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Data Partnerships

Get Paid for the Work You've Already Done

Frontier labs want to learn how real businesses run. Our data partners license them a de-identified record of your business processes, and you keep the originals.

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Your Processes, Without Your Client Data

Labs training AI agents want to see how your team gets work done: the requests, handoffs, drafts and approvals behind each job. Client names, contact details and other personal information come out of every copy.

Email
How requests come in and get answered, in Gmail, Outlook or Microsoft 365
Documents and files
How proposals, reports and templates get drafted in Google Drive and SharePoint
Chat and collaboration
How work gets handed off in Slack, Teams and project threads
Calls and transcripts
How meetings turn into decisions and next steps
Billing and operations
How quotes, jobs and invoices move through QuickBooks, NetSuite and job records
Client details come out
The data partner takes names, contact details and other personal information out of every copy

How It Works

Our data partners say the whole process takes about three months from the first call to payment, and a few hours of your team's time.

01 · Week 1
Free estimate
You describe your company, headcount, years of records and the systems you use. The data partner sends an initial estimate.
02 · Week 2
Letter of intent
A non-binding letter holds the estimate for 14 days while you review the scope, the terms and the date ranges.
03 · Week 4
You approve the scope
You choose which systems and dates are in. Your team signs in to approved systems. No passwords are shared.
04 · Weeks 5 to 8
De-identified export
The data partner exports the agreed copy and takes out client names, contact details and sensitive content. It takes 15 to 30 days.
05 · About week 12
Payment
The data partner pays under the written agreement, which sets the amount and the schedule before any export.

Your Data Stays Yours

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Your original

Hi Sarah, the Northline invoice for the Dundas St. job is attached. Call me at 416 555 0182 if the numbers look off.

The copy that's licensed

Hi [NAME], the [COMPANY] invoice for the [ADDRESS] job is attached. Call me at [PHONE] if the numbers look off.

Sample. The data partner's tools do the real work.

De-identified before it leaves

The data partner works in a secure workspace and takes client details out of the agreed copy. What's left shows how the work gets done, as in this sample email.

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Originals stay put
Your records and systems stay where they are. The data partner works from an agreed copy.
You set the scope
You approve every system and date range before export. Nothing goes out that you didn't list.
Client details come out
The data partner removes or changes client names, contact details and sensitive content in the copy.

Our data partners say AI developers never receive unfiltered records, and nothing is published as a company report.

Who Qualifies

Our data partners review each company before they make an offer. These are the strongest fit.

Where: U.S., Canada, U.K. and Australia. Our data partners review companies outside the U.S. case by case.
Size, most businesses: 30 or more staff using digital work tools
Size, accounting, finance and medical: 10 to 15 or more staff
Size, legal: 6 to 10 or more staff
History: Several years of records your company owns

Where McCarthy's Fits

The data partner runs the licence. We make sure you go in prepared and come out with a plan for the money.

01
Take stock
We map which systems hold your records, how many years you have and who owns them.
02
Set your rules
We write down what stays out, starting with client data, so the scope you approve keeps your promises to clients.
03
Sit in the call
We join your scoping call with the data partner and read the terms with you before anything is signed.
04
Put it to work
If you want, the payment funds your first AI builds: a win-back workflow, proposal drafts or a company brain.

McCarthy's may receive a referral fee from the data partner. It doesn't change what you're paid.

Common Questions

What is a data partnership?

Your business gets paid for a de-identified record of how it works, which our data partners license to frontier labs and businesses that train AI agents. We act for you on consent, scope and the terms.

Is our client data part of the deal?

No. Labs want to see the steps your team takes to get work done. The data partner takes client names, contact details and other personal information out of the copy, and you can leave whole systems out of the scope.

Do we lose our data?

No. Your originals and systems stay with you. The data partner works from a copy you approve, system by system and date range by date range.

Who sees our records?

Our data partners say they remove names, contact details and sensitive content before the copy leaves their secure workspace, and AI developers never get unfiltered records.

What does it cost us?

Our data partners say they charge no broker fee and buy the copy directly. Your cost is a few hours of your team's time.

How much could we be paid?

Our data partners give an indicative range of $100K to $5M. The real offer depends on your systems, years of history, record volume and quality.

Does anything change day to day?

No. Our data partners say you don't need to change how you work. Your team signs in to the approved systems for the export, and that's it.

Free 30-minute call

Find Out What Your Records Are Worth

On a free 30-minute call we'll check whether you fit our data partners' criteria and what we'd prepare first.

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