Your company's operating history could be worth $100K to $5M.
The world's largest AI developers are licensing de-identified business records to train the next generation of AI. No rate, no term, no equity, nothing to pay back. We guide you from the first call to the day you're paid.
What you keep
- Your original records and systems, untouched
- 100% ownership of your company
- Say over which systems and dates are included
- A fixed written offer before you commit
- The right to walk away before you sign
AI companies got sued for taking data. Now they pay for it.
AI developers trained their models on the public internet, and the lawsuits followed. To build AI that can do real office work, they now need private business data they can prove they licensed. That is what your records are.
Authors sued over books used to train AI. The case settled for about $1.5 billion, roughly $3,000 per book, with final approval in July 2026.
Filed in December 2023 over millions of articles used for training. The biggest content owners are fighting rather than giving their data away.
Reddit licenses its data to Google and OpenAI, close to 10% of its revenue, and sues companies it alleges scraped it without paying.
A proposed class action alleges a note-taking app recorded work meetings and trained its AI without consent. Consent is now the whole game.
Summaries of public reporting. Pending cases are allegations, not findings. Sources at the bottom of this page.
They want the logic, not the names.
AI developers want to see how a problem comes in, who handles it and how it gets solved. Names, phone numbers, account numbers, client details and your secret sauce are removed or replaced before any AI developer sees it. Think of the ADP jobs report: built from millions of companies' payroll, and nobody ever sees whose.
Maria Lopez at Acme Logistics flags invoice #4471, billed twice at $12,400.
Jordan confirms a duplicate charge in the March billing log and escalates to finance.
Priya reissues the refund. The billing script is patched and the ticket closes in 26 hours.
Jennifer at Company 01 flags an invoice billed twice at $8,950.
Person 02 confirms a duplicate charge in the billing log and escalates to finance.
Person 03 reissues the refund. The script is patched and the ticket closes.
What drives the value of your records
A few hours from your team. We handle the rest.
Most companies go from first conversation to payment in 60 to 90 days.
A 15-minute call about your headcount, systems and history. No documents, no data. If you're not a fit, we tell you on the spot.
We complete the intake with you and you receive one fixed price in writing, with the systems and dates spelled out. Your attorney reviews it before you sign.
After you sign, your administrator authorizes the approved systems through a secure extraction tool. Our IT team walks you through it. No passwords change hands.
Your records are de-identified and reviewed, and you're paid in one lump sum once they're accepted. We follow every step until the funds land.
Our job is to get you the highest price possible.
Buyers make the first offer they think you'll take. Our team has spent years structuring deals, raising capital and negotiating with lenders and investors, and we bring all of it to your sale. We know what buyers pay for, how to position your records and when to push back. From the first call to the day the money lands, you have us in your corner.
Established firms with a real office and a real history.
Law firms, banks, accounting firms and medical practices qualify with smaller teams because their records are in the highest demand. Nonprofits qualify too.
- Headquarters in the US, Canada, the UK or Australia
- 3+ years of records still in its systems
- 5+ systems: email, internal chat, file storage, a CRM and one more
- Ownership of the records in those systems
Not eligible at this time: staffing agencies, insurance, title and escrow, cannabis, defense and export-controlled work, and franchisees whose franchisor owns the systems.
What could your records be worth?
Five quick answers. See whether you qualify and the indicative range for companies like yours.
Answer all five questions to see where companies like yours fall.
Indicative ranges published by our licensing partner for companies that meet every minimum. Not an offer or a guarantee. Your number comes in a fixed written offer after a review of your systems, history and record volume.
It's the right question. Here's the honest answer.
You see the contract, the process and a sample of your de-identified data before anything goes to an AI developer.
Standard de-identification
Personal and sensitive information is detected and removed or replaced, including privileged material and any terms you flag. Optimized for the highest payout.
Medical-grade de-identification
A HIPAA-level process run by a certified partner, for regulated or privacy-sensitive firms. It costs more to run, so the payout is lower.
Owners trust our team when the stakes are real.
“Shield Advisory Group got it done and did not send an invoice for their services until we received the payments. Very communicative and professional team.”
“We were bombarded with many, many ‘experts’, most of which seemed very unprofessional and lackluster. Luigi and the entire SAG team were incredibly helpful throughout the process. Their professional and thoughtful approach earned our confidence and trust.”
“Shield did our ERTC filing and I have to say it was flawless. I am a former VP of a GE Capital business and I appreciate financial professionals that deliver on what they say they’ll do.”
Google reviews of Shield Advisory Group, the parent company of Data Capital Advisors.
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Questions owners ask us
No. It's a one-time license of a de-identified copy of your records. No rate, no term, no equity, nothing to pay back.
Our licensing partner signs the agreement with you directly and pays you in one lump sum after your data is accepted.
Depending on the deal, it may go to one AI developer or several. Your agreement states which before you sign.
Indicative offers run from $100K to $5M, based on headcount, years of history, systems, industry and data quality. Your number comes in a fixed written offer.
Possibly, if you have financing with a lien on receivables. We flag it on the first call so it can be reviewed early.
Typically 60 to 90 days from the first call to payment. If you need capital sooner, ask us about financing.