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Your company's data could be worth $100K–$5M.

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Your company's operating history may be worth licensing to AI developers. Here is how to find out in two minutes.

AI developers already pay for business records. Public deals show buyers paying for real-world text. The newest buyers want the everyday records of working companies. These are not offers and not typical amounts.

Think email, support tickets, files and CRM history. Partners de-identify the records, and your originals stay with your company.

There are two programmes, each with its own fit. Mode works with companies in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia. micro1 looks for thirty or more full-time staff, and runs a separate track for closed companies.

The fit check asks four structured questions. Fixed options only, no free text, no uploads, and it runs in your browser. You get one of four verdicts. Each one is indicative, not an offer.

Closed the business? The records may still matter. The current rights holder applies, such as a former owner, trustee or liquidator.

You apply directly with the partner. Only the partner can value your records, in writing. Your agreement sets the real milestones.

Nordic MarTech is an independent referral partner of Mode and micro1, not their staff. You pay us nothing; we may receive a referral fee. Check your fit at data.nordicmartech.com.

Quick fit check

Four questions. Standard results stay in your browser unless you choose to save them.

Region
Ownership

Below Mode's 50 for your sector · Meets micro1's threshold

Illustration: a waterfront headquarters skyline under an orange sun.

How it works

Five steps, from first look to a written offer

only the partner can value your records.

Step 1 of 5

Check your fit

Four questions, about two minutes. It is free, and nothing is saved unless you choose.

Step 1 of 5

Mode estimates about three months from first conversation to payment.

micro1 reviews and approves the data within 30 days, then pays within 30 days of invoice.

Scope

What is licensed — and what stays with you

Everyday business records: reports, documents, tickets, schedules and job files. Names and private details come out, and you approve what goes in.

Illustration: a law practice boardroom lined with legal volumes and archive binders.

  • Email & calendar

    Threads, meeting invites and the decisions they record.

  • Documents & knowledge bases

    Policies, proposals, wikis and shared drives.

  • Chat & collaboration

    Team channels and the context around work.

  • Tickets & tasks

    Support queues, project boards and their resolutions.

  • CRM & sales notes

    Account histories, pipeline notes and call summaries.

  • Code, SOPs & runbooks

    Repositories, procedures and how problems get fixed.

Both partners agree the systems and date ranges before any export. Your originals and systems stay with you; the partner works on an agreed copy.

Programmes and sectors

Two programmes, each with its own fit

Size, region, sector and language decide which one fits, if either does.

Mode

Regions
US, Canada, UK, Australia only
Minimum staff
Legal 10+ · Accounting, finance & medical 15+ · All others 50+
Best-fit sectors
Law firms, accounting & finance practices, medical and dental practices (business records without patient information), consultancies, agencies, field-service and logistics operators, architecture & engineering firms, nonprofits
Timeline
about three months from first conversation to payment
Published range
$100K–$5M (Mode, indicative)
Continue to Mode (opens in a new tab)

micro1

Regions
Strongest US, UK, Canada; other Western markets considered
Minimum staff
30+ full-time
Best-fit sectors
Software & engineering, finance & accounting, customer support, sales & CRM, legal & contracts, operations & logistics
Also
Defunct company records (closed businesses that peaked at 50+ staff), via the rights holder
Language
Records and communication primarily in English
Timeline
Payment within 30 days of invoice, after micro1 reviews and approves the data within 30 days
Published range
$100K to $3M+ (micro1, by data value)
Continue to micro1 (opens in a new tab)

On 9 October 2026, micro1 said it had committed to spend $1 billion over the next 12 months on acquiring and licensing company data (micro1 blog (opens in a new tab)). It is a company commitment, not an offer to any specific business.

Each partner's own published information, checked 25 October 2026. Not offers; the partner's site is authoritative. micro1 programme page

Medical
Mode's agreements exclude health information, and patient billing and scheduling records usually contain it. Scope is limited to business records with no patient information, such as vendor, finance and operations records. Confirm with Mode first.
Regulated and export-controlled data
Defence, ITAR/EAR, classified or client-privileged material stays out unless legal clears it.
Nordic and EU companies
Not in Mode's regions; micro1 may consider you. Both process data in the US.
Listed companies
Possible, with a longer path via board, general counsel, disclosure and data-governance review.
Public sector
Government departments, statutory bodies and state-owned companies are outside both programmes.
What usually doesn't fit
Start-ups with little history, paper-only businesses, loosely organised archives, and records mostly not in English.

