Submit or refer a dataset
Have a dataset or a lead for Brickroad? Here’s what we’re looking for, how to submit, and how referral commissions work.
How referral commissions work
If your introduction results in a closed deal, we pay a commission on the first contract.
Exact terms (percentage, floor, payment timing) are agreed in writing before any intro or data exchange.
We disclose conflicts and recuse where appropriate.
We don’t transact in datasets with unclear rights, scraped paywalled content, or unsafe personal data.
Pitch template (copy & paste)
Please provide as much as you can—short bullets are fine.
About you
Your name & role:
Company/affiliation (or “independent”):
Are you the rights holder, a reseller, or a referrer?
Dataset overview
Name / working title:
Modality: (text / audio / video / images / multimodal / tabular)
Scale: (docs / tokens / hours / images / rows)
Geography & time range:
Refresh cadence: (one-off / monthly / quarterly / real-time)
Schema sketch / labels: (paste or link)
Representative sample: (link to a few files or a redacted preview)
Provenance & rights
Provenance summary: how it was collected, by whom, under what terms
License you can offer: (commercial / CC / custom)
Constraints: (field-level redactions, embargoes, usage limits, exclusivity windows)
PII handling: (consented / de-identified / not present) + method used
Quality & evaluation
Known coverage gaps / missingness:
QA steps performed: (dedupe, normalization, human review)
Baselines or evals (if any): (WER, exact match, retrieval metrics, etc.)
Commercials (non-binding)
Preferred structure: (one-off purchase / subscription / rev-share / pilot)
Rough pricing expectations or range: (optional)
Contact & logistics
Best contact email:
NDA needed before deeper review? (yes/no)
If you’re a referrer, include the rights holder’s public details (or write “intro on request”), and We’ll confirm commission terms with you before any introduction.
Send to michael@brickroadapp.com with subject “Dataset pitch: {name}”.
Thanks for sharing your work. If it’s a fit, I’ll reply with next steps, timelines, and (for referrals) a written commission confirmation before any introduction.