# AI training data price per hour (12 figures)

> 4 of 12 published per-unit prices for AI training data on this index are paid by an AI company to the rights holder directly, read 31 October 2026.

Dataset Valuation · https://datasetvaluation.com/datasets/ai-data-unit-prices/ · computed 2026-10-31

**Prices an AI company pays a rights holder directly:** 4 of 12 prices (12 pages and reports read; 12 named).

## The answers, question by question

- **Data type:** video 5, images and photos 2, audio and speech 2, books 2, code 1
- **Unit priced:** per minute 5, per image 2, per hour 2, per book or work 2, per codebase 1
- **Price, or the low end of a range:** a price in US dollars 8, not stated 4
- **High end of a range:** a price in US dollars 7, not stated 5
- **Who pays whom:** a platform paying contributors 6, an AI company paying a rights holder 4, a court settlement, not a licence 1, a list price to AI buyers 1
- **Year published:** 2025 5, not stated 4, 2024 2, 2026 1
- **The price in the source's own words:** stated 12

## Every price

| Price | Data type | Unit priced | Price, or the low end of a range | High end of a range | Who pays whom | Year published | The price in the source's own words |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe, photos | images and photos | per image | 0.06 US dollars | 0.16 US dollars | an AI company paying a rights holder | not stated | Adobe is paying between 6 cents and 16 cents for each photo and an average of $2.62 per… |
| Adobe, video | video | per minute | not stated | 7.25 US dollars | an AI company paying a rights holder | not stated | Pay for the submission works out, on average, to about US$2.62 (RM12.49) per minute of… |
| Babel Audio | audio and speech | per hour | 17 US dollars | not stated | a platform paying contributors | 2026 | Babel Audio is paying strangers $17 an hour to record their conversations, which the… |
| Bartz v. Anthropic settlement | books | per book or work | 3000 US dollars | not stated | a court settlement, not a licence | 2025 | The proposed settlement covers approximately 500,000 works and averages about $3,000 per… |
| Calliope Networks | video | per minute | 6.25 US dollars | not stated | a list price to AI buyers | 2024 | For example, Calliope charges $6.25 per minute for HD content, with additional fees for… |
| HarperCollins and Microsoft | books | per book or work | 5000 US dollars | not stated | an AI company paying a rights holder | 2025 | The company has proposed a licensing agreement with publisher HarperCollins that would… |
| HUD AI | code | per codebase | not stated | 10000 US dollars | a platform paying contributors | not stated | Frontier AI labs pay up to $10k for a qualifying one. It's a license, not a sale |
| Neon Mobile | audio and speech | per minute | 0.15 US dollars | not stated | a platform paying contributors | 2025 | The payment is $0.15 per minute if you’re the only Neon Mobile user in the conversation… |
| Newsflare | video | per hour | 10 US dollars | 50 US dollars | a platform paying contributors | not stated | upload your full archive today to increase your earnings, with rates typically ranging… |
| OpenAI and Google, unpublished creator video | video | per minute | not stated | 4 US dollars | an AI company paying a rights holder | 2025 | OpenAI and Google are buying YouTubers' unpublished videos for up to $4 per minute |
| Troveo | video | per minute | 0.75 US dollars | 3 US dollars | a platform paying contributors | 2025 | Troveo.ai offers upfront payments (typically $0.75–$3 per minute) for exclusive licensing… |
| Wirestock | images and photos | per image | not stated | 20 US dollars | a platform paying contributors | 2024 | ranges from microtransactions of cents on the dollar when providers buy bulk data from… |