Tool 1

Fit check — two minutes, saved only if you choose

Region
Ownership
Status
Records mainly in English
Systems in use
Excluded data present
Authority to license and notify staff

Your result

Possible fitmicro1
Why this result
  • Clears micro1's minimum of 30 full-time staff.
  • Confirm who can sign before applying.
Before you apply
  1. 1Open micro1's company registration. Register through this link yourself. micro1 doesn't accept applications made on your behalf.
  2. 2Create your company profile and data manifest. Which systems you hold and for how long; qualified companies are invited to an AI interview and a call.
  3. 3Contract, transfer, review, payment. micro1 reviews and approves the data within 30 days, then pays within 30 days of invoice.
Continue to micro1 (opens in a new tab)Book a 20-minute call

Opens the partner's site in a new tab. Register your company there yourself — don't upload any records until a written agreement is signed.

micro1's published range: $100K to $3M+ (by data value, not an offer)

Share or save your summary
After your fit check: applying and offers

Only the partner can value your records; their figure is indicative until a written agreement is signed.

Optional AI explanation

Data use and consent

The standard fit check runs in your browser. If you ask for an AI explanation after consenting, your structured answers are sent to our hosting provider's AI service and a third-party AI model provider to generate it; processing may take place in the United States. Nordic MarTech does not store these answers or the explanation unless you also tick the separate box to save your consultation (kept for 30 days), and never uses them to train AI models. Our hosting provider may keep standard server logs for security and reliability. Questions: contact@nordicmartech.com.

Optional saved consultation

Worked examples

Which path fits? Six examples

Showing 6 of 6

  • Fictional example

    Boston law firm

    • US
    • Legal
    • Private
    • Operating
    • 22 staff
    • 9 yrs records
    • 6 yrs same systems
    Strong fitMode

    9 years of records, 6 on the same main systems.

  • Fictional example

    Manchester accountancy

    • UK
    • Accounting
    • Private
    • Operating
    • 16 staff
    • 7 yrs records
    • 7 yrs same systems
    Strong fitMode

    7 years of records, 7 on the same main systems.

  • Fictional example

    Toronto software consultancy

    • Canada
    • Software & technology
    • Private
    • Operating
    • 45 staff
    • 6 yrs records
    • 5 yrs same systems
    Strong fitmicro1

    Connected systems such as code and tickets suit micro1's programme.

  • Fictional example

    Sydney logistics operator

    • Australia
    • Operations & logistics
    • Private
    • Operating
    • 35 staff
    • 8 yrs records
    • 6 yrs same systems
    Possible fitmicro1

    Outside micro1's strongest markets — considered case by case.

  • Fictional example

    Closed Chicago agency

    • US
    • Consulting & professional services
    • Private
    • Closed or winding down
    • peak 70 staff
    • 10 yrs records
    • 8 yrs same systems
    Possible fitmicro1 closed-company track

    The current rights holder (former owner, trustee, liquidator, administrator or receiver) must apply and sign.

  • Fictional example

    State-owned utility, Melbourne

    • Australia
    • Other business
    • Government or state-owned
    • Operating
    • 400 staff
    • 15 yrs records
    • 10 yrs same systems
    Not covered

    Public-sector records fall outside both programmes.

Illustrations of the published criteria, not real companies or offers.

Closed or winding down?

Closed the business? The records may still matter.

Closing a company doesn't erase its records. Email, tickets, files and CRM data usually sit in cloud accounts — or with whoever holds the company's assets now. micro1 runs a separate track for closed companies, usually ones that peaked at 50 or more staff. The current rights holder applies.

Illustration: an empty office floor after closing, with filing cabinets and archive boxes.

A real case: Spirit Airlines

Spirit stopped flying in May 2026. Its records didn't. In its bankruptcy, the estate auctioned a de-identified copy of the airline's internal data: about 100 million emails, 500 million Teams items, spreadsheets and operations records. Google's $10M bid won; Mercor bid $7.5M, and micro1 later offered $12.5M. The court's decision was due on 6 November 2026 — see the sources for the outcome.

