What are call or meeting recordings worth to AI companies?
Recordings of calls and meetings can have value to AI companies. Here is what buyers look for, what moves the price, and what a range looks like.
What counts as a call or meeting recording
Call and meeting recordings are the audio or video you saved from sales calls, client meetings, team check-ins and phone lines. Many firms have years of them sitting in a phone system or a meeting tool.
AI companies license this kind of audio because it shows how real work gets done. People interrupt, ask odd questions and use the shorthand of their trade. That is hard to invent and easy to value.
What a buyer needs before it pays
A buyer wants to know three things. How many hours do you keep, how clean is the audio, and do you have the right to license it.
Rights matter most. Every speaker on a recording usually needs to have agreed to it being recorded and used this way. If consent is missing, the buyer will pass or pay less. Whether you have that consent is a question for your own counsel.
What moves the price
Two things move the price more than anything else.
- Hours you keep. More usable hours means a bigger archive and a higher range.
- Consent from every speaker. Full consent on file makes a set easier to buy.
- Sound quality, since clear audio is easier to use than noisy audio.
What comes out first
Before anything goes in front of a buyer, customer and client records come out. So do personal details. A call that names a client or reads out an account is not something to sell.
Some professions have their own confidentiality rules. Counsel for your firm decides what can leave the building. We do not give legal advice.
What the numbers look like
Few call recording deals are public. So we lean on the published per hour rates for audio and video. Speech buyers usually pay per hour or offer a revenue share.
Our estimate for a typical company is $33 to $240 per hour of audio. Our estimate goes up to $250,000 for large, clean archives with full rights. Our confidence is low, because there is so little public data.
For video, a data marketplace quoted $100 to $300 per hour for longer films and professional video, as reported by The Decoder citing Reuters. Semafor reported more than $33 per hour of video used for one creator's licensed library. The Decoder, citing Bloomberg, reported $1 to $4 per minute for unpublished creator video bought by AI labs.
Some companies get no offer. We cannot promise one.
Not an appraisal. Ranges come from published listings and reported deals, with sources shown.
Questions owners ask
Do I need consent from everyone on the recordings?
Buyers usually want it. Missing consent lowers the price or ends the talks. Your own counsel decides what your records allow.
How is a recording priced?
Usually per hour of audio, or as a revenue share. Hours kept and clean rights drive the number.
Will you sell my client calls?
No. Customer and client records and personal details come out first, and nothing moves without your say.
How long until I see offers?
Offers typically take one to two weeks. You then pick an offer or walk away.
Sources
- Our estimate. How we build our ranges, and what moves them.
- The Decoder (citing Bloomberg), Jan 11, 2025. Unpublished creator video bought by AI labs: $1 to $4 per minute.
- Semafor, Oct 31, 2025. One creator's licensed video library, about 1,000 hours in a year: More than $33 per hour of video used.
- The Decoder (citing Reuters), Apr 6, 2024. Longer films and professional video, as quoted by a data marketplace: $100 to $300 per hour.
Not an appraisal. Ranges come from published listings and reported deals, with sources shown.
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