How licensing your company data to AI works

Licensing your company data to AI works in five steps: a fit check against published buyer floors, a metadata-only manifest, buyer review and written offers, a licence you sign directly with the buyer, and de-identified delivery. You keep ownership throughout, and no raw data is shared before the licence is signed.

By LicenseMyDataToAI.com · Content reviewed 10 November 2026

  1. Fit check + 7-minute interview. Headcount, years, systems, rights. The floor at most buyers is 20+ staff, 3+ years, 5+ sources. If you are below it, you hear that here — not after weeks of calls.
  2. Metadata-only manifest. Systems, years of history, approximate counts, languages. This is what buyers review; it contains no records themselves.
  3. Buyer review and offers. Buyers that fit respond with price and terms — term length, exclusivity, who de-identifies. Comparing more than one offer is the entire point of an introducer; a single buyer's first number is a starting position, and published evidence shows competing bids move prices (the Spirit Airlines archive went from a first bid to a $10M sale in auction, 2026 court record).
  4. Licence signed with the buyer. Scope, term, exclusivity, de-identification standard, payment schedule — in writing, reviewed by your counsel. See license vs sale and term vs perpetual.
  5. De-identified delivery, then payment. Personal data is removed to the agreed standard before transfer. Published buyer timelines put most deals at six to twelve weeks from first contact to payment.

What it costs

Nothing up front. The introduction service is paid only if a deal closes, on terms agreed with you in writing before any submission — and buyers pay you under the licence you sign with them.

Start with the fit check

Going to one buyer alone means negotiating against a single price. Start here instead: book the 7-minute fit interview, build one metadata-only manifest, and let the buyers you fit review the same manifest. Book the fit interview

Start at step 1

Book the 7-minute interview. No uploads, no obligation, and a straight answer on fit.

Book the interview

Cite this entry: License My Data to AI. “How Licensing Your Company Data to AI Works — Step by Step.” Content reviewed 10 November 2026. Figures on this page are published buyer ranges with sources and check dates shown — they are not offers.