Licensing a 3PL's records to AI labs
Labs want to see how dispatchers and account managers handle exceptions: a missed pickup, a short shipment, a carrier who stops answering. We separate your workflow from your shippers' data and take it to the buyers that list logistics.
Last verified Oct 16, 2026
Deal summary · Confidential- Industry
- Logistics or 3PL
- Headcount
- 100–249
- Years of records
- 10–19 years
- What sells
- Exception handling and carrier tickets
- Tools
- Zendesk, Slack, Gmail, MercuryGate, Descartes
- Published AI lab range
- $300K–$1M+ per license
- Next step
- 20-minute confidential call
Example with placeholder values. Range from AI labs' published price tiers; not an offer.
The whole process, in less than 2 minutes.
What AI labs pay for and how personal details come out.
The records buyers ask logistics and 3pls for
Exception handling and carrier tickets
What went wrong on a load, who was called and how it was resolved.
- Zendesk
- Slack
- Gmail
Load and shipment history
Tendering, carrier selection and status updates across the life of a shipment.
- MercuryGate
- Descartes
Warehouse operations
Receiving, cycle counts, discrepancies and how they were reconciled.
- Manhattan
- NetSuite
Freight billing and audit
Accessorial disputes, invoice corrections and carrier settlements.
- NetSuite
- QuickBooks
Who buys from this industry
Public terms| Buyer | Published terms | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Mercor | Lists logistics and supply chain, with shipping manifests, dispatch logs and invoices as examples. No published amounts; paid by wire, typically 2–4 weeks after signing. | Mercor, company data · Read Oct 16, 2026 |
| Turing, Project Lazarus | Lists operations and logistics among the work it buys. One payment of up to $1M, valued after sampling, usually within a week. | Turing, Project Lazarus · Read Oct 16, 2026 |
| micro1 | Tiers start at $100K+, $500K+ and $1M+. Wants 30+ employees and prioritizes the US. | Who Sells Data, buying programs · Observed Oct 14, 2026 |
| Handshake AI | $100K to $4M+, paid 30–60 days after acceptance. Needs 20+ full-time employees and 3+ years operating. | Who Sells Data, buying programs · Observed Oct 14, 2026 |
Marin Data is not an agent of any buyer listed. See every buyer program or the price index.
Shipment details belong to the shipper
Federal law bars a carrier or broker from disclosing the nature, quantity, destination, consignee or routing of a shipment without the shipper's or consignee's consent, where the information could harm them or reveal their business to a competitor (49 U.S.C. 14908, civil penalty up to $2,000). Customer contracts and NDAs can add more, since email and chat often carry other companies' confidential information (Frankfurt Kurnit, Oct 1, 2026). We read your customer agreements first. Buyers remove shipper and consignee names, addresses and lanes before any sample is reviewed.
49 U.S.C. 14908 · Frankfurt Kurnit, Selling company data for AI training, Oct 1, 2026
We never license, in this industry
- Shipper and consignee names, addresses and contacts
- Customer rates and lane pricing
- Driver records and anything identifying a driver
- Data your customer contracts keep confidential
A worked example
An illustrative case: a 120-person 3PL with 11 years of exception tickets in Zendesk, Slack, NetSuite and Gmail. AI labs' published price tiers put a firm like this at an Estimated License Value of $300K–$1M+ per license. The AI lab pays that to the firm directly; Marin Data costs it nothing.
Illustrative. Range from AI labs' published price tiers; not an offer.
Questions logistics and 3pls ask us
Our TMS is full of customer names. Is that a problem?
It means the TMS needs the most work before a sample. Shipper and consignee details come out, and 49 U.S.C. 14908 is why. The decisions your team made on each load are what buyers want, and those survive de-identification.
We are a freight broker. Do the same rules apply?
Yes. Section 14908 covers brokers as well as carriers. We check your broker-shipper and broker-carrier agreements before anything is scoped.
What does it cost us?
Nothing up front, and nothing at all if no deal closes. Marin Data is paid by the AI lab, never out of your payment.
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