Data Licensing
Sell your history, not your playbook.
AI buyers want to learn how real work gets done. You decide what they see, and nothing goes without your signature.
Sell, lease or keep
Sell
A one-time license of older history. The simplest path, and the fastest cash.
Lease
A recurring license as new records build up. Smaller checks that keep coming.
Keep
Hold the records and put them to work in your own AI system. Still worth doing if the market isn't right for you.
What buyers want
- Service histories and job records over several years
- Estimates, work orders and change orders
- SOPs, checklists and training material
- Job photos and project files
- Records that connect: the call, the estimate, the job, the follow-up
What never leaves
- Your pricing and bids
- Your customer lists
- Names, addresses, phone numbers or any personal detail of customers or staff
How de-identification works, in plain words
Before anything is shared, names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, account numbers and anything else that points to a person are stripped or replaced. A job record that reads "Replaced the A/C condenser at the Smiths' on Elm Street" becomes "Replaced the A/C condenser at a single-family home." The know-how stays. The people don't.
You review a sample of the cleaned data before you sign anything.
Offers from more than one buyer
Buyers set their own prices, size rules and terms, and they differ a lot. We take your records to the buyers that fit, put the offers side by side, and walk you through the differences before you choose.
Exclusive or not: your call
Some buyers ask for an exclusive license, sometimes a permanent one, which means you can never license that data again. Others don't. We flag every exclusivity clause in plain words, and nothing exclusive is signed unless you choose it.
What you can and can't license
You can license records your company owns. Some files belong partly to someone else, such as drawings an architect or owner holds the rights to, or records a customer contract restricts. The assessment includes a rights check so nothing goes to a buyer that you don't have the right to license.
How and when you get paid
The buyer pays under a license you sign. Payment typically arrives two to eight weeks after signing, once the buyer has reviewed the data. Any fee CHI receives, from you or from a buyer, is disclosed to you in writing before you sign.
CHI's success fee is only owed after you've been paid. Published buyer tiers start at $100,000 for a first agreement with a qualifying company. Real offers depend on how much history you have, how complete it is, and how unusual your work is. We give you an estimate range in the assessment, never a guarantee.
Sources: The Next Web, Oct 2026 (micro1 program); DDIY, Oct 2026 (Polyshares published construction deals). Figures are each buyer's own published numbers, not offers. CHI is independent and has no agreement with any buyer named here.
The employee share pool
Your records exist because your people did the work and wrote it down. CHI sets up a contribution pool so they share in what the records earn. Part of each payout vests over 12 to 24 months, which rewards the people who stay.
Find out what your records are worth.
The first call is free. Thirty minutes, no paperwork, no obligation.