## The sentence each answer rests on (84)

- Adobe, photos, [PYMNTS, Bloomberg report](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2024/adobe-paying-videos-images-train-ai-models/), read 2026-10-31, Data type: "Adobe is paying between 6 cents and 16 cents for each photo and an average of $2.62 per minute for videos, according to the report."
- Adobe, photos, [PYMNTS, Bloomberg report](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2024/adobe-paying-videos-images-train-ai-models/), read 2026-10-31, Unit priced: "Adobe is paying between 6 cents and 16 cents for each photo and an average of $2.62 per minute for videos, according to the report."
- Adobe, photos, [PYMNTS, Bloomberg report](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2024/adobe-paying-videos-images-train-ai-models/), read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range: "Adobe is paying between 6 cents and 16 cents for each photo and an average of $2.62 per minute for videos, according to the report."
- Adobe, photos, [PYMNTS, Bloomberg report](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2024/adobe-paying-videos-images-train-ai-models/), read 2026-10-31, High end of a range: "Adobe is paying between 6 cents and 16 cents for each photo and an average of $2.62 per minute for videos, according to the report."
- Adobe, photos, [PYMNTS, Bloomberg report](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2024/adobe-paying-videos-images-train-ai-models/), read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom: "Adobe is paying between 6 cents and 16 cents for each photo and an average of $2.62 per minute for videos, according to the report."
- Adobe, photos, [PYMNTS, Bloomberg report](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2024/adobe-paying-videos-images-train-ai-models/), read 2026-10-31, Year published: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 4,360 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- Adobe, photos, [PYMNTS, Bloomberg report](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2024/adobe-paying-videos-images-train-ai-models/), read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words: "Adobe is paying between 6 cents and 16 cents for each photo and an average of $2.62 per minute for videos, according to the report."
- Adobe, video, [The Star, Bloomberg report](https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2024/04/12/adobe-is-buying-videos-for-rm13-per-minute-to-build-ai-model), read 2026-10-31, Data type: "Pay for the submission works out, on average, to about US$2.62 (RM12.49) per minute of submitted video, although it could be as much as about US$7.25 (RM34.56) per minute."
- Adobe, video, [The Star, Bloomberg report](https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2024/04/12/adobe-is-buying-videos-for-rm13-per-minute-to-build-ai-model), read 2026-10-31, Unit priced: "Pay for the submission works out, on average, to about US$2.62 (RM12.49) per minute of submitted video, although it could be as much as about US$7.25 (RM34.56) per minute."
- Adobe, video, [The Star, Bloomberg report](https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2024/04/12/adobe-is-buying-videos-for-rm13-per-minute-to-build-ai-model), read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 5,204 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- Adobe, video, [The Star, Bloomberg report](https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2024/04/12/adobe-is-buying-videos-for-rm13-per-minute-to-build-ai-model), read 2026-10-31, High end of a range: "Pay for the submission works out, on average, to about US$2.62 (RM12.49) per minute of submitted video, although it could be as much as about US$7.25 (RM34.56) per minute."
- Adobe, video, [The Star, Bloomberg report](https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2024/04/12/adobe-is-buying-videos-for-rm13-per-minute-to-build-ai-model), read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom: "Pay for the submission works out, on average, to about US$2.62 (RM12.49) per minute of submitted video, although it could be as much as about US$7.25 (RM34.56) per minute."
- Adobe, video, [The Star, Bloomberg report](https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2024/04/12/adobe-is-buying-videos-for-rm13-per-minute-to-build-ai-model), read 2026-10-31, Year published: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 5,204 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- Adobe, video, [The Star, Bloomberg report](https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2024/04/12/adobe-is-buying-videos-for-rm13-per-minute-to-build-ai-model), read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words: "Pay for the submission works out, on average, to about US$2.62 (RM12.49) per minute of submitted video, although it could be as much as about US$7.25 (RM34.56) per minute."
- Babel Audio, [LavX, Bloomberg report](https://news.lavx.hu/article/babel-audio-pays-strangers-17-hour-to-record-conversations-for-ai-training-data), read 2026-10-31, Data type: "Babel Audio is paying strangers $17 an hour to record their conversations, which the company then bundles into AI training data"
