Sell code as a founder winding down: 4 buyers
This list of code buyers for defunct startups holds 4 buyers. Of the 4, 3 publish a price anchor. The first three are Sell My Codebase ($100 per 1M source-code tokens; $40 per 1M git-history tokens, per license (illustrative, conservative; verified by the site on 10 Oct 2026)), micro1 ($100k to $2M per company; tiers $100k / $500k / $1M+) and SimpleClosure Asset Hub ($10k to $100k per deal; one code deal $25k). 3 of the 4 license non-exclusively.
Sells for: developers, agencies, startups, defunct startups, companies.
Buyers named: AI labs (unnamed); one licensing program (unnamed).
Listed for a published rate, non-exclusive terms and reported program payouts.
Sells for: companies, defunct startups, agencies.
Buyers named: frontier labs (unnamed).
Listed for a published rate and reported payouts.
Sells for: defunct startups.
Buyers named: Surge AI and other labs.
Listed for a published rate and non-exclusive terms.
Sells for: defunct startups, companies.
Buyers named: labs.
Listed for reported payouts and a stated payout model.
What differs for sell code as a founder winding down
A founder winding down usually has the code, workspaces and documents of a company that has stopped trading. All 4 name defunct startups among the sellers they buy from, and 1 buys from no other seller type. All 4 name source code explicitly as a data type. The payout models they use are upfront (3) and per token (1).
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