Reddit and Google2024Forum and user postsAbout $60 million a year, by a press report Google announcement
Stack Overflow and OpenAI2024Developer questions and answersNo price in what we read Stack Overflow press release
Reddit and OpenAI2024Forum and user postsNo price in what we read OpenAI announcement
News Corp and OpenAI2024News and magazine journalism$250 million over five years, by a press report OpenAI announcement
TIME and OpenAI2024News and magazine journalismNo price in what we read OpenAI announcement
Taylor & Francis, AI partners2024Books and scholarly publishingOver $75m of AI partnership revenue expected in 2024 Informa half-year report
Hearst and OpenAI2024News and magazine journalismNo price in what we read OpenAI announcement
Dotdash Meredith and OpenAI2024News and magazine journalismAt least $16 million a year, by a press report Engadget, Adweek report
Axios and OpenAI2025News and magazine journalismNo price in what we read OpenAI announcement
Schibsted Media and OpenAI2025News and magazine journalismNo price in what we read OpenAI announcement
Guardian Media Group and OpenAI2025News and magazine journalismNo price in what we read OpenAI announcement
The Washington Post and OpenAI2025News and magazine journalismNo price in what we read OpenAI announcement
The New York Times and Amazon2025News and magazine journalism$20 million to $25 million a year, by a press report Engadget, Wall Street Journal report
HarperCollins and MicrosoftNot statedBooks$5,000 per book, the only price published The Decoder report
News Corp and Meta2026News and magazine journalismUp to $50 million a year, by a press report Engadget, Wall Street Journal report
Wiley Research, AI licensees2026Books and scholarly publishing$33.1 million of AI licensing revenue in its year to April 2026 Wiley Form 10-K
Spirit Airlines' de-identified data, Google2026An airline's operational records$10,000,000 winning bid in a bankruptcy auction Bankruptcy court notice of auction results
Grupo Folha, Grupo UOL and OpenAI2026News and magazine journalismNo price in what we read OpenAI announcement

A year reads not stated where the document on the index gives no date for the deal; the year is never taken from a web address.

Source: AI data licensing deals on our index: every deal, with its source

Who buys the licence?

OpenAI takes 14 of the 22, nearly all of them news publishers. Google has two, Reddit's forum data and Spirit Airlines' records; Amazon, Meta and Microsoft one each. Three entries are a seller reporting AI licensing money in its own accounts without naming who paid.

Source: AI data licensing deals on our index: every deal, with its source

Do the deals cover training, or only showing content?

The documents differ. OpenAI's announcement with Le Monde and Prisa Media says their content will also contribute to the training of its models, and Google's on Reddit names display, training and other use, while the Washington Post deal is described as ChatGPT showing summaries, quotes and links to the Post's reporting.

Source: OpenAI announcement: Le Monde and Prisa Media

How many deals were struck each year?

On the index, one deal dates from 2023, ten from 2024, five from 2025 and four from 2026, and two give no date in the document we read.

Source: AI data licensing deals on our index: every deal, with its source

Where do the prices come from?

Four of the ten priced deals carry a figure from a party's own filing or a court: Reddit's Form S-1, Informa's half-year report, Wiley's Form 10-K and the Spirit Airlines auction notice. The other six figures are press reports, each attributed on the index to the outlet that printed it.

Source: AI data licensing deals on our index: every deal, with its source

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Has OpenAI said what it pays publishers?

Not in the announcements on our index. The two OpenAI figures there, News Corp's and Dotdash Meredith's, come from The Wall Street Journal and Adweek as reported by Engadget, and OpenAI's own posts describe the partnership without a price. (AI data licensing deals on our index: every deal, with its source)

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