Your company's old emails, docs and tickets may be worth six figures to AI labs.

Yes, and it's fair to ask. AI labs are publicly paying for real business records (Google's $10M winning bid for Spirit Airlines' email archive is one example, reported by MIT Technology Review). FileFunding never asks for passwords, uploads or payment. You get a free estimate, your profile goes to labs only with your OK, and every deal is a contract your company signs with the lab, after your own lawyer reviews it if you like.

When you type a domain, our server checks public sources only: DNS records (to see if you use Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, plus tools like Slack or Zendesk that publish verification records), your homepage, the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, public domain registration data, and GitHub. An AI model summarizes the homepage text. Nothing is stored unless you send the form.

AI companies have used up most of the public internet. To build software that can do real jobs, they need examples of how real businesses actually operate: the back-and-forth, the fixes, the handoffs. Your records are exactly that.

Buyers typically de-identify data before it's used: names, emails, phone numbers and other personal details are removed or replaced, and HR or sensitive records are excluded. You'll want to check that selling past data fits the privacy notices you gave customers and employees, and laws like CCPA, GDPR, HIPAA or GLBA where they apply. The buyer's diligence covers this; we recommend your own attorney reviews any contract.

Usually not. Most deals are a license: the buyer gets the right to use a copy for training under contract terms, and you keep your records and your business. Terms vary by buyer, so read each offer.

Only an owner or authorized officer can agree to a deal, and only for data the company has the right to license. Material that belongs to clients, partners or vendors, data covered by an NDA, or data pulled through a vendor's API with restrictions (for example, some chat platforms' API terms forbid using exports to train AI) may need to be excluded. We don't give legal advice on this; the buyer and your counsel do.

Our aim is to have first offers in front of you in about two weeks once you've shared your profile. Contract and delivery follow, and buyers typically pay anywhere from a few weeks to a few months after signing. Nothing is guaranteed: some companies won't receive offers.

No, and it's often the best time. Wind-downs are a common source of these deals, and the proceeds can help settle obligations. If you're winding down, mention it and we'll move quickly, since records are often deleted when accounts are shut off.

Nothing. FileFunding is free for the company with the data: no fees, nothing up front and no cut taken from what you're paid. We're paid by the AI labs and data companies we work with directly. We also do the work (inventory, redaction and packaging), ourselves or together with the buyer using their methodology or accepted best-practice redaction.

No. FileFunding doesn't buy or resell data. We're the transparent middleman who gets you the best value for it: we work with the AI labs and data programs that pay for business data, price and configure yours, and give you a clear comparison of the offers available. Every agreement is between your company and the lab you choose.

You can go direct, and we'll tell you exactly which labs and programs we work with. But on your own you likely won't get the same offer: we know how these programs price data, and we put your profile in front of several at once so they compete. Setting up with each lab takes time, and for you it's a one-time deal. We handle the hassle, and it costs you nothing: the labs and data companies we work with pay us.