- Babel Audio, [LavX, Bloomberg report](https://news.lavx.hu/article/babel-audio-pays-strangers-17-hour-to-record-conversations-for-ai-training-data), read 2026-10-31, Unit priced: "Babel Audio is paying strangers $17 an hour to record their conversations, which the company then bundles into AI training data"
- Babel Audio, [LavX, Bloomberg report](https://news.lavx.hu/article/babel-audio-pays-strangers-17-hour-to-record-conversations-for-ai-training-data), read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range: "Babel Audio is paying strangers $17 an hour to record their conversations, which the company then bundles into AI training data"
- Babel Audio, [LavX, Bloomberg report](https://news.lavx.hu/article/babel-audio-pays-strangers-17-hour-to-record-conversations-for-ai-training-data), read 2026-10-31, High end of a range: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 6,102 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- Babel Audio, [LavX, Bloomberg report](https://news.lavx.hu/article/babel-audio-pays-strangers-17-hour-to-record-conversations-for-ai-training-data), read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom: "Babel Audio is paying strangers $17 an hour to record their conversations, which the company then bundles into AI training data"
- Babel Audio, [LavX, Bloomberg report](https://news.lavx.hu/article/babel-audio-pays-strangers-17-hour-to-record-conversations-for-ai-training-data), read 2026-10-31, Year published: "Mar 31, 2026, 7:38 AM UTC"
- Babel Audio, [LavX, Bloomberg report](https://news.lavx.hu/article/babel-audio-pays-strangers-17-hour-to-record-conversations-for-ai-training-data), read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words: "Babel Audio is paying strangers $17 an hour to record their conversations, which the company then bundles into AI training data"
- Bartz v. Anthropic settlement, [King & Spalding client alert](https://ktslaw.com/insights/alert/2025/9/parties-reach-a-landmark-settlement-in-the-bartz-v-anthropic-litigation), read 2026-10-31, Data type: "The proposed settlement covers approximately 500,000 works and averages about $3,000 per protected work."
- Bartz v. Anthropic settlement, [King & Spalding client alert](https://ktslaw.com/insights/alert/2025/9/parties-reach-a-landmark-settlement-in-the-bartz-v-anthropic-litigation), read 2026-10-31, Unit priced: "The proposed settlement covers approximately 500,000 works and averages about $3,000 per protected work."
- Bartz v. Anthropic settlement, [King & Spalding client alert](https://ktslaw.com/insights/alert/2025/9/parties-reach-a-landmark-settlement-in-the-bartz-v-anthropic-litigation), read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range: "The proposed settlement covers approximately 500,000 works and averages about $3,000 per protected work."
- Bartz v. Anthropic settlement, [King & Spalding client alert](https://ktslaw.com/insights/alert/2025/9/parties-reach-a-landmark-settlement-in-the-bartz-v-anthropic-litigation), read 2026-10-31, High end of a range: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 5,141 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- Bartz v. Anthropic settlement, [King & Spalding client alert](https://ktslaw.com/insights/alert/2025/9/parties-reach-a-landmark-settlement-in-the-bartz-v-anthropic-litigation), read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom: "The proposed settlement covers approximately 500,000 works and averages about $3,000 per protected work."
- Bartz v. Anthropic settlement, [King & Spalding client alert](https://ktslaw.com/insights/alert/2025/9/parties-reach-a-landmark-settlement-in-the-bartz-v-anthropic-litigation), read 2026-10-31, Year published: "the settlement resolves claims relating to actions taken through August 25, 2025"
- Bartz v. Anthropic settlement, [King & Spalding client alert](https://ktslaw.com/insights/alert/2025/9/parties-reach-a-landmark-settlement-in-the-bartz-v-anthropic-litigation), read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words: "The proposed settlement covers approximately 500,000 works and averages about $3,000 per protected work."
- Calliope Networks, [Italy Meets Hollywood report](https://italymeetshollywood.com/2024/08/content-licensing-for-training-ai-how-licensing-deals-look/), read 2026-10-31, Data type: "For example, Calliope charges $6.25 per minute for HD content, with additional fees for 4K or 3D content."
- Calliope Networks, [Italy Meets Hollywood report](https://italymeetshollywood.com/2024/08/content-licensing-for-training-ai-how-licensing-deals-look/), read 2026-10-31, Unit priced: "For example, Calliope charges $6.25 per minute for HD content, with additional fees for 4K or 3D content."
- Calliope Networks, [Italy Meets Hollywood report](https://italymeetshollywood.com/2024/08/content-licensing-for-training-ai-how-licensing-deals-look/), read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range: "For example, Calliope charges $6.25 per minute for HD content, with additional fees for 4K or 3D content."
