How much do buyers who license the operating record pay for the operating record?

Licenses typically land between $100K and $2M, and run higher for a long record. The buyer prices the record after reading a sample. Years of operating history, and how much of the work is visible in the files, move the number more than raw volume.

How to license your firm’s operating record to buyers.

Q: Can a company sell its internal data to AI companies?

Yes, usually as a license rather than a sale. Latopis introduces a company to a buyer who licenses defined parts of the company’s operating record, such as email, chat, job files, estimates, photos, drawings and CAD files the company produced, and the books. The company keeps its files and the right to keep using them.

Q: What does it cost the company?

Nothing. There is no fee and no commission from the company. The buyer pays the company, and Latopis is paid by the buyer only if a license closes.

Short answer: a company can license the record it already has, such as email, chat, job files, estimates, field photos, drawings and CAD files it produced, and the books, to a buyer. Latopis makes the introduction. Licenses typically run $100K to $2M, and higher for a long record. The buyer pays the company. The company pays nothing, keeps its files, and approves the scope before anything moves.

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What does “selling company data” to AI buyers actually mean?

It is a license, not a sale of the business. The buyer licenses defined material from the company that produced it, for a defined term. There is no equity and no debt. You keep the business, the files, and the right to keep using them.

Latopis is a broker. We read your intake and, if the record fits, introduce one buyer. There is no listing, no marketplace, and no auction, and nothing about your company is made public. Latopis does not publish which buyer took which record.

Which internal records can a company license?

The operating record: the working history of how the company does its work.

Email and team chat
Shared drives and documents
Estimates and job files
Photos from the field
Shop drawings and CAD files the company produced
The books: ledgers, invoices, and job cost

Not included: drawings the project owner still owns, and records you hold for your own clients as their agent. See where the size of each system lives.

What do buyers look for?

A long operating history

Years of history move the number more than raw file size. Licenses run higher for a long record.

The work, visible in the files

How much of the actual work shows up in the record matters: the estimates, the drawings, the job files and what happened on the job.

A real company with a real record

Latopis introduces construction companies: general contractors, trade contractors, fabricators, and suppliers. Buyers usually start around twenty full-time people. A long record can still fit below that.

Specific systems and sizes

Eight years of Outlook and 140 Procore projects say more than “we use email and some job software.” Exact answers make a faster review.

How should a company prepare rights and privacy?

Confirm what the company owns

Separate what the company produced from material a client or project owner still owns. Only owned material goes into the license.

Know who can sign

The check asks who at the company can sign. Have that person involved early.

Personal information comes off

Names, emails, phone numbers, and account numbers are removed before a buyer sees the record.

You set the scope

You approve what is included before anything moves. Nothing is uploaded to start, and you do not need to export anything to fill in the intake.

This page is general information, not legal advice. If contracts with clients or employees limit how records may be used, check them with your own counsel.

How does the process work with Latopis?

Check your data. Three questions: your systems, the company, then who can sign. About two minutes. Nothing is uploaded.
A buyer reviews. Latopis reads the intake and introduces one buyer if the record fits. The buyer reads a sample before pricing it, usually within one to two weeks of a finished intake. You approve what is included.
The company is paid. The buyer pays the company for a defined license once the data is approved, shared, and anonymized, often net 30 to 60. Latopis is paid by the buyer only if that license closes.

Questions owners ask

Can a company sell its internal data to AI companies?

Yes, usually as a license rather than a sale. The buyer licenses defined parts of the company’s operating record. The company keeps its files and the right to keep using them.

How much do buyers pay for the operating record?

Licenses typically land between $100K and $2M, and run higher for a long record. The buyer prices the record after reading a sample. Try the data value calculator for a rough range.

What does it cost the company?

Nothing. No fee and no commission from the company. Money moves from the buyer to the company.

Is personal information removed?

Yes. Names, emails, phone numbers, and account numbers come off before a buyer sees the record.

How long does it take and when is the company paid?

A buyer reviews within one to two weeks of a finished intake. Payment follows approval, sharing, and anonymization, often net 30 to 60.

Can we license drawings we made for a client?

Only what the company owns. Shop drawings the company produced can be part of the record. Drawings the project owner still owns are not.

How do I export the record from each system?

You do not need to export anything to start. When you want to see what your record looks like, these guides walk through each system’s official export steps, plan and admin requirements, and how to keep personal and client details out.

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