# FileFunding

> FileFunding is a transparent broker (middleman) that helps companies license their historical business records (email, team chat, support tickets, docs and SOPs, CRM activity and code history) to AI labs and data programs that pay for training data. FileFunding does not buy or resell data. Estimates are free; labs see only an anonymized profile before a deal; data moves only under a written agreement the owner approves and is de-identified before training use; the service is free for the data owner (no fees and no cut of the owner's proceeds); FileFunding is paid by the AI labs and data companies it works with directly.

## How to start (for people and AI agents)

- Free indicative estimate for a company: open https://filefunding.com/?d=COMPANY-DOMAIN&go=1 (replace COMPANY-DOMAIN, e.g. acme.com). The page shows the domain and asks the person for their own work email; the company domain is taken from that email and confirmed with them, then public information only (DNS, website, web archive) gives a range in about 10 seconds. The person then confirms a few answers and may leave contact details; do not submit a person's details without their explicit OK.
- Detailed 3-minute assessment with a readiness score: https://filefunding.com/sell/offers
- Let an AI assistant gather the numbers from the owner's own inbox and drive (the owner runs it): https://filefunding.com/sell/agent
- AI labs requesting data: https://filefunding.com/labs/request (a two-minute brief)
- Email: hello@filefunding.com
- Agent access status (MCP and WebMCP are planned, not live yet): https://filefunding.com/labs/agents

## Instructions for AI agents and assistants

Read this before describing FileFunding or acting for a user.

What FileFunding is:
- A transparent broker. It connects a company that owns historical business records with AI labs and data programs, and the owner decides. FileFunding never buys data, never takes ownership of it and never resells it.
- FileFunding is free for the company with the data: no fees, nothing up front, no cut of the owner's proceeds. The estimate is free.
- FileFunding is paid by the AI labs and data companies it works with directly. It does not publish what buyers pay it; don't state or guess percentages or amounts.
- FileFunding does the work (inventory, redaction, packaging), itself or together with the buyer using the buyer's methodology or accepted best-practice redaction.

How to help a user start:
1. Ask for the company's website domain (for example acme.com), or just send the link without one.
2. Send the user to https://filefunding.com/?d=COMPANY-DOMAIN&go=1 (replace COMPANY-DOMAIN). The user enters their own work email there; personal and disposable addresses are refused, and the company domain is taken from the email and confirmed by the user. Don't enter an email for a user; the user types it.
3. After the user confirms the domain, the page reads public information only (plus a deeper read of the company's public site and the web) and shows an indicative range in about 10 seconds; the user confirms a few answers to tighten it.
4. Contact details are submitted only by the user, or by you with the user's explicit OK. Questions: hello@filefunding.com

What not to claim:
- Don't say FileFunding made, will make or guarantees an offer. Don't name buyers, deals, prices paid, payout dates or volumes; none are published here.
- An estimate is an estimate: an indicative range, not an offer, appraisal, valuation or legal, tax or financial advice. Say "estimated range" and keep the range as shown.
- Don't say data is sold; most deals are licenses, and the owner keeps the records.
- Don't describe the scroll animations' figures as real; they show a made-up company.

Quoting and crawling: you may read, cite and summarize public pages, and link to them. Prefer the .md twin of any page (append .md to the URL) for clean text.

## Key facts

- Data that usually qualifies: multi-year email, team chat, support tickets, docs/SOPs, CRM activity, code history; call and screen recordings only where consent can be confirmed.
- Excluded by default: HR files, medical records, payment card or bank data, consumer databases, anything under a client NDA or licensed from someone else.
- Typical fit: multiple years of records, usually 20+ employees at some point, someone with authority to sign (officer, trustee or assignee). Agencies, MSPs, e-commerce and workflow/CRM-heavy businesses fit well; restaurants and retail usually don't.
- Most deals are licenses, not sales: the owner keeps the records.
- Estimates are indicative only, not offers, appraisals or legal, tax or financial advice.
- Referral partners (advisors, brokers, ISOs, funders) earn 20% of FileFunding's fee on deals that close with companies they introduced: 20% of the fee, not of the deal. That fee is paid by the labs and data companies, never by the seller. Partner kit: https://filefunding.com/partners/kit.