- Calliope Networks, [Italy Meets Hollywood report](https://italymeetshollywood.com/2024/08/content-licensing-for-training-ai-how-licensing-deals-look/), read 2026-10-31, High end of a range: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 7,272 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- Calliope Networks, [Italy Meets Hollywood report](https://italymeetshollywood.com/2024/08/content-licensing-for-training-ai-how-licensing-deals-look/), read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom: "For example, Calliope charges $6.25 per minute for HD content, with additional fees for 4K or 3D content."
- Calliope Networks, [Italy Meets Hollywood report](https://italymeetshollywood.com/2024/08/content-licensing-for-training-ai-how-licensing-deals-look/), read 2026-10-31, Year published: "Published On: August 20, 2024"
- Calliope Networks, [Italy Meets Hollywood report](https://italymeetshollywood.com/2024/08/content-licensing-for-training-ai-how-licensing-deals-look/), read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words: "For example, Calliope charges $6.25 per minute for HD content, with additional fees for 4K or 3D content."
- HarperCollins and Microsoft, [The Decoder report](https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-offers-authors-5000-to-train-ai-on-their-books/), read 2026-10-31, Data type: "The company has proposed a licensing agreement with publisher HarperCollins that would pay $5,000 per book for AI training rights."
- HarperCollins and Microsoft, [The Decoder report](https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-offers-authors-5000-to-train-ai-on-their-books/), read 2026-10-31, Unit priced: "The company has proposed a licensing agreement with publisher HarperCollins that would pay $5,000 per book for AI training rights."
- HarperCollins and Microsoft, [The Decoder report](https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-offers-authors-5000-to-train-ai-on-their-books/), read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range: "The company has proposed a licensing agreement with publisher HarperCollins that would pay $5,000 per book for AI training rights."
- HarperCollins and Microsoft, [The Decoder report](https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-offers-authors-5000-to-train-ai-on-their-books/), read 2026-10-31, High end of a range: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 5,490 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- HarperCollins and Microsoft, [The Decoder report](https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-offers-authors-5000-to-train-ai-on-their-books/), read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom: "The company has proposed a licensing agreement with publisher HarperCollins that would pay $5,000 per book for AI training rights."
- HarperCollins and Microsoft, [The Decoder report](https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-offers-authors-5000-to-train-ai-on-their-books/), read 2026-10-31, Year published: "Matthias Bastian Feb 8, 2025"
- HarperCollins and Microsoft, [The Decoder report](https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-offers-authors-5000-to-train-ai-on-their-books/), read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words: "The company has proposed a licensing agreement with publisher HarperCollins that would pay $5,000 per book for AI training rights. Authors would receive half of that amount, or $2,500 per book, according to the publisher."
- HUD AI, [HUD's own post on DEV](https://dev.to/hansel_hud_gtm_guy/would-you-license-an-olddead-startups-codebase-as-ai-training-data-for-up-to-10k-12jc), read 2026-10-31, Data type: "Would you license your old/dead codebase as AI training data for $10k?"
- HUD AI, [HUD's own post on DEV](https://dev.to/hansel_hud_gtm_guy/would-you-license-an-olddead-startups-codebase-as-ai-training-data-for-up-to-10k-12jc), read 2026-10-31, Unit priced: "Frontier AI labs pay up to $10k for a qualifying one."
- HUD AI, [HUD's own post on DEV](https://dev.to/hansel_hud_gtm_guy/would-you-license-an-olddead-startups-codebase-as-ai-training-data-for-up-to-10k-12jc), read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 4,057 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- HUD AI, [HUD's own post on DEV](https://dev.to/hansel_hud_gtm_guy/would-you-license-an-olddead-startups-codebase-as-ai-training-data-for-up-to-10k-12jc), read 2026-10-31, High end of a range: "Frontier AI labs pay up to $10k for a qualifying one."
- HUD AI, [HUD's own post on DEV](https://dev.to/hansel_hud_gtm_guy/would-you-license-an-olddead-startups-codebase-as-ai-training-data-for-up-to-10k-12jc), read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom: "I work with HUD AI (YC W25). We license private (high-quality) codebases as traini"
- HUD AI, [HUD's own post on DEV](https://dev.to/hansel_hud_gtm_guy/would-you-license-an-olddead-startups-codebase-as-ai-training-data-for-up-to-10k-12jc), read 2026-10-31, Year published: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 4,057 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- HUD AI, [HUD's own post on DEV](https://dev.to/hansel_hud_gtm_guy/would-you-license-an-olddead-startups-codebase-as-ai-training-data-for-up-to-10k-12jc), read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words: "Frontier AI labs pay up to $10k for a qualifying one. It's a license, not a sale"
