Data deals: Week 37, 2026 (7 Sept to 13 Sept)
10 deals announced this week. ✓ Reviewed: read and analysed by Gianluca. Others are short summaries of the public record.
- 2026-09-11 · Owkin · Servier
Owkin licenses K Pro AI scientist and MOSAIC multimodal patient data to Servier for oncology research✓
On 11 September 2026, Owkin licensed its K Pro agentic AI scientist together with MOSAIC multimodal patient data to Servier for oncology research, extending an earlier subgroup identification collaboration. Financial terms were not disclosed. Selling the reasoning tool and the underlying data as one package means Servier cannot swap in cheaper oncology data elsewhere.
- 2026-09-11 (reported) · Mitsui & Co. · Oncoshot · IHH Healthcare
Mitsui signs service agreement with Oncoshot to analyse IHH oncology real-world data across Asia-Pacific✓
On September 11, 2026, Mitsui & Co. signed a service agreement with Oncoshot to anonymise and structure oncology EMR and lab data from IHH Healthcare's 89 hospitals across 10 countries; terms undisclosed. IHH owns every record but signed nothing: Mitsui fronts the deal as largest shareholder, and Oncoshot does the work that makes the data sellable to pharma and CROs.
- 2026-09-10 · PitchBook · Morningstar · OpenAI
PitchBook becomes data partner for OpenAI's ChatGPT for Financial Services, delivering firmographic data via Essential connector✓
On 10 September 2026, PitchBook (a Morningstar unit) became a data partner for OpenAI's ChatGPT for Financial Services, with its Essential firmographic dataset on companies, investors and funds queryable inside the GPT-6 Astra product. Answers cite back to PitchBook, keeping the source visible to analysts even though the workspace and enterprise contract sit with OpenAI. Commercial terms were not disclosed.
- 2026-09-10 · Quartr · OpenAI
Quartr becomes a data partner to OpenAI's ChatGPT for Financial Services
On 10 September 2026, Quartr announced a partnership with OpenAI as a data partner for ChatGPT for Financial Services, supplying first-party investor relations data covering more than 16,000 public companies.
- 2026-09-10 · Universal Music Group · ElevenLabs
Universal Music Group licenses catalogue to ElevenLabs for multi-year AI music platform collaboration✓
Universal Music Group licensed its catalogue to ElevenLabs on 10 September 2026 in the AI startup's first major-label deal, covering AI tools for artists and a new fan platform for remixes, mashups and personalised vocals. Financial terms are undisclosed. ElevenLabs launches and operates the fan surface, so UMG's downstream economics depend on a distributor it does not control.
- 2026-09-09 · Flatiron Health · National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Flatiron Health renews NCCN real-world oncology data collaboration through 2028, deploys Flatiron Telescope✓
Flatiron Health and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network renewed their real-world oncology data collaboration through 2028, announced 9 September 2026, and deployed Flatiron's Telescope AI layer on top. The 34 NCCN academic centers supply the raw EHR data on complex and rare cancers, while Flatiron owns the AI intelligence layer and the pharma customer book that sells cohorts to roughly 20 therapeutics developers.
- 2026-09-08 · Catalist Sports · Kalshi
Catalist Sports grants Kalshi exclusive US prediction-market rights to live streams and low-latency sports data✓
Announced 8 September 2026, Catalist Sports granted Kalshi exclusive US prediction-market access to Infront-sourced live streams and low-latency data covering 65,000+ tennis matches plus international soccer, basketball and ice hockey, on a multi-year deal. Sportsbook and Canadian uses stay outside the grant, making prediction markets a distinct sales channel.
- 2026-09-08 · Circana · Google
Circana launches Liquid Mix with Google Meridian, combining Google's MMM framework with Circana's first-party data✓
On 8 September 2026, Circana launched Liquid Mix, wrapping Google's open-source Meridian marketing-mix-modelling code around its own POS and 290M-household panel data and selling channel-level ROI reads to CPG advertisers. Google contributes code, not data, and takes no disclosed revenue share. With Meridian free on GitHub since February 2025, the margin sits with whoever owns the calibration data.
- 2026-09-08 · Indian Express Group · OpenAI
Indian Express Group and OpenAI announce strategic partnership to surface Group journalism in ChatGPT
On 8 September 2026, the Indian Express Group and OpenAI announced a strategic partnership under which select summaries or excerpts from Group publications will appear in ChatGPT with source identification and direct links to the original articles. The initial partnership covers The Indian Express, The Financial Express and the group's business properties, across live reporting and archived content in seven languages.
- 2026-09-07 · OpenAI · Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd
BCCL and OpenAI announce strategic partnership to surface BCCL journalism in ChatGPT
On 7 September 2026, Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd (BCCL) and OpenAI announced a strategic partnership under which content from BCCL publications, including The Times of India and The Economic Times, will appear in ChatGPT responses with publication attribution and direct links back to the original articles.