Surge AI
Buys workplace archives such as Slack histories to build RL environments; no public intake page.
Published terms · verified 2026-10-15
- Pays companies
- Not published
- Licence type
- Not published
- Exclusivity
- Not published
- Who de-identifies
- Not published
- Payment timing
- Not published
- Time to offer
- Not published
- Acceptance window
- Not published
- Minimum size
- Not published
- Minimum years
- Not published
- Accepts
- Operating, Winding down, Shut down
- Regions
- Not published
- Data they want
- Chat (Slack/Teams), Email, Code
- How you reach them
- No referral relationship
About
Surge AI uses workplace archives, especially Slack histories with real disagreements and judgment calls, to build reinforcement-learning environments. Per MIT Technology Review, it prices data against a research thesis of how many useful tasks a dataset can yield, so quotes vary widely, and one rich Slack history can outweigh another company's Slack, email and calendar combined.
How the process works
- No public process; buying role known from press reporting
Things to know
- No public intake page was found; the link points to the press report describing its buying. Website and contact path need manual confirmation.
- Business Insider reported Surge spotted a group trying to sell a large company's codebase it apparently had no rights to, a reminder that buyers check seller rights.
Sources
Last verified 2026-10-15. Terms change often; confirm on the buyer's site before signing.