Data licensing

License your business data.

We prepare your records for AI buyers. You approve the data and licensing terms before anything is shared.

Appraisal · a distributor’s booksSample data

Illustrative ratings · each factor scored out of 4

Volume
3/4
2.1 million ledger entries, 41 people
History
4/4
Seven years, closed monthly
Depth
3/4
Adjustments explained by a controller
Rarity
2/4
Few similar datasets available

Written up by an accountant and a data reviewer. Yours to keep, whatever you decide.

From appraisal to owner review
Dataset previewSample data
  1. Prepared
  2. 2Owner review
  3. 3Approval
Five ledger rows from the dataset, with vendor and employee names removed
DateEntryAmount
2024-03-312024-03-31Accrual reversal−12,480.00
2024-03-312024-03-31Freight, vendor3,912.40
2024-03-292024-03-29Payroll, employee6,205.17
2024-03-282024-03-28Inventory write-down−1,140.00
2024-03-282024-03-28Customer refund−299.99
Vendor and employee names removed before upload

Awaiting owner approval · nothing shared yet

What labs want

Data your business already creates.

Explore records from the systems and workflows you use every day.

01

Operational records

Records of customer requests, business decisions and completed work.

  • Email
  • Team chat
  • Support tickets
  • CRM history
  • Quotes and invoices
  • Books and ledgers
  • Project plans
  • Meeting notes
  • Schedules and dispatch
  • Shared drives
02

Your team's work

Specialist work your team creates: designs, code, models and documented methods.

  • Design files
  • CAD models
  • Codebases
  • Engineering records
  • Playbooks and SOPs
  • Training material
  • Spreadsheet models
  • Media libraries
  • Inspection reports
  • Product specs
What it's worth

What determines data value.

Value depends on coverage, quality, usage rights and buyer demand. An appraisal helps assess the opportunity.

01
Volume
The number of records and the range of work they cover.
02
History
Years covered and how often new records are added.
03
Depth
Specialist knowledge, decisions and explanations captured in the records.
04
Rarity
How difficult similar data is to find and whether exclusive use is available.
How licensing works

From appraisal to licensing.

We coordinate data preparation, buyer conversations and delivery.

  1. 01Describe your recordsDescribe your business, record types and years of history. No data upload is needed for this first conversation.No upload required
  2. 02Expert appraisalIndustry specialists assess the data’s coverage, quality and potential uses. You receive a written appraisal.Yours to keep
  3. 03Prepare the dataPersonal and confidential details are masked or removed; for spreadsheets, on your computer before upload. The records are then organized and explained, and you review exactly what would be shared.You review it first
  4. 04Offers from AI labsWith your approval, we present the dataset to relevant AI buyers and help you compare offers.Side by side
  5. 05Approve and get paidChoose whether to accept an offer. Agree on the terms before delivery, with a record of the version and recipient.Your decision
Control

Shared on your terms.

You are paid for the right to use your data. You decide what data to share and which offer to take; the contract sets what a lab may do with it.

Sensitive details removed before owner review

  • You sign off first

    Nothing is shared until you have seen exactly what is in it and said yes.

  • Sensitive details removed

    Names, customer details and trade secrets are masked or removed before a lab sees anything.

  • Terms in writing

    Each contract says what a lab may use your data for, for how long, and whether it is exclusive.

  • A record of every delivery

    We track the dataset version, what was shared and who received it.

Across industries.

Have several years of business records? We can help assess whether they are useful for AI development.

  • Healthcare practices
  • Lending and finance
  • Construction and trades
  • Manufacturing
  • Logistics
  • Property management
  • Engineering firms
  • Legal practices
  • Agencies and consultancies
  • Wholesale and distribution
  • Home services
  • Software and IT services
Referrals

Know a business like this? Earn up to $50,000.

Introduce a company that holds years of records. If it licenses its data through Navaday, we pay you once it signs and the lab pays.

How referrals work
Questions

What owners ask us.

Have another question? Contact our team.

Why do AI labs want proprietary data?

AI is learning to do real work: answer the customer, quote the job, fix the defect, close the books. The public internet barely shows how that happens inside a business. Your records do.

What could ours be worth?

Value depends on the data’s coverage, quality, specialization, usage rights and buyer demand. An appraisal identifies potential uses and what would be needed to prepare it for licensing.

Are we selling our data?

In effect, yes: you are paid for it. Most deals are written as licenses rather than outright sales, so you keep your copy and the lab gets a defined right to use it. Exclusivity, duration and price vary by deal, and all of it is in the contract before you sign.

Can we take it back later?

You can stop sharing more data, and a contract can require a lab to delete what it received. But once a model has been trained on your data, what it learned cannot be removed, so decide what to share with that in mind.

Can we share records that involve our customers?

Only what you have the right to share. Customer contracts, NDAs, vendor licenses and privacy law can all limit it, and some privacy laws treat sharing personal data for money as a sale. We go through this with you, and your counsel, before anything is prepared.

Will labs see our customers' private information?

They should not. Personal and confidential details are masked or removed before a lab sees anything (for spreadsheets, on your own computer before upload), and you review the prepared dataset first. No method is perfect, so we keep what is shared to what the work needs.

Do we have to move or change our tools?

No. We work with the exports your tools already make, and only with the systems you choose to include.

What makes Navaday different from a broker?

We prepare the data as well as connect you with buyers. Industry specialists assess, clean, structure and document the records, preserving their source history.

For business owners

Assess your data’s potential.

Describe your record types, years of history and systems. We will discuss the appraisal process and next steps.

Request an appraisal
For AI labs

License proprietary data.

Explore business datasets with expert documentation and clearly defined usage rights.

Ask about proprietary data