Why would an AI developer want an airline's inbox?

Illustration, not a description of the Spirit dataset: a cancelled flight, an angry passenger, no seat on the next departure. The record of what was asked, what staff tried, what failed and what finally worked is the kind of multi-step problem-solving AI support systems learn from. Every company that has handled years of tickets, refunds and escalations holds versions of that story.

Passenger databases were removed from the sale, and the data is de-identified by an independent party before transfer. micro1 is one of the two programmes on this page; we may receive a referral fee from it. Sources: Reuters (opens in a new tab) · Axios (opens in a new tab) · Fortune (opens in a new tab) · Skift (opens in a new tab)

  • Who can say yes

    The current rights holder. A former owner or founder who kept the assets; otherwise the trustee (US bankruptcy), assignee (US assignment for the benefit of creditors), liquidator or administrator (UK, Australia) or receiver/trustee (Canada).

  • What to check first

    Who owns the records now. Whether they were sold in an asset sale. Whether the cloud accounts still open. What staff and customers were told about their data.

  • What happens next

    The rights holder registers through the micro1 link and completes a data manifest. Then: review, contract, transfer, 30-day review, payment.

Continue to micro1 (opens in a new tab)Book a 20-minute call

Tool 2

How deep is your record — and how ready are you?

What shapes an offer (as Mode describes it)

  • Volume & history

    Years of records and the number of people who created them.

  • Connected context

    Records that link: a ticket, its discussion, the fix, the result.

  • Sector demand

    Functions AI developers are actively licensing.

  • Quality

    Complete, consistent, organised archives.

Staff-years of records

240

40 staff × 6 years

Connected context

2 of 8 systems · Low

These are not prices. Mode says volume and history, connected records, sector demand and quality shape its offer; this shows where you stand on the first two.

Readiness checklist

0/9 — Worth a short internal round before applying.

Data protection

Data protection — in the partners' own terms

Illustration: a secure records room with a locked orange vault door.
Partner safeguards and de-identification

Mode

Privacy Policy, 1 October 2026

  • De-identified before anyone else receives it.
  • A de-identified sample is shared with you for review first.
  • Raw upload encrypted, access-restricted and deleted within 120 days.
  • Agreements exclude health information, payment card or financial account data, children's data, biometrics, audio/video recordings and images of individuals.
  • Licensees are barred from re-identification.
  • Data reaches Mode only through its secure upload after a signed agreement.

micro1

Data-partnerships page

  • Personal and identifying information removed or transformed before sharing.
  • Kept separate from other companies' data.
  • Raw data deleted on an agreed schedule.
  • Representative samples reviewed before use.
  • Licensed only to labs and enterprises in the US and allied countries.

What stays useful — and what is removed

Kept: how the work happened

  • Decision steps
  • Workflows
  • Trade-offs weighed
  • Corrections
  • Outcomes

Removed or transformed before licensing

  • Names and contact details
  • Client and customer identities
  • Deal and account specifics
  • Credentials
  • Anything outside the agreed scope

How both partners describe de-identification. The partner's own sample is what counts — ask to see it.

Fictional example

Original

Case note — Harbourline Freight: Elin Dahl flags invoice 7731 charged twice. Ops traces it to a system migration; finance approves refund the same day.

Agreed copy

Case note — [Company 01]: [Person 01] flags invoice [ID] charged twice. Ops traces it to a system migration; finance approves refund the same day.

Identifiers change; the decision path stays. Ask to see the partner's own sample.

Apply

Ready? Apply directly with the partner in three steps

Mode track

For law, accounting, finance, medical practices and firms with 50+ staff

Legal 10+ · Finance / medical 15+ · Other 50+
  1. 1

    Open Mode's company form

    Continue to Mode (opens in a new tab)

    Opens mode.inc in a new tab. Your referral is recorded by this link.

  2. 2

    Tell Mode about your company

    Size, years in operation, systems. Don't upload any records; Mode asks for data only after a signed agreement.

  3. 3

    Review Mode's written offer

    Agree scope, systems and date ranges; sign only if it suits you.

Send to your decision-maker
Applying from a different device?
Open the same link there. Partners credit the introducer through the link; a company that registers via a search result or another partner's link isn't attributed to us. That changes nothing for you.

micro1 track

For software, operations and support teams with 30+ staff, and closed companies

30+ full-time · Closed: peak 50+
  1. 1

    Open micro1's company registration

    Continue to micro1 (opens in a new tab)

    Register through this link yourself. micro1 doesn't accept applications made on your behalf.

  2. 2

    Create your company profile and data manifest

    Which systems you hold and for how long; qualified companies are invited to an AI interview and a call.

  3. 3

    Contract, transfer, review, payment

    micro1 reviews and approves the data within 30 days, then pays within 30 days of invoice.

Send to your decision-maker
Applying from a different device?
Open the same link there. Partners credit the introducer through the link; a company that registers via a search result or another partner's link isn't attributed to us. That changes nothing for you.
Not sure which? Run the fit checkBook a 20-minute call

Why this market exists

AI developers already pay for business records

Public deals and court cases show training data has a price. The newest buyers want the everyday records of working companies.

Publisher and platform deals, one bankruptcy auction and one court settlement. Not offers, not typical amounts, and not a prediction for your company. Only the partner can value your records, in writing. Checked 30 October 2026.

Fictional example

Ten years of work, already written down.

Harbourline Freight is fictional: a 60-person Manchester logistics operator with twelve years of records in the same systems.

  1. A calm route, not a leap

    Harbourline checks fit here, agrees systems and date ranges with the partner, reviews a de-identified sample, and only then sees a written offer. Nothing is uploaded before a signed agreement. Mode estimates about three months from first conversation to payment.

  2. What it leaves with — either way

    If it signs: the partner's written offer for an agreed, de-identified copy, while originals stay in its own systems. If it doesn't: a clear map of what records it holds, where they live and who owns them — useful for data governance anyway.

Harbourline Freight is fictional. No figure is shown because only the partner can value records, in writing.

Check your fitBook a 20-minute call

On demand

Mode CEO webinar

A 26-minute recording with founder and CEO Dan Novaes, hosted on Mode's site.

On-demand recording · No live date or registration published

View the webinar and topicsWatch on Mode's site (opens in a new tab)

Refer a company

Know a company with years of records? Introduce it to Mode.

Mode runs its own referral programme for people who know business owners: advisers, consultants, bookkeepers and other professionals. You sign up with Mode directly and introduce companies you know.

You refer a company

$50,000+

Proposed by Mode when the company becomes a qualifying data partnership.

Someone you invited refers a company

$5,000+

Proposed by Mode when a company they introduce qualifies.

Joining alone earns nothing. Rewards are Mode's proposed amounts for qualifying partnerships; Mode's final terms apply and Mode decides what qualifies.

Which companies count

  • Companies in the US, Canada, UK and Australia only.
  • 10+ legal · 15+ accounting, medical and finance · 50+ all other businesses.

Refer the right way

  • Introduce people you actually know, and ask before passing on a name.
  • Never send or ask for company records. Data goes only to Mode, after a written agreement.
  • Follow your local email and privacy rules — for example CAN-SPAM (US), PECR and UK GDPR (UK), CASL (Canada) and the Spam Act 2003 (Australia).
  • Say you may earn a reward when you make an introduction.
Read the video transcript

Know a company sitting on years of business records? You can introduce it to Mode yourself.

Mode's referral programme proposes $50,000 or more when a company you refer becomes a qualifying data partnership. And $5,000 or more when someone you invited introduces one.

Joining alone earns nothing, and Mode's final terms apply.

The company must be in the US, Canada, the UK or Australia. Ten or more staff for legal. Fifteen or more for accounting, medical and finance. Fifty or more for everyone else.

Introduce people you actually know, with their permission, and follow your local email and privacy rules.

Disclosure: if you join through our link, Mode may reward Nordic MarTech when a company you introduce qualifies. Join through the link on data.nordicmartech.com.

Join Mode's referral programme (opens in a new tab)

Disclosure: if you join through this link, Mode may reward Nordic MarTech when a company you introduce qualifies. Signing up shares your email with Mode and lets Mode send you programme and marketing messages. Nordic MarTech does not run, pay or guarantee Mode's programme. Checked 30 October 2026.

Source: data.mode.inc/referrals, checked 30 October 2026 (opens in a new tab)

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