Data deals: Week 27, 2026 (29 Jun to 5 Jul)
3 deals announced this week. ✓ Reviewed: read and analysed by Gianluca. Others are short summaries of the public record.
- 2026-07-03 · Nine Entertainment · Microsoft
Nine Entertainment signs AI content agreement with Microsoft to allow Copilot to reference its mastheads
Nine Entertainment announced on 3 July 2026 an Australian-first AI content agreement with Microsoft that allows Microsoft Copilot to reference the text of Nine's content, including material beyond paywalled previews, when generating AI search responses. The agreement covers The Australian Financial Review, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Brisbane Times and WAToday.
- 2026-06-30 · Snowflake
Snowflake Marketplace partners earn $100M+ in gross bookings in first half of 2026, up 277% YoY✓
Snowflake Marketplace partners including Dun & Bradstreet, Sema4.ai and Dataiku booked over $100M gross in H1 2026, up 277% year on year across 1,700+ transactions. Snowflake runs the venue but owns none of the underlying data assets sold across it.
- 2026-06-29 · Xero
Xero launches Industry Benchmarks using anonymized customer financial data for small-business comparison✓
On 29 June 2026 Xero launched Industry Benchmarks inside Xero Analytics, turning anonymised and aggregated financial data from its small-business customers worldwide into peer-comparison metrics across nine indicators including Debtor Days, sales growth and cost-to-income ratio, surfaced with AI-generated prioritisation.