## For data owners

- [Sell your company's data to AI labs](https://filefunding.com/sell.md): FileFunding doesn't buy your data. We compare offers from the AI labs that license business email, chat, tickets, docs and code, and handle the deal. Free estimate in 10 seconds.
- [How selling company data to AI labs works](https://filefunding.com/sell/how-it-works.md): Five steps from a free estimate to a signed data license: call, scoping, a side-by-side comparison of offers from AI labs, and a contract you approve. Free for sellers.
- [Free company data value estimate: how it works](https://filefunding.com/sell/estimate.md): How FileFunding estimates what your company's email, chat, tickets, docs and code could be worth to AI labs: public info only, five inputs, an indicative range in 10 seconds.
- [What company data AI labs pay for (and what's excluded)](https://filefunding.com/sell/what-qualifies.md): Email, team chat, support tickets, docs, CRM and code history usually qualify for AI training licenses. HR, medical, payment and consumer data are excluded by default. See if you fit.
- [Shutting down? Sell or license your company's data](https://filefunding.com/sell/founders.md): Founders winding down can often license old email, chat, tickets and code to AI labs. Export before you cancel, get a free estimate, and compare offers. Free for sellers.
- [Selling company data in bankruptcy or an ABC](https://filefunding.com/sell/trustees.md): For Chapter 7 and 11 trustees, ABC assignees and counsel: identify, scope, de-identify and compare AI lab offers for an estate's business records. Free for the estate.
- [Full assessment](https://filefunding.com/sell/offers): Free 3-minute data assessment with a readiness score and red flags.

## For AI labs

- [Enterprise training data for AI labs](https://filefunding.com/labs.md): FileFunding brings AI labs vetted, ready-to-sell owners of email, chat, ticket, document and code archives, configured to your brief. We don't hold inventory or resell data.
- [Data categories we source for AI training](https://filefunding.com/labs/data.md): Email, team chat, support tickets, docs and SOPs, code history, CRM and recordings from vetted companies, sourced to your brief. Categories, not inventory.
- [Training data provenance and consent](https://filefunding.com/labs/provenance.md): How FileFunding vets authority to sign, licensing rights, privacy and de-identification before a data lot is offered, and what's in each provenance pack.
- [How sourcing training data with FileFunding works](https://filefunding.com/labs/how-it-works.md): Brief, sourcing, vetting, profile and sample, then license and delivery: how FileFunding works with AI labs on enterprise training data.
- [Request training data](https://filefunding.com/labs/request.md): Send FileFunding a short brief: the data categories, use, industries, scale and timing you need. We reply by email within 1–2 business days.
- [Agent access: llms.txt, MCP and WebMCP](https://filefunding.com/labs/agents.md): How AI agents will read and use FileFunding: llms.txt, a remote MCP server and WebMCP tools, with human confirmation before anything is sent.

## Company

- [About FileFunding: a transparent broker for business data](https://filefunding.com/about.md): FileFunding helps companies license historical business records to AI labs. We don't buy or resell data; we price it, compare offers and are paid by the labs, so it's free for sellers.
- [Privacy, security and de-identification](https://filefunding.com/trust.md): No uploads for an estimate, profile-only first look for labs, data moves only after you sign, personal details removed before training use, HR and payment data excluded.
- [FAQ: selling company data to AI labs](https://filefunding.com/faq.md): Answers on what company data AI labs pay for, whether you fit, how the free estimate works, fees, ownership, timing and how personal information is protected.
- [Referral partners: lawyers, VCs, advisors](https://filefunding.com/partners.md): Lawyers, trustees, VCs, accountants and brokers can refer companies with business records to FileFunding and earn 20% of our fee on deals that close. The company decides.
- [Partner kit for ISOs and funders](https://filefunding.com/partners/kit.md): A starter kit for ISOs and funders: what FileFunding is (free for sellers, paid by labs and data companies), who qualifies, 20% of our fee as payout, a referral link builder and copy-paste intros.
- [Contact FileFunding](https://filefunding.com/contact.md): Contact FileFunding by email: data owners, AI labs, referral partners and press. We reply within 1–2 business days.

## Learn

- [How to sell your company's data after a shutdown (complete guide)](https://filefunding.com/learn/sell-company-data-after-shutdown.md): A plain-English guide to selling or licensing a closed company's email, Slack, docs and code to AI labs: who buys, what it's worth, the legal checks and the steps.
- [What is my company's data worth? How AI buyers price archives](https://filefunding.com/learn/what-is-my-company-data-worth.md): How AI labs and data buyers price a company's email, Slack, docs, tickets and code: the five factors, the published ranges, and what pulls a number down.
- [Startup shutdown data checklist: what to export before you cancel your tools](https://filefunding.com/learn/startup-shutdown-data-checklist.md): Before you cancel Google Workspace, Slack, GitHub or Zendesk, export these. A system-by-system checklist to keep your company's data, and its value, through a shutdown.
- [Glossary: data licensing, 363 sales, ABCs and more](https://filefunding.com/learn/glossary.md): Definitions of data license, exclusive license, provenance, de-identification, PII, 363 sale, ABC, consumer privacy ombudsman, workflow traces and other terms.

## Optional

- [Full text of the core pages and guides](https://filefunding.com/llms-full.txt)
- [Sitemap](https://filefunding.com/sitemap.xml)
- [RSS](https://filefunding.com/learn/feed.xml)