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Get paid for your old project data: Sourcy licenses drawings, specs and reports to AI data buyers.

Your closed projects hold years of drawings, specifications, reports and correspondence that show how real work gets done. Frontier AI models need exactly that kind of record. Sourcy partners with multiple data buyers and runs the whole process for you, from the first inventory to the signed license, so your archive earns money instead of sitting on a server.

Can my company sell old project data for AI training?

Yes, if the records are yours to license and your company has 20 or more employees or has been in business for 10 years or more. Sourcy reviews what you hold, confirms what you own, removes private and sensitive information, and presents a cleaned dataset to multiple data buyers. The buyer licenses the data for model training; you keep your originals and approve every term before anything is shared.

What project data counts

Drawings and plan sets you authored

Construction documents, shop drawings, as-builts, redlines and markups your own staff produced. Ownership matters here: under industry-standard contract forms the