- Neon Mobile, [Malwarebytes report](https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/09/neon-app-pays-users-to-record-their-phone-calls-sells-data-for-ai-training), read 2026-10-31, Data type: "The payment is $0.15 per minute if you’re the only Neon Mobile user in the conversation, and this doubles when the person on the other end uses the app as well."
- Neon Mobile, [Malwarebytes report](https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/09/neon-app-pays-users-to-record-their-phone-calls-sells-data-for-ai-training), read 2026-10-31, Unit priced: "The payment is $0.15 per minute if you’re the only Neon Mobile user in the conversation, and this doubles when the person on the other end uses the app as well."
- Neon Mobile, [Malwarebytes report](https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/09/neon-app-pays-users-to-record-their-phone-calls-sells-data-for-ai-training), read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range: "The payment is $0.15 per minute if you’re the only Neon Mobile user in the conversation, and this doubles when the person on the other end uses the app as well."
- Neon Mobile, [Malwarebytes report](https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/09/neon-app-pays-users-to-record-their-phone-calls-sells-data-for-ai-training), read 2026-10-31, High end of a range: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 8,264 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- Neon Mobile, [Malwarebytes report](https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/09/neon-app-pays-users-to-record-their-phone-calls-sells-data-for-ai-training), read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom: "The payment is $0.15 per minute if you’re the only Neon Mobile user in the conversation, and this doubles when the person on the other end uses the app as well."
- Neon Mobile, [Malwarebytes report](https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/09/neon-app-pays-users-to-record-their-phone-calls-sells-data-for-ai-training), read 2026-10-31, Year published: "Pieter Arntz \| September 26, 2025"
- Neon Mobile, [Malwarebytes report](https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/09/neon-app-pays-users-to-record-their-phone-calls-sells-data-for-ai-training), read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words: "The payment is $0.15 per minute if you’re the only Neon Mobile user in the conversation, and this doubles when the person on the other end uses the app as well."
- Newsflare, [Newsflare AI licensing page](https://learn.newsflare.com/blog/ai-licensing), read 2026-10-31, Data type: "AI training demands thousands of hours of content, upload your full archive today to increase your earnings"
- Newsflare, [Newsflare AI licensing page](https://learn.newsflare.com/blog/ai-licensing), read 2026-10-31, Unit priced: "with rates typically ranging from $10–$50 per hour used"
- Newsflare, [Newsflare AI licensing page](https://learn.newsflare.com/blog/ai-licensing), read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range: "with rates typically ranging from $10–$50 per hour used"
- Newsflare, [Newsflare AI licensing page](https://learn.newsflare.com/blog/ai-licensing), read 2026-10-31, High end of a range: "with rates typically ranging from $10–$50 per hour used"
- Newsflare, [Newsflare AI licensing page](https://learn.newsflare.com/blog/ai-licensing), read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom: "with rates typically ranging from $10–$50 per hour used"
- Newsflare, [Newsflare AI licensing page](https://learn.newsflare.com/blog/ai-licensing), read 2026-10-31, Year published: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 5,233 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- Newsflare, [Newsflare AI licensing page](https://learn.newsflare.com/blog/ai-licensing), read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words: "upload your full archive today to increase your earnings, with rates typically ranging from $10–$50 per hour used"
- OpenAI and Google, unpublished creator video, [The Decoder, Bloomberg report](https://the-decoder.com/openai-and-google-are-buying-youtubers-unpublished-videos-for-up-to-4-per-minute/), read 2026-10-08, Data type: "OpenAI and Google are buying YouTubers' unpublished videos for up to $4 per minute"
- OpenAI and Google, unpublished creator video, [The Decoder, Bloomberg report](https://the-decoder.com/openai-and-google-are-buying-youtubers-unpublished-videos-for-up-to-4-per-minute/), read 2026-10-08, Unit priced: "OpenAI and Google are buying YouTubers' unpublished videos for up to $4 per minute"
- OpenAI and Google, unpublished creator video, [The Decoder, Bloomberg report](https://the-decoder.com/openai-and-google-are-buying-youtubers-unpublished-videos-for-up-to-4-per-minute/), read 2026-10-08, Price, or the low end of a range: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 10,900 characters when read on 2026-10-08.
