Sessions · Advisor session
Data Value 101: What's Happening Now and How to Prepare
Wednesday, December 2, 2026 · 12–1 PM PST
About this session
AI companies are now paying to license real-world business data to train their models. For founders, that can be a new source of non-dilutive capital. For teams winding down, it's a way to get paid for the data they've built.
Erin Quick is a three-time founder with two exits, and she has seen these deals from both sides: she sold data from her own company and now works with one of the larger data buyers. She'll share what buyers are paying for right now, what makes a dataset valuable, and how to tell whether licensing is an option for your company today.
Not ready yet? You'll leave knowing how to organize your data, ownership and permissions as you build, so you're prepared when the opportunity comes.
Why attend
- What AI companies are paying for in business data right now
- How to tell whether licensing your data is an option today
- How to set up your data, ownership and permissions so you're ready later
Hosting this session
Erin Quick
Co-Founder & CMO, Simbe
Erin Quick is Co-Founder and CMO of Simbe, which makes an AI-powered intake assistant for surrogacy, and hosts the podcast The Future of Surrogacy. She previously founded and led PairTree as CEO, a Seattle startup launched in 2020 that connected expectant mothers with adoptive families, inspired by her own experience with adoption. Before that she spent about 20 years in global brand marketing and was a co-founder and Managing Director of Stoke Strategy.
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For companies that have raised at least $1M from venture firms.