Publicly reported transactions, $200,000 to $10 million, in which companies were paid for their records, archives, and operating data.
We show deals between $200,000 and $10 million. Most of them sit between $200,000 and $2 million. The figures come from public filings, court records, financial reports, and reporting by established news organizations. Some are estimates from reporting rather than confirmed contract values, and we say so where that's the case.
Company names are left out. None of these companies are clients of Emergent Technologies, and a past transaction says nothing about what any buyer may offer for your records.
Ranges as published by an advisory firm, wind-down brokers, and court records. They aren't our estimates. A buyer's offer for your records may be higher, lower, or none.
Workspace, email, and support archives from about a decade of operations.
One advisory firm's published tableAdds CRM history, ticketing, and multi-team project tracking.
One advisory firm's published tableMulti-region workspace plus engineering and data warehouse exports.
One advisory firm's published tableFull enterprise archive with long retention and rich metadata.
One advisory firm's published tableAbout 100 million emails, 500 million chat records, code, and operating records.
Court filings, 2026Where most of the published examples sit. Ordinary operating companies licensing everyday records, with headcount, systems, and years covered where published.
$850K
Eight years of shipping operations records from a 340-person carrier: workspace documents, team chat, CRM history, and support tickets, licensed after anonymization. Published by an advisory firm as a client outcome.
$1.1M
Twelve years of file storage, engineering tickets, documentation, and ERP records from a 780-person manufacturer. The firm reports 41 days from scoping call to payment. Published by an advisory firm as a client outcome.
$1.4M
Eleven years of administrative records from a 1,180-person group, with patient-identifying information removed before anything left the company's systems. Published by an advisory firm as a client outcome.
$2M
Twelve years of workspace documents, meeting transcripts, team chat, and data warehouse exports from a 2,400-person firm. The advisory firm describes it as its largest transaction to date. Published as a client outcome.
Six figures
A transcription and captioning company that closed after 13 years sold its complete chat, email, ticket, and document archive to an AI buyer for “hundreds of thousands of dollars,” according to its former chief executive.
Seven figures
A specialist provider licensed de-identified imaging studies, paired with radiology reports and clinical notes, to AI developers through a marketplace, and reported seven figures of net new revenue in under a year.
$1M+in 6 months
A national broadcaster licensed tens of thousands of hours of drama, entertainment, news, and sports footage through an aggregator and crossed $1 million in licensing income within six months, on a revenue-share basis.
$1M+a year, per partner
A training data marketplace disclosed that several of its data partners each earn more than $1 million a year licensing proprietary datasets through the platform.
The upper end. Bigger archives, longer histories, and buyers paying annually or upfront plus recurring.
$1–5Ma year
Trade reporting puts typical annual licensing arrangements for mid-sized publishers at roughly $1 million to $5 million. One AI developer was reported to offer $1 million to $5 million per corpus for a European publisher's titles.
$5–10Ma year
A multi-year agreement with an AI developer covering archives and current reporting, reported in the single-digit millions per year.
$10Mupfront, plus recurring
A UK-based academic publisher disclosed more than $10 million upfront for initial access to its journals and books, plus recurring payments through 2027, from a large technology company.
$10M
About 100 million emails, 500 million workplace chats, 50 million lines of code, and revenue, operations, audit, and fraud records, de-identified. A $10 million bid won the auction and a late $12.5 million offer followed, with court approval pending.
Three sliders give you a rough range. The data check tells you what you've got. The licensing partner sets the real number after review.
Estimate only. Not an offer. Your originals stay yours either way.