Data licensing for established businesses
Your business records are worth something. Check yours.
To train and test their models, AI labs license real records from working businesses. Answer three quick questions and get an indicative range for your company.
- Free estimate
- No commitment
- Takes a minute
- You decide what is in
What we license
It starts with software you already run
If your team works in business software, the history is already there. These are the systems we look at first.
- EMAIL
Mailboxes
Email exchanges that show how your people, suppliers and customers settle decisions.
- DOCS
Documents and drives
Reports, templates, proposals and procedures stored on shared drives.
- CHAT
Messaging
Slack or Teams channels where everyday issues come up and get resolved.
- CRM
Customer CRM
Deal stages, account notes and every follow up your team writes down.
- TICKETS
Support tickets
What customers asked, how you replied and how it was resolved.
- PROJECTS
Work trackers
Tasks, timelines, comments and the handoffs between people.
- ERP
ERP and finance
Orders, inventory, invoices and sign offs, with sensitive fields handled while scoping.
- CODE
Code
The repositories, issues and review threads your developers maintain.
Why now
Models learned to write from the open web. Your records can show them how work gets done.
AI labs have trained on most of the public text they can reach. Missing from that text is how businesses actually run, from pricing a quote to fixing a delayed shipment to reviewing a junior colleague's work.
That record lives inside established companies, in the systems your staff work in daily. Labs license it to build and test their models, and a firm with years of operations may hold more of it than it knows.
- ExhaustedPublic text on the web
- The gapHow real work gets done
- Where it livesInside operating companies
Want to see where your business lands? It only takes a minute.
Get my rangeSectors
Every kind of operating business keeps records
A handful of industries and the history each tends to keep.
Accountants
Engagement checklists, workpaper templates and the steps of review. Scope is agreed with you and your counsel, and client data stays out.
Law practices
How matters move, plus templates and internal procedures. Scope is set with you and your counsel; client data stays out.
Medical practices
Front office operations, scheduling and admin workflows. You and your counsel settle the scope; patient data is kept out.
Manufacturing
Supplier conversations, work orders, quality checks and shop procedures.
Carriers and 3PLs
Exceptions, dispatch notes, carrier messages and tickets from the warehouse.
Distribution
Purchase orders, stock questions, customer service and returns.
Construction companies
Daily logs, punch lists, RFIs, submittals and change orders.
Insurance agencies
Claims handling, underwriting steps and notes from policy service, with policyholder data kept out.
Financial firms
Operations records, internal reviews and procedures, without account or customer data.
Consultancies
Client service workflows, proposals, plans and deliverable templates.
Technology companies
Code, tickets, specs and the conversations behind every release.
HVAC contractors
Service calls, maintenance logs, dispatch notes and install checklists.
Sample ranges
Ranges by team size
These are the starting bands the estimate uses for a company with 3 to 5 years of history. A longer track record raises the range. Industry does not change it.
Run my estimate| Team size | $0$4M | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 20 to 49 employees | $100K to $500K | |
| 50 to 99 employees | $250K to $900K | |
| 100 to 249 employees | $500K to $2M | |
| 250 or more employees | $1M to $4M |
Indicative estimate based on your answers. Not an offer or guarantee.
The fit check
A quick check before you start
The companies buyers focus on today meet all four of these.
- 20 or more employees in total, all sites counted
- 3 or more years trading
- Records in business software, for instance a CRM, an ERP, Slack, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace or project tools
- Based in the US, where someone has authority over company data
Our process
Nothing moves until you approve, in three steps
- 01
One 15-minute call
Once your estimate is in, our licensing partner License Your Data has a specialist phone you within minutes to book a 15-minute call on your systems.
- 02
A de-identified version
In the copy License Your Data prepares, placeholders take the place of names and identifiers. Originals stay in your systems, and you sign off on a sample first.
- 03
Buyers license that copy
The approved copy is what AI labs license. From the start it is under NDA, sharing waits for your approval, and it is free for you.
Protecting your data
What stays private
It is the way you work that gets licensed, never the people you serve.
Sensitive information
Client, patient and customer personal data is excluded or de-identified before anything is shared.
Your sign off
The scope needs your approval before anything leaves the company.
Records stay yours
Every record stays in your hands. A license does not take them from you.
In your hands
You choose at each stage
The systems
Email in and chat out, or tickets in and finance out. It is up to you.
Which years
You set the years in scope. Keep out anything sensitive or too recent.
Pick the teams
Leave departments like HR or legal out of scope altogether.
Whether to proceed
Requesting an estimate puts you under no obligation. Before anything is signed, you can end it at any point.
Is there a fee for an estimate?
Nothing. An estimate costs nothing and carries no duty to license any data.
Is my range an offer?
No. Indicative estimate based on your answers. Not an offer or guarantee. The real value depends on buyer demand and a review of your data.
Who calls me after I submit?
Our licensing partner, License Your Data, phones within minutes to schedule a 15-minute call about the systems you use.
What do AI labs want from a company like mine?
Real records of how work gets done: the emails, documents, tickets and project history your team already produces.
Does client or patient data get shared?
It is left out. You approve the scope first, and sensitive data is left out or de-identified before anything goes out.
We are a medical practice, law firm or accounting firm. Can we still take part?
Client or patient data stays out, and scope is agreed with you and your own counsel. We cannot advise you, legally, on whether licensing matches your obligations.
Will we have to hand over our records?
No. The records remain yours, and your business carries on using them.
What if we fall short of the bar?
The form tells you right away. If you do not meet the bar yet, we will contact you should a buyer fit your company.
Your company records are worth something. Learn your number.
Four questions, about a minute, and no cost to you.