- OpenAI and Google, unpublished creator video, [The Decoder, Bloomberg report](https://the-decoder.com/openai-and-google-are-buying-youtubers-unpublished-videos-for-up-to-4-per-minute/), read 2026-10-08, High end of a range: "OpenAI and Google are buying YouTubers' unpublished videos for up to $4 per minute"
- OpenAI and Google, unpublished creator video, [The Decoder, Bloomberg report](https://the-decoder.com/openai-and-google-are-buying-youtubers-unpublished-videos-for-up-to-4-per-minute/), read 2026-10-08, Who pays whom: "OpenAI and Google are buying YouTubers' unpublished videos for up to $4 per minute"
- OpenAI and Google, unpublished creator video, [The Decoder, Bloomberg report](https://the-decoder.com/openai-and-google-are-buying-youtubers-unpublished-videos-for-up-to-4-per-minute/), read 2026-10-08, Year published: "Matthias Bastian Jan 11, 2025"
- OpenAI and Google, unpublished creator video, [The Decoder, Bloomberg report](https://the-decoder.com/openai-and-google-are-buying-youtubers-unpublished-videos-for-up-to-4-per-minute/), read 2026-10-08, The price in the source's own words: "OpenAI and Google are buying YouTubers' unpublished videos for up to $4 per minute"
- Troveo, [BH Media article](https://bhmediaco.squarespace.com/news/video-licensing-with-dark-media-ai-founder), read 2026-10-31, Data type: "Troveo.ai offers upfront payments (typically $0.75–$3 per minute) for exclusive licensing rights to your owned video footage"
- Troveo, [BH Media article](https://bhmediaco.squarespace.com/news/video-licensing-with-dark-media-ai-founder), read 2026-10-31, Unit priced: "Troveo.ai offers upfront payments (typically $0.75–$3 per minute) for exclusive licensing rights to your owned video footage"
- Troveo, [BH Media article](https://bhmediaco.squarespace.com/news/video-licensing-with-dark-media-ai-founder), read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range: "Troveo.ai offers upfront payments (typically $0.75–$3 per minute) for exclusive licensing rights to your owned video footage"
- Troveo, [BH Media article](https://bhmediaco.squarespace.com/news/video-licensing-with-dark-media-ai-founder), read 2026-10-31, High end of a range: "Troveo.ai offers upfront payments (typically $0.75–$3 per minute) for exclusive licensing rights to your owned video footage"
- Troveo, [BH Media article](https://bhmediaco.squarespace.com/news/video-licensing-with-dark-media-ai-founder), read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom: "Troveo.ai offers upfront payments (typically $0.75–$3 per minute) for exclusive licensing rights to your owned video footage"
- Troveo, [BH Media article](https://bhmediaco.squarespace.com/news/video-licensing-with-dark-media-ai-founder), read 2026-10-31, Year published: "Jared Brick June 19, 2025"
- Troveo, [BH Media article](https://bhmediaco.squarespace.com/news/video-licensing-with-dark-media-ai-founder), read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words: "Troveo.ai offers upfront payments (typically $0.75–$3 per minute) for exclusive licensing rights to your owned video footage"
- Wirestock, [VentureBeat report](https://venturebeat.com/ai/wirestock-lets-photographers-and-artists-get-paid-when-ai-companies-train-on-their-work), read 2026-10-31, Data type: "ranges from microtransactions of cents on the dollar when providers buy bulk data from Wirestock, up to $15-20 per artwork for specific needs"
- Wirestock, [VentureBeat report](https://venturebeat.com/ai/wirestock-lets-photographers-and-artists-get-paid-when-ai-companies-train-on-their-work), read 2026-10-31, Unit priced: "ranges from microtransactions of cents on the dollar when providers buy bulk data from Wirestock, up to $15-20 per artwork for specific needs"
- Wirestock, [VentureBeat report](https://venturebeat.com/ai/wirestock-lets-photographers-and-artists-get-paid-when-ai-companies-train-on-their-work), read 2026-10-31, Price, or the low end of a range: No answer on the page or report, which ran to 7,394 characters when read on 2026-10-31.
- Wirestock, [VentureBeat report](https://venturebeat.com/ai/wirestock-lets-photographers-and-artists-get-paid-when-ai-companies-train-on-their-work), read 2026-10-31, High end of a range: "ranges from microtransactions of cents on the dollar when providers buy bulk data from Wirestock, up to $15-20 per artwork for specific needs"
- Wirestock, [VentureBeat report](https://venturebeat.com/ai/wirestock-lets-photographers-and-artists-get-paid-when-ai-companies-train-on-their-work), read 2026-10-31, Who pays whom: "ranges from microtransactions of cents on the dollar when providers buy bulk data from Wirestock, up to $15-20 per artwork for specific needs"
- Wirestock, [VentureBeat report](https://venturebeat.com/ai/wirestock-lets-photographers-and-artists-get-paid-when-ai-companies-train-on-their-work), read 2026-10-31, Year published: "6:50 am, PT, May 16, 2024"
- Wirestock, [VentureBeat report](https://venturebeat.com/ai/wirestock-lets-photographers-and-artists-get-paid-when-ai-companies-train-on-their-work), read 2026-10-31, The price in the source's own words: "ranges from microtransactions of cents on the dollar when providers buy bulk data from Wirestock, up to $15-20 per artwork for specific needs"

