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micro1.aiIs micro1 legit? What the record shows
Short answer: yes, micro1 is a real and well funded company. Forbes reported a raise of over $100M at a $4B valuation, and it has publicly committed $1B to buying company data.
Most doubt comes from the first contact: Facebook form ads, ads Meta took down, and many referral sites echoing the same figures. Below is the public record, plus how to confirm you are talking to micro1 itself.
- Legal entity
- micro1 Inc. (Delaware)
- Founded
- 2022
- Latest valuation
- $4B (Forbes)
- Seller contract
- Published
In this guide
Our score
7.9 / 10
- Pays companies
- $100K to $2M+
- Minimum size
- 30+ full-time staff
- Regions
- US first, then other Western markets; English data
- Time to payment
- Up to 30 days to review the data, then paid within 30 days of your invoice
- Exclusivity
- Non-exclusive, perpetual license
- Referral program
- Yes: $50K per deal up to $700K, then 7.5%
What we like
- Publishes its seller contract in full
- Published price tiers from $100K to $2M+
- Publishes a payment timeline after acceptance
Watch for
- License is perpetual and sublicensable
- You warrant the data has not been licensed on similar terms before
- Some ads were pulled by Meta
01
What independent sources confirm
Company
micro1 Inc. (Delaware), started by Ali Ansari in 2022
Domain
micro1.ai registered on 2022-12-03 (RDAP)
Funding
Over $100M raised at a $4B valuation (Forbes)
Revenue
$500M gross run rate in August 2026; net estimated at $150M to $200M (TechCrunch). In October 2026 micro1 said it had passed a $1B annual run rate
Deal volume
In the Spirit Airlines case it told the court it had closed 50+ data deals within 45 days (Fortune)
Data budget
$1B over 12 months, financed by Citi and Hercules Capital per micro1 (The Next Web)
| Fact | Record |
|---|---|
| Company | micro1 Inc. (Delaware), started by Ali Ansari in 2022 |
| Domain | micro1.ai registered on 2022-12-03 (RDAP) |
| Funding | Over $100M raised at a $4B valuation (Forbes) |
| Revenue | $500M gross run rate in August 2026; net estimated at $150M to $200M (TechCrunch). In October 2026 micro1 said it had passed a $1B annual run rate |
| Deal volume | In the Spirit Airlines case it told the court it had closed 50+ data deals within 45 days (Fortune) |
| Data budget | $1B over 12 months, financed by Citi and Hercules Capital per micro1 (The Next Web) |
The financing detail is micro1's own statement; the lenders' terms are not public. Everything else above comes from independent coverage or public records.
02
Why owners are suspicious
The company-data ads send people to a lead form inside Facebook rather than to a micro1 page. Meta removed several of these ads in September and October 2026 for breaching its advertising standards, and it does not show what they said. The ads also mention closed companies with 25+ staff, while micro1's own pages say 30+.
None of that makes micro1 a scam. It does mean you should verify the contact before you share anything.
03
Sites that use micro1's numbers but are not micro1
Several new sites pass owners to micro1 for a referral fee. Some say so openly, others less so. Their eligibility rules can differ from micro1's own, and their figures are not micro1's offer.
Under micro1's referral rules, a referrer cannot claim to be its agent or partner. A site that acts like it is micro1, or names a price for micro1, is a red flag. Where we earn a referral fee from any buyer, our disclosure page says so.
04
Four checks before you send anything
- Reach micro1 through micro1.ai or a referrer that discloses the relationship, never a form you cannot trace.
- Check that the sender's email ends in micro1.ai, micro1.io or micro1.co, the domains micro1 lists as official. Referrers may not use micro1 addresses.
- Request the exact Data License Master Terms for your deal, then read the parts on sublicensing and deletion.
- Get a second written offer from another buyer before you reply.
05
Six checks before you send micro1 anything
We run the same checks on every buyer we rank. They take an afternoon and they protect the one thing you cannot take back: the copy of your records.
- Find the legal entity. A registered company name, an address and at least one named person. A Facebook form alone is not enough.
- Get the offer and the contract in writing before any export. A sample agreement tells you more than a sales call.
- Ask who strips personal data, how, and when. You should approve the method and see a sample before anything leaves your systems.
- Ask where the data goes. Which AI companies receive it, whether you are told, and whether it can be resold.
- Ask how everyone is paid. By you, by the buyer, or out of your deal. Referral fees are normal; hidden ones are not.
- Get a second quote. Terms from at least one other buyer is the fastest way to know if an offer is fair.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Is micro1 a scam?
No. It is a funded company with a published contract and independent coverage. The risk is impostors and referral sites, so verify who you are talking to.
Why did Meta remove micro1's ads?
Meta said they did not follow its advertising standards. It does not publish what the ads said.
Is a site that sends me to micro1 the same as micro1?
No. It is a referrer earning a fee. Its eligibility rules and numbers may differ from micro1's own.
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Sources
Every number on this page links back to one of these.
- 1Forbes: micro1 raises at a $4B valuationforbes.com
- 2TechCrunch: micro1 reaches $500M gross run ratetechcrunch.com
- 3Fortune: micro1 tries to beat Google's Spirit bidfortune.com
- 4The Next Web: micro1 commits $1B to enterprise datathenextweb.com
- 5RDAP record for micro1.airdap.org
- 6micro1 blog: end of Q3 updatemicro1.ai
- 7micro1: company referral programmicro1.ai
- 8beri.net: micro1 enterprise data partnerships explainedberi.net
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