# Realize the value of an estate's data

> 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.

Source: https://filefunding.com/sell/trustees

Email archives, chat, tickets, CRM and code can be an estate asset that AI labs will license. We help find it, scope it, clear it and compare offers, and it's free for the company: we're paid by the labs and data companies we work with.

**Short answer:** A company's historical business records can be an asset of a bankruptcy estate or an assignment for the benefit of creditors. FileFunding helps trustees and assignees identify what exists, exclude what can't be sold, de-identify the rest under the agreed method, and compare offers from AI labs and data programs. Court approval and privacy requirements still apply.

### Find and preserve
Identify which systems still hold records, and get exports made before accounts lapse.

### Scope and clear
Exclude HR, medical, payment and consumer data by default, flag client-confidential material, and document what's in and why.

### Compare offers
An anonymized profile goes to the labs and data programs we work with. You get a side-by-side comparison and decide.

## Questions from trustees and counsel

**Q: Can company data be sold in a bankruptcy?**
It can be an estate asset, but privacy promises follow it. In a US bankruptcy, a sale outside the ordinary course needs court approval, and where personally identifiable information is involved and the debtor's privacy policy restricts transfer, the court may appoint a consumer privacy ombudsman first (11 U.S.C. § 363(b)(1) and § 332). This is general information, not legal advice.

**Q: What does FileFunding do for an estate?**
We help find what records exist, scope what can be included, price it, and take an anonymized profile to the AI labs and data programs we work with so offers can be compared. The trustee or assignee decides, and any sale or license is a separate agreement with the buyer.

**Q: What does FileFunding cost?**
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.

**Q: What happens to personal information in the records?**
Names, emails, phone numbers, addresses and IDs are removed or replaced with role labels such as [Customer] before any training use. HR, medical and payment data and consumer databases are excluded by default. The exact method is set in each contract.

## Value an estate's data
Start with the company's website, or email us about a case.

[Get a free estimate](https://filefunding.com/#estimate)Or email us to set up a call (hello@filefunding.com)

**Keep reading**
- [How provenance and consent are checked](https://filefunding.com/labs/provenance)
- [Referring a company? Partner with us](https://filefunding.com/partners)
- [Glossary: 363 sale, ABC, ombudsman](https://filefunding.com/learn/glossary)