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For retailers, online shops & DTC brands
AI labs license real retail records to learn how a store actually runs: orders, inventory logs, listings, returns and markdown histories. Customer names, addresses and payment details are stripped before anything leaves, and you keep ownership.
What a 40-person retailer holds
What's valuable
Records of real work and how it turned out. The more years and the better kept, the more they're worth.
What sold, what came back, and why.
Reorders, stockouts, transfers between stores and the decisions behind them.
How products are described, priced, bundled and promoted, and what changed when they didn't sell.
Which discounts ran, when, and what they did to sell-through.
Opening and closing checklists, pick-pack-ship steps and how exceptions get handled.
How your team solves common problems, with customer details removed.
What labs learn from it
A product isn't moving. Your buyer checks sell-through, compares stores, picks a markdown and watches what happens. An AI that has never seen a real retail calendar can't make that call. Your history shows it how, one real decision at a time.
Your records teach a model
The numbers
Per company for approved record packages, on one AI company's published program.
Source: a large AI company's public program page, Oct 2026
Offers received in August by roofing, construction, accounting, law and mortgage firms, as posted by one licensing broker.
Source: offers posted publicly by a licensing broker, Aug 2026
“order records, inventory logs, listings”
Listed by one buyer among the retail and ecommerce records its program licenses.
Source: a large AI training company's public page, Oct 2026
No retail-specific prices are public yet, so these are general figures from other industries. We never promise a number. Value depends on how many records you have, how many years they cover and how well they're kept. Your valuation tells you where you stand.
See where you standHow it works
You don't need to prepare anything for the valuation, and nothing leaves your company until you've seen it and signed off.
Answer a few questions about your company. Within one business day we email you what buyers want from businesses like yours and what drives the price. No files needed yet.
We match you with buyers who want your kind of records and handle the paperwork. Personal details come out before anything leaves, and you approve every file and every term.
Your company is paid under the license you sign. The buyer pays our fee, so it costs you nothing.
Privacy
You decide what's in scope. These never leave, and nothing goes anywhere without your written sign-off.
How we anonymize
The buyer pays us a fee when a deal closes. You never pay us anything: there's no upfront cost, and if no deal closes, nobody owes anything.
No. Names, addresses, emails and payment details are stripped before anything leaves, and loyalty and marketing lists stay out entirely. What AI companies value is how the store runs: orders, inventory and the decisions behind them.
Nothing leaves until it has been through three steps. Personal details (names, emails, phone numbers, addresses, account numbers) are removed or replaced with placeholders. The cleaned files are reviewed, and you see them before anything is shared. And you sign off in writing. Customer personal details, privileged or regulated records, and HR and payroll files are left out entirely.
Your valuation arrives within one business day. If you go ahead, scoping and signing usually take a few weeks. Buyers pay once the records are delivered and accepted, typically 60 to 90 days after acceptance, and some pay sooner.
It depends on the records. Employee names and contact details are removed like everyone else's, and HR, payroll and personnel files never leave. Some material, such as call recordings or staff messages in certain states, can carry notice or consent rules; we flag it before anything is shared. Many owners choose to tell their team, and your counsel has the final word.
Nothing. The buyer pays us a fee when a deal closes. There's no upfront cost, and if no deal happens, nobody pays anything.
Then nothing happens. The valuation is free and commits you to nothing. You can stop at any point before you sign, and nothing is ever shared without your written approval.
Data Dividend is a service of Augment Inc., based in Plano, Texas. We're independent, not tied to any one AI lab or buyer, so our job is to find the buyer that fits your records rather than to fill one buyer's quota.
Free valuation
Two minutes. No files needed yet.
Free, no obligation, and nothing is shared without your approval.
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