How AI data licensing works

Turn the records you already keep into a possible AI license.

It starts with a description of your records, not the records themselves. No files are collected on this site, and we never ask for passwords. If a provider wants to proceed, you read the offer and the agreement before anything moves.

No files are collected on this site, and we never ask for passwords.

Dan SmedstadOperated by Dan Smedstad, founder of BidMyData.com and BlackGoldData.com. BidMyData may receive a referral commission if a company introduced through this site completes a qualifying transaction.

Check Your Company's Fit (opens in a new tab)

Opens the fit check on historypays.com in a new tab. No files are collected on this site.

Cloudwrx's explainer walks through the application, offer review, data preparation and payment process. Watching is optional.

The video describes Cloudwrx's process. Eligibility, offers, timing and data protections depend on the provider's review and written terms. Payment isn't guaranteed, and de-identification doesn't replace permission or privilege review.

How it moves

Five steps. The agreement does the promising.

  1. 01

    Describe the records, before any files

    Which systems hold the company's own work, and how many years that history covers. No raw files at this step.

  2. 02

    Scope, eligibility and rights

    What the company owns, what a client or partner restricts, and what stays out.

  3. 03

    Offer and agreement review

    If a provider wants to proceed, you read the offer and the agreement before anything moves.

  4. 04

    Approved processing and transfer

    Only what the agreement covers, prepared the way the agreement specifies.

  5. 05

    Acceptance and payment

    If a transaction closes, payment follows the signed agreement. No amount or date is stated here.

This site doesn't state an amount or a fixed timetable. A timeline you hear on a fit check is that provider's description, not a promise from BidMyData.

The full sequence

  1. Describe the records, before any files

    The first conversation describes the business and the everyday work its people created in software they already use: email, customer support, spreadsheets, accounting, shared files, meetings, project boards, team chat, a CRM and GIS maps the team drew. Zendesk and Freshdesk are examples of where a support history can live. Those names aren't connected products, and using one doesn't make its contents eligible. A company-made map layer isn't the same thing as a licensed base map. This step doesn't start with an upload, and BidMyData doesn't collect raw files, passwords, client examples or exports on this website.

  2. Scope, eligibility and rights

    Business files are often touched by someone else's rights. A client's engagement, a vendor contract, a partner agreement or a confidentiality clause can keep a category out. Law firms separate material the firm owns from client matters. Privilege and confidentiality are reviewed here. They aren't assumed to disappear because a name could be removed.

  3. Offer and agreement review

    An interested provider puts the commercial terms in writing. You read them, and counsel can read them with you. A good call isn't permission to transfer anything. What may be included, how it may be used, how long a copy is kept and how personal details are handled belong in that agreement. This site doesn't invent those clauses.

  4. Approved processing and transfer

    If you sign, the agreed material is prepared and transferred under that document. Terms, scope and permitted uses are reviewed before any transfer. It's not an open door to every drive, inbox or matter file.

  5. Acceptance and payment

    Payment, if any, follows acceptance under the actual agreement. This site doesn't state an amount or a fixed timetable. A timeline you hear on a fit check is that provider's description. It's not a promise from BidMyData.

Why AI labs want this

AI has read the public internet, but it still can't see how a real business runs. Your records show real workflows, real decisions and real outcomes: how work actually gets done, who made the call, and what happened next.

A license, not a sale

The question is whether records the business already keeps could be licensed. BidMyData doesn't buy the data or the company. What the company keeps, what may be licensed and which uses are permitted are defined in an agreement you review before anything moves.

Not collected on this website

  • Raw files or exports
  • Passwords or system access
  • Client examples, matter files or sample work

Left to the agreement

What the company keeps, what may be licensed, which uses are permitted, how long a copy is kept, how confidentiality is handled and what's done with personal details. Those are contract terms to read before any transfer. They aren't terms this page invents.

Privacy and scope

The agreement sets the terms. Nothing moves before you read it.

What may be included, how it may be used, how long a copy is kept and how personal details are handled belong in the agreement. This site doesn't invent those clauses.

