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Case studies: what's on the public record

We only list what Mode, micro1 or reputable press have published, with dates and links. Where something hasn't been published, we say so. Neither partner has named a company that licensed its records, so there are no client success stories here yet.

Sources checked 8 November 2026.

Mode

  1. Confirmed by partner13 October 2026

    Programme launched publicly

    Mode.Inc announced BizBuyData.com, a programme that pays eligible businesses and nonprofits for historical operating records they already hold, such as internal messages, emails and project histories.

    Source: Business Wire press release (via Morningstar) ↗ (opens in a new tab)

  2. Partner's own claim13 October 2026

    Mode tested its own records first

    Mode says it found the opportunity while exploring licensing its own operating records and those of companies it acquired, and built its own de-identification tools because other vendors would not let it audit theirs.

    Source: Business Wire press release (via Morningstar) ↗ (opens in a new tab)

  3. Reported by press16–17 October 2026

    Independent trade coverage

    Accounting and legal trade press covered the programme. Above the Law raised that removing identifying details does not by itself resolve attorney-client privilege, which is why law firms should get their own legal advice.

    Source: Accounting Today and Above the Law, as summarised by AI Aulis ↗ (opens in a new tab)

micro1

  1. Reported by press9 October 2026

    $1bn committed to buying company data

    micro1 announced it will spend $1bn over 12 months buying and licensing operational data from companies, with capital provided by Citi and Hercules Capital.

    Source: The Next Web ↗ (opens in a new tab)

  2. Confirmed by partnerchecked 6 November 2026

    Published process and payment terms

    micro1 describes four steps (discovery and pricing, contracting, delivery and acceptance, payment), commits not to resell data until personal information is anonymised, and says it reviews and approves the data within 30 days, then pays within 30 days of invoice.

    Source: micro1 data partnerships page ↗ (opens in a new tab)

  3. Partner's own claim10 September 2026

    Payouts to nine businesses in one day

    micro1's CEO posted that the company paid $5.8M to 9 businesses for enterprise data within 24 hours. The businesses were not named and we have not been able to verify this independently.

    Source: Ali Ansari, micro1 founder and CEO, on LinkedIn ↗ (opens in a new tab)

  4. Different productundated

    Box: enterprise AI evaluation

    micro1's published case study with Box covers expert-designed evaluation data for Box's AI agents. It shows micro1 working with a listed company, but it is not a data-licensing deal.

    Source: micro1 case study ↗ (opens in a new tab)

What hasn't been published

  • Neither partner has named a company that has licensed its records or published what a specific company was paid.
  • Mode has not published completed-deal figures; its $100K–$5M headline is indicative and subject to a full review.
  • We will add named examples only when a partner or the company itself publishes them.
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