For owners, liquidators & administrators of companies winding down or already closed
The data and code your company built is worth money to AI labs.
Labs license de-identified copies of the operating records and the source code a company already has. Luma Data sizes what you hold, clears the rights, brings you one written offer from a buyer, and runs the deal through to payment — on an exclusive license only.
Indicative range
A scenario, not a valuation. Many are offered less, and some get no offer once the records are reviewed.
An illustration only — not an offer, valuation, or promise of a buyer. A real figure comes only after we review what you hold.
Why this is suddenly worth money
The labs have read the internet. They’ve never seen how a real business runs.
Public web text is almost used up, and models are starting to be trained on each other’s output. What they still can’t get is proprietary, real-world material — how an actual company operated, and the code humans wrote before AI started writing it. Distressed and defunct companies are sitting on exactly that, and it’s usually about to be deleted.
How work really happens
Support threads, tickets, ops logs, back-office files. The messy reality of a running business that no public dataset contains.
Written before 2023
Source code authored by people, not models — uncontaminated by AI-generated code. Scarce, and increasingly impossible to reproduce.
A license a buyer can trust
Exclusive, rights-cleared, de-identified. We confirm you can actually grant the rights before anything is offered.
The web is spoken for.
The inside of a real company isn’t.
How it ran, and the code it was built on — that’s the asset you’re sitting on, and winding down is the one moment it can still be sold.
How it works
You stay in control. We do the legwork.
A few hours of your time over a couple of weeks. Everything that leaves your systems, and every term of the deal, is yours to approve.
What you do · a few hours
- 01Tell us what you hold — data, code, or both.
- 02Take two or three short calls.
- 03Fill in a short inventory of the material.
- 04Approve a de-identified sample and the terms.
What Luma Data handles
- →Sizing what it’s worth to buyers.
- →Clearing rights and confirming exclusivity.
- →De-identifying and exporting the material.
- →The offer, the negotiation, and the buyer.
- →Closing the deal and getting you paid.
No deal, no cost
We only make money when you do.
There’s nothing to pay upfront and nothing to pay if no deal closes. Our fee is a share of the licensing deal, taken only when you’re paid — a share of the result, never a loan and never interest. You can walk away at any point before you sign.
What actually leaves your building
De-identified. Secrets and personal data stripped before it ever moves.
Names, contacts, card numbers and keys are removed; the structure a model learns from stays. Here’s the same material before and after.
From: Marie Lefèvre <m.lefevre@acme-logistics.fr> To: support@acme-logistics.fr Subject: Order #88213 — damaged pallet Shipment to 14 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris arrived with 3 broken units. Customer mobile +33 6 12 34 56 78. Refund to card ending 4417. — Marie
From: [AGENT_07] <[EMAIL_07]> To: [SUPPORT_INBOX] Subject: Order #1182 — damaged pallet Shipment to [ADDRESS_FR_204] arrived with 3 broken units. Customer mobile [PHONE_903]. Refund to card [CARD_REDACTED]. — [AGENT_07]
API_KEY = "sk_live_9f2c…a71" # prod key
def retry_charge(customer_email, cents):
log(f"retry {customer_email} {cents}")
return gateway.charge(
key=API_KEY,
amount=cents,
receipt=customer_email,
)
API_KEY = os.environ["[SECRET]"] def retry_charge([EMAIL], cents): log(f"retry {[EMAIL]} {cents}") return gateway.charge( key=API_KEY, amount=cents, receipt=[EMAIL], )
Illustrative example; names are fictional. No de-identification method removes every risk, which is why you approve the sample before anything ships.
Is this a fit?
You’re likely a fit if you have —
- A company you own, are winding down, or are administering
- Operating data, pre-2023 source code, or both
- The standing to clear the rights — as owner, administrator or liquidator
- Any status — operating, winding down, or already closed
If you’re in a liquidation or administration, this is often the best moment to act — the rights are easiest to clear and the material is still intact. But once a procedure fully closes and the assets are gone, the window closes with it. If there’s a date in your process, tell us and we’ll move to it.
For accountants, insolvency practitioners & liquidators
Know a company sitting on valuable data or code?
Introduce them. We handle the sizing, the rights, the contracts and the buyer — and we split the result with you. It’s a clean, one-time win for a client whose assets would otherwise be written off.
PROFIT-SHARE ON EVERY DEAL YOU SEND
Before you ask
The honest questions, answered.
Is this real money, or a pitch?
Real. AI labs are paying for proprietary operating data and legacy human-written code, because they’ve run short of anything else. We don’t charge to find out whether yours sells, and we only earn if a deal closes — so there’s no pitch in telling you honestly when it won’t.
What does it cost me?
Nothing upfront, and nothing if no deal closes. Our fee is a share of the licensing deal, taken only when you’re paid. It’s a share of the result — never a loan, and never interest.
We’re already in liquidation, or the company is closed. Is it too late?
Usually not — and it’s often the best case. Distressed and defunct companies hold exactly what buyers want, and the rights are typically easiest to clear through the administrator or liquidator. But once the procedure fully closes and the assets are realised, the window is gone. If you’re in one now, move sooner rather than later.
Do I lose my data?
No. You license a de-identified copy. You keep every original.
Will my clients or staff be exposed?
Everything is de-identified before it leaves your systems — names, contacts, card numbers and secrets removed — and you approve a sample first. No method removes every risk, and we don’t pretend otherwise.
Why exclusive rights only?
Exclusivity is what buyers pay a premium for, and it’s cleaner for you: one license, one counterparty, one payment. Non-exclusive deals fragment the value and aren’t what we do.
Who buys it, and for what?
AI labs and data buyers, to train models. It’s licensed under written terms — not published, and not sold to your competitors.
How much of my team’s time does it take?
A few hours in total: a couple of short calls, a short inventory, and approving the sample and the terms. You sign off on everything in writing.
Find out what it’s worth
Find out whether your data and code would sell.
- We reply within one business day
- Held in confidence — no files needed to start
- No cost and no obligation
Thanks — here’s your request.
To finish, send it to us and we’ll reply within one business day.