1 · Your record

Ticket #48213 · From: Marisol Vega <marisol.vega@harborlinefreight.com>

"Hi Devin, our pallet order PO-7731 shipped to 1420 Cedar St, Tulsa, but we were invoiced twice. Can you fix it?"

Reply from Devin Park: "Sorry, Marisol. I've voided the duplicate invoice and emailed you the corrected one."

2 · Names removed or replaced

Ticket #[ID] · From: Customer A <[email removed]> at Company A

"Hi Agent 1, our pallet order [PO number] shipped to [address removed], but we were invoiced twice. Can you fix it?"

Reply from Agent 1: "Sorry, Customer A. I've voided the duplicate invoice and emailed you the corrected one."

The workflow survives; the people don't. How it's done is set by the agreement.

Fictional example for illustration. De-identification is contractual and operational, not zero-risk, and removing a name doesn't by itself end privilege or confidentiality.

Scope is a choice

Systems, date ranges, record types and whole categories can be left out.

Terms before transfer

Scope and permitted uses are reviewed before anything moves.

Names handled by agreement

Removal or replacement before a training copy, as the agreement requires.

Copy terms in writing

How long a copy is kept belongs in the agreement you read first.

Kept out unless a review and the agreement say otherwise: privileged material and client matter files, health information and biometric data, payment card and bank account numbers, passwords and credentials, data about minors, export-controlled or classified information, another party's data or licensed third-party content, and sensitive personnel, safety or critical infrastructure details. Scope is a choice, so you can leave out anything else, such as pricing or trade secrets. Full list. This site doesn't ask for raw files, passwords, client examples or exports. If you sign an agreement, the agreed material is prepared and transferred under that document.

What stays out

  • Privileged material and client matter files
  • Health information and biometric data
  • Payment card and bank account numbers
  • Passwords, API keys and other credentials
  • Data about minors
  • Export-controlled or classified information
  • Another party's data, or licensed third-party content you don't have the rights to share
  • Sensitive personnel, safety or critical infrastructure details

Scope is a choice, so you can leave out anything else sensitive, such as pricing or trade secrets.

What it could be worth

Your company's data could be worth $100,000 to $5 million. As cited by Mode. Potential range cited in Mode marketing materials. Not a valuation, estimate or guarantee for any company. Many companies may not qualify or may receive less. Any offer depends on partner review and a written agreement.

This site doesn't state an amount or a date for any company. If a company accepts an offer, payment follows the agreement it actually signs.

How long it takes

This site doesn't state a fixed timetable. A timeline you hear on a fit check is that provider's description. It's not a promise from BidMyData.

What it costs to look

Reading this site and continuing to the fit check has no fee charged here. Any commercial terms belong in an agreement you review before you commit. Exploring fit doesn't promise an offer or a payment.

Optional prep

Before the fit check

Nothing is required, and rough numbers are fine; mark them as estimates. No files are collected on this site, and we never ask for passwords.

Quick storage self-check

  • Google Workspace: Admin console → Reports → Drive usage
  • Microsoft 365: Admin center → Reports → OneDrive and SharePoint usage
  • Email: your Gmail or Outlook admin panel shows total mailbox size
  • Chat: Slack or Teams admin settings show workspace storage or an export-size report
  • Other systems: rough record counts and start years for your CRM, project tools, ticketing and phone system

Count Google Workspace once; it already includes Gmail and Drive.

Answers to have handy

  • How many people work at a desk in your company's email and software
  • Years operating with digital tools and records
  • Total storage (GB or TB), exact if you can
  • Where your team's work happens: email, chat, files, projects, CRM, phone
  • Anything to leave out
  • Any existing data licenses, or contracts that limit how your data can be used
  • Who can approve a data license for your company

Run the readiness check, then open the fit check when you're ready, and bring whoever would decide on licensing company data. It's a conversation, not a commitment.

See If You Qualify

A few quick questions. No files needed, and we never ask for passwords.

See If You Qualify
Check Your Company's Fit (opens in a new tab)

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