Your company's history is now an asset.
AI developers are paying established companies to license the records they already hold: project files, engineering data, correspondence, research notes, footage and more. For larger firms with deep, well-kept archives, deals can reach the high six or low seven figures. Most are smaller.
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I'm Chris Apostolou, founder of RoboMacro, a macroeconomic data and research company. I help company owners and directors understand whether their data could be licensed for AI training, what it might be worth and what the process involves. If you'd like to talk it through, email me directly.
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Why AI developers want company data
Public internet text has largely been used up. The next generation of AI models needs real working records from real businesses, showing how professionals actually plan, draft, decide, fix mistakes and deliver. Complete, dated archives that link the question, the work and the outcome are the most valuable. Failed and abandoned work is often wanted as much as successes.
Sectors in demand and indicative ranges
Ranges are what the whole company may receive for a licence. They are indicative only, not offers, and depend on volume, completeness, history and your rights to the material.
| Sector | Typical company size | Data in demand | Indicative range (USD) | What drives the value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing & industrial | 20–2,000 staff | CAM programs and setup sheets, work orders, inspection reports, alarm logs, process data, asset imagery | $100k–$1.5M | Record types and history |
| Hardware engineering | 20–2,000 staff | CAD assemblies and drawings, circuit designs, simulation and test files | $45k–$1.3M | Assembly count and completeness |
| Law firms | 5–300 attorneys and staff | Closed matter files: pleadings, filings, contracts, deal documents, matter correspondence | $50k–$1.2M | Matter size and completeness |
| Construction | 50–2,000 staff | Drawings, specs, RFIs, submittals, change orders, daily logs, site photos and drone surveys, inspection and closeout records | $115k–$1M | Project count and imagery |
| Game studios | 10–500 staff | Company chat, email and documents, game and engine code, gameplay recordings, analytics and playtest data | $100k–$1M | Larger studios with full company data rank higher |
| Design & web agencies | 10–200 staff | Design files, design systems, front-end code with history, briefs and revisions | $20k–$890k | Archive size and rights |
| Biotech & life-sciences labs | 10–1,000 staff | Lab notebooks, run records, measured results, de-identified trial documentation | $50k–$875k | Volume and depth of records |
| Video production | 5–500 staff | Finished videos, raw footage, scripts and transcripts | $95k–$870k | Hours and rights |
| Consumer brands & photo studios | 10–500 staff | Original product and campaign imagery, layered source files, metadata | $30k–$800k | Archive size and rights |
| Semiconductor & materials | 10–2,000 staff | Run and build records with measurements, lab notebooks, process, yield and equipment data | $100k–$750k | Run count and link to results |
| Publishers & education | 10–500 staff | Full texts, journals, textbooks, course material, video with transcripts | $35k–$370k | Catalogue size and rights |
| Chemistry & materials R&D | Any | Dated hypotheses, protocols, raw results, failed experiments, decision logs | $10k–$300k | Depth and linkage of records |
| Consulting & advisory | 10–500 staff | Final deliverables, drafts, workpapers, models and decks | $150k–$300k | Volume and document depth |
| Call centres & BPO | 50–5,000 agents | Recorded customer calls by channel, transcripts, call metadata (multilingual valued) | $20k–$250k | Hours and languages |
Coverage
Companies anywhere can be considered. Some sectors have preferences: law-firm demand currently leans towards US matters; call-centre demand is strongest for French, Spanish (Latin America and US Hispanic), Japanese and Indian-market recordings; consulting prefers English-language work; publishers and video studios with multilingual content are welcome. Companies in restructuring or insolvency may also be able to license data, subject to the administrator's approval.
How the process works
- A short conversation. You email me. We talk about what records you hold, in which systems, and for how long.
- Scoping. The data buyer's team scopes which data is useful and gives an indication of value. Nothing is shared at this stage.
- NDA and licence. A non-disclosure agreement is signed, then a data licence setting out exactly what is licensed, how it may be used and what you are paid.
- Export. The export is run for you, so very little work falls on your team.
- Payment. Payment follows delivery, under the terms of the licence.
You license the data. Nothing in this process requires you to give up ownership of your records.
How data is cleaned and anonymised
- Personal information is removed or protected before anything leaves your control.
- Client, customer and counterparty names can be removed so that they cannot be identified.
- Material subject to client confidentiality is only included with consent, or where it can be fully anonymised.
- You agree in advance which data types, folders and date ranges are in scope, and anything you exclude stays out.
- Contractual restrictions (for example owner or client contracts that limit data use) are checked during scoping.
Is it a fit?
Likely a fit: an established company with several years of complete, well-organised working records, held in systems such as document management, CAD/PLM, project platforms, lab notebooks or ticketing, that you own or control the rights to.
Not a fit: marketing material only, templates, very small archives, or records you do not have rights to license.
Questions
Is this selling my company?
No. You license copies of selected data for AI training. You keep your records and your business.
Is a figure guaranteed?
No. Ranges are indicative. Any amount is set in the licence after scoping.
What about GDPR?
Personal data is removed or protected before export, and the licence sets out each party’s obligations. Take your own legal advice.
We are in insolvency or restructuring. Can we take part?
Possibly. Any licence would need the administrator’s agreement.
How much of my time does it take?
Usually a few calls and access to the relevant systems. The export work is done for you.
Contact
Interested? Email me directly: [email protected]
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