How it works
A process built around your approval.
The five steps
From a four-minute assessment to a written license.
- 01
Assess
Answer ten questions about your business and your systems. No files, no customer data, no passwords.
The assessment looks at what kinds of records you keep, how long you have kept them, how they are written, whether they show how jobs turned out, and how clearly they are yours to license. You get a readiness result on screen straight away.
- 02
Review rights
Together we confirm who controls the records and what your agreements allow. If the rights are not clear, we stop here.
Software terms of service, franchise and dealer agreements, manufacturer programs, and your own customer privacy notices can all limit what may be licensed. We review them with you before anyone looks at a single record.
- 03
Agree terms
You see the proposed scope, the buyer, the permitted uses, the commercial terms, and the handling method. Nothing proceeds without your written approval.
A license grants defined rights to use an approved copy for stated purposes. You decide which records are in scope and which are not, and you can decline any proposal.
- 04
Prepare the approved copy
We prepare a de-identified copy of only the records you approved. Your originals stay in your systems.
Sensitive fields are detected, removed or replaced, and the result is audited before it is approved. Processing runs offline, and only the approved de-identified copy may leave the processing machine.
- 05
License and payment
The approved copy is delivered under a written license that defines how the buyer may use it. You are paid under the terms you approved.
Delivery is controlled and logged. The buyer's permitted uses, retention, and restrictions are set in writing before delivery.
Your control points
What you approve before anything is delivered.
- Scope
- Which records, which years, which fields. You can leave anything out.
- Buyer
- You see who the proposed buyer is before you decide.
- Permitted use
- What the buyer may and may not do with the copy.
- Commercial terms
- Price, structure, and exclusivity, set out in writing.
- Handling
- How the copy is prepared, delivered, retained, and deleted.
What drives value
What affects what a license is worth.
- Relevance
- How closely your records match the kinds of work buyers study. Hands-on diagnostic and repair work is the hardest to find.
- Volume and history
- How many records you hold and over how many years. Long, continuous histories are difficult for anyone else to reproduce.
- Outcomes
- Whether records show how each job turned out. Problem, work, and result together are what make records useful.
- Quality and structure
- How consistently records are written and organized, and how cleanly they export from your systems.
- Clear rights
- How clearly the records are yours to license. Unclear rights add work, and sometimes rule records out.
- Sensitivity
- Records with more personal information need more preparation, and some fields may be left out of the licensing copy.
- Current demand
- What buyers are looking for right now. The same records can be in demand one quarter and not the next.
Two terms, explained
License, and de-identification.
What a license is
A license is permission to use something under stated conditions. It is not a sale. Your business keeps its originals. The license says which approved copy the buyer may use, for what purposes, for how long, and what they may not do with it.
What de-identification does
- 1Detect. Identify sensitive fields in structured data and free text.
- 2Remove or replace. Remove or replace identifiers and identifying information.
- 3Retain context. Preserve useful, non-identifying operational detail.
- 4Validate. Run audits before approving the de-identified licensing copy.
What we cannot promise
Questions
What owners ask first.
Do I have to upload anything to take the assessment?
No. The assessment asks about your business and your systems, not the records themselves. It never asks for files, screenshots, customer details, passwords, or contracts.
Do I keep ownership of my records?
Your original records and systems stay with your business. A license grants a buyer defined rights to use an approved copy for stated purposes. The exact terms are set in a written agreement that you review, ideally with your own counsel, before anything is delivered.
Will you tell me what my data is worth?
Not from the assessment. Value depends on the factors listed on this page, from relevance and volume to clear rights and current buyer demand, and we will not put a number on it without a documented basis. If a buyer makes a proposal, you see the terms before anything is agreed.
Who are the buyers?
Companies that build or evaluate AI models and need real operational records. We do not name buyers publicly. You see who a proposed buyer is before you decide whether to go ahead.
Is de-identified data the same as anonymous data?
No. De-identification removes or replaces identifiers and identifying information, and the result is audited before approval. No method can promise that nobody could ever work out who a record is about, so the license also limits who may use the data and for what, and forbids any attempt to identify the people in it.
Does a strong assessment result mean a deal?
No. A result is a preliminary read of your answers. It does not guarantee a buyer, an offer, a price, or a timeline.
What happens to my raw records after a deal?
Your originals never leave your systems. We keep our working copy of the records you licensed only for as long as the license runs, so we can fix an issue or prepare an agreed update without asking you to send them again. When the license ends, we delete it.
Can I stop after the review?
Yes. You can stop at any point before you sign a license. Nothing moves without your written authorization.