## Methodology

Each price's own programme pages, filings and press reports were read through estate-fetch and stored whole (sha256 on every row). For every page or report, seven questions were answered from its own words: data type, unit priced, price, or the low end of a range, high end of a range, who pays whom, year published, the price in the source's own words. Every stated answer carries the sentence it rests on, checked against the stored text; 'not stated' means the page or report read does not address the question. A price with several pages and reports reads 'varies' where they disagree. 12 prices, 12 pages and reports.

## Sources

- [The Star: Adobe pays for video](https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2024/04/12/adobe-is-buying-videos-for-rm13-per-minute-to-build-ai-model) (read)
- [PYMNTS: Adobe pays for photos and video](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2024/adobe-paying-videos-images-train-ai-models/) (read)
- [The Decoder: unpublished YouTube video](https://the-decoder.com/openai-and-google-are-buying-youtubers-unpublished-videos-for-up-to-4-per-minute/) (read)
- [VentureBeat: Wirestock](https://venturebeat.com/ai/wirestock-lets-photographers-and-artists-get-paid-when-ai-companies-train-on-their-work) (read)
- [The Decoder: Microsoft and HarperCollins](https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-offers-authors-5000-to-train-ai-on-their-books/) (read)
- [King & Spalding: Bartz v. Anthropic settlement](https://ktslaw.com/insights/alert/2025/9/parties-reach-a-landmark-settlement-in-the-bartz-v-anthropic-litigation) (read)
- [Italy Meets Hollywood: Calliope Networks](https://italymeetshollywood.com/2024/08/content-licensing-for-training-ai-how-licensing-deals-look/) (read)
- [BH Media: Troveo](https://bhmediaco.squarespace.com/news/video-licensing-with-dark-media-ai-founder) (read)
- [Newsflare: AI licensing](https://learn.newsflare.com/blog/ai-licensing) (read)
- [Malwarebytes: Neon Mobile](https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/09/neon-app-pays-users-to-record-their-phone-calls-sells-data-for-ai-training) (read)
- [LavX: Babel Audio](https://news.lavx.hu/article/babel-audio-pays-strangers-17-hour-to-record-conversations-for-ai-training-data) (read)
- [HUD: licensing a dead startup's codebase](https://dev.to/hansel_hud_gtm_guy/would-you-license-an-olddead-startups-codebase-as-ai-training-data-for-up-to-10k-12jc) (read)

## Cite or embed

- 4 of 12 published per-unit prices for AI training data on this index are paid by an AI company to the rights holder directly, read 31 October 2026.
- Data type, by price: video 5 of 12, audio and speech 2 of 12, books 2 of 12, images and photos 2 of 12, code 1 of 12 (12 prices, read 31 October 2026).
- Unit priced, by price: per minute 5 of 12, per book or work 2 of 12, per hour 2 of 12, per image 2 of 12, per codebase 1 of 12 (12 prices, read 31 October 2026).
- Price, or the low end of a range, by price: a price in US dollars 8 of 12, not stated 4 of 12 (12 prices, read 31 October 2026).
- High end of a range, by price: a price in US dollars 7 of 12, not stated 5 of 12 (12 prices, read 31 October 2026).
- Who pays whom, by price: a platform paying contributors 6 of 12, an AI company paying a rights holder 4 of 12, a list price to AI buyers 1 of 12, a court settlement, not a licence 1 of 12 (12 prices, read 31 October 2026).
- Year published, by price: 2025 5 of 12, not stated 4 of 12, 2024 2 of 12, 2026 1 of 12 (12 prices, read 31 October 2026).
- The price in the source's own words, by price: stated 12 of 12 (12 prices, read 31 October 2026).

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