Frequently asked questions

No. Your company grants a licence to use its records for AI training and keeps ownership.

Nothing. KetData pays your company, on terms agreed in writing first.

No. A licence carries no equity and no debt. It doesn't touch your share register or create anything to repay.

It has no end date, because a model already trained can't be untrained. That is why the licence limits from the start how the records may be used. Raw copies are deleted once identifying details are removed, with written confirmation. If an AI developer breaks its terms, it must stop any further use of the records. Trained models are not covered by deletion.

Yes. Your company licenses the records to KetData, and we license them on to more than one AI developer unless one pays for exclusive use. You can still exclude competitors or named uses. Every licence is recorded, so no promise to one developer conflicts with another.

Yes, if an AI developer pays for exclusive use. By default we license the records to more than one AI developer. Either way, you can exclude competitors or named uses.

Use the de-identified copy to train, evaluate and develop AI models. It may not publish the records, resell or sublicense them, try to identify anyone in them, or use them to make decisions about named individuals.

Identifying details are removed by our specialist de-identification partner before any training, sensitive categories are excluded, and every licence forbids re-identification.

They are deleted once identifying details are removed, with written confirmation: within 30 days of delivery of the de-identified dataset, with a signed certificate. Backups are overwritten within 90 days.

Only the people at KetData handling your file. AI developers see a profile without your name, and learn it only after signing a non-disclosure agreement.

Your company is never named publicly. Before terms are agreed, no one outside KetData sees anything that identifies it. After that, the name is shared only with AI developers who have signed a non-disclosure agreement.

Raw records are handled only by our specialist de-identification partner, and are deleted once the de-identified copy is made. No AI developer connects to your systems. How we handle your data

Yes. You can exclude named companies, sectors or uses in the licence.

Usually, but not always. Records governed by a client contract, data your customers put into your product, and records already sold with the business are excluded. We check ownership with you before any offer.

Usually a call, the checklist, and granting read-only access at the end.

Yes. They often add value, because few other companies hold similar records.

No. You provide counts and admin screens; our specialist de-identification partner extracts read-only and removes identifying details.

By KetData, based on size, history, the mix of tools and what AI developers pay for similar records. Our estimate is a guide only. See how we value records

You do not have to accept it.

Usually four to eight weeks from first call to payment. For a company in administration or liquidation, always before dissolution.

KetData pays companies for a licence to their work records. You don't need to be closing down: we work with companies that are trading, winding down or closed.

Companies anywhere, as long as most records are in English. Prices vary by region, as they do across the market.

Established companies with years of working records. We are most likely to help if the company usually has around 30 or more office staff, or had 50 or more at its peak if it has closed (smaller companies can qualify if they used eight or more connected tools); has at least two years of records in its tools, and ideally three or more; used five or more work tools; and owns its records, keeping them mostly in English. Software, technology and game studios, engineering, construction and manufacturing are the strongest fit, followed by IT services, cybersecurity, logistics and consulting. We do not currently work with law firms, healthcare providers, consumer finance, HR, recruiting or staffing companies, or marketing agencies.

Sometimes. If the company is in an insolvency process or has a secured lender, we check who must consent before anything is signed.