For established US business owners

Pewter is your point of contact from estimate to payment.

Pewter coordinates the licensing process from the first estimate to payment. Our licensing partner makes the offer, signs the license with you and pays you. We track each milestone in the agreement through payment.

Start without filesYou pay nothingYour written approval is required for every term

Request an estimate Or schedule a call

Indicative range

$385K to $895K

Example: a 100-person firm, 10 years in business. Move the sliders for yours.

Employees100

Years in business10

A scenario, not a valuation. Many firms are offered less, and some receive no offer once their records are reviewed.

Get a real estimate

Range from our licensing partner's payout model for US firms (October 2026), using headcount and years in business only. What your records hold, who owns them and what a buyer accepts decide the real number.

Why buyers seek business records

The internet is familiar to these labs, but your company's operating routines aren't.

Public text is what AI models learned from. The web can't show how your business prices a quote, resolves a claim or reschedules a shipment. That know-how lives in your inbox, shared drive and operating systems. Google's successful $10 million bid for Spirit Airlines' records shows the market, while firms far smaller have received hundreds of thousands. Review evidence from the market.

Questions to consider first

What owners commonly ask on their first call

Is the payment genuine, or is this only a pitch?

This is an active market. The licensing partner reports payments of $350,000 to $650,000 to firms with 60 to 100 people, while Google's $10 million winning bid for Spirit Airlines' records is documented in a federal court filing. These transactions involved other firms, not us. You receive your offer in writing before committing, and many firms receive offers below those amounts.

Would I have to pay anything?

There's no charge at any point. Pewter earns a fee from the licensing partner when a transaction closes. Without a deal, no fee is due.

Who handles what, and who pays Pewter?

Pewter identifies and qualifies the opportunity, assesses your records, presents the offer and coordinates the transaction. The licensing partner makes the offer, signs the license with you and pays you; you find out its identity before signing anything. The partner pays our fee, which means we aren't your lawyer or agent. Pewter isn't a law firm or registered broker-dealer, and we recommend that your own counsel review the agreement.

Do I give up my data?

No. You license an agreed, de-identified copy. Your original files stay as they are, and you keep ownership.

Could clients or employees be identified?

Before delivery, names, contact details, account numbers, credentials and payment details are removed or substituted. Regulated, privileged or third-party records may be excluded. Risk can't be eliminated by any method, so you review the process and a sample before signing. How records are handled.

Who may access my records before signing?

Only with your permission. We may request a small sample for quality review before an offer; Pewter or the licensing partner may inspect it. You decide what it includes and may decline. The complete export occurs only after you sign.

Who uses the data, and for what?

Authorized AI developers may use it for model training and evaluation, as your agreement defines. The terms you approve specify exclusivity and permitted uses. Our free owner's guide, Before You Sell Your Data, explains terms and questions to resolve before signing.

How much time will this take from my team?

Set aside a few hours for two or three calls and a brief inventory of the systems you use. If an export is required, your IT person or provider runs it while we coordinate. No new data needs to be created, and nothing needs tidying up.

What if I can't identify the data we have?

That's true for most owners. On the call, tell us which tools you've used over time, such as email, shared drives or your accounting or operating system, and we'll determine what's there. To estimate it on your own first, our complimentary guide points out where to find the numbers in Google, Microsoft 365, Slack and twelve other tools.

Why consider acting now?

AI labs are buying now. A single AI data company has committed $1 billion for the coming twelve months. Value comes from the history you still possess: when subscriptions expire or a firm closes, archives are deleted and that value disappears.

Could your firm qualify?

Signs records may be a fit

20+ staffFull-time employees, now or at your highest headcount.
3+ yearsAt least three years of retained email, files and records.
US-basedEnglish is the main working language.
Any statusRecords must still exist, whether the business operates, is winding down or has closed.

Demand is strongest for records that trace skilled work through its steps: logistics, accounting, engineering, construction, distribution, manufacturing, trades and professional services. Regulated, privileged or third-party records may be left out. These indicators don't promise an offer.

For data buyers and AI labs

Want to purchase data? Share what you need.

We work with owners of established US firms whose operating records can't be found on the open web. Describe the sector, workflow and volume you need, and we'll tell you honestly whether we can source it.

Send a data request Or contact us by email

Operating records from real businessesEmail, tickets, documents and system records sourced from logistics, accounting, engineering, distribution, trades and services firms.
Consenting ownersBefore delivery, each firm approves its terms and exclusions in writing.
De-identified under written termsIdentifying details are taken out before delivery. A license agreement specifies the scope and allowed use.

Roles and responsibilities

You retain control; we manage coordination.

Pewter remains your contact from initial estimate through payment. The licensing partner presents the offer, signs the license with you and pays you.

Your part

A handful of hours

Answer a handful of questionsTwo minutes, with no uploads or account access.
Take two or three callsEach call lasts about 30 minutes.
Fill out a brief data inventoryThe systems you use and how many years you have used them.
Inspect a sample and review the termsYour lawyer may review the agreement. Licensing occurs only after you sign.

What Pewter handles

SizingWe give you a straightforward view of whether your records are likely to sell.
Offer and negotiationThe licensing partner sets out the offer. We deliver it in writing and discuss price, scope and exclusivity with you.
De-identification and exportWe work with your IT person, removing identifying details before delivery.
Payment and closingFrom each milestone in the agreement through payment, we monitor progress.

No proposal means no charge

There is no cost to ask

Owners pay no fee at any point, and may leave whenever they choose. Before an offer, we may request permission to inspect a small sample for quality. The complete export takes place only once you approve the terms in writing. How records are handled.

Request an estimate

Check whether your records could find a buyer

Estimated range

$385K to $895K

Illustration: 100 employees · 10 years in business

We call within one business dayLawrence or Troy will ask what you have and share a realistic assessment.
Handled confidentiallyWe don't request files. With your consent, we share your firm's name, size and industry with the licensing partner so it can prepare an estimate.
No proposal, no chargeYou may leave whenever you wish before signing.

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Pewter may contact me, and may share my firm's name, size and industry with its licensing partner to prepare an estimate. No records are shared without my separate permission. See the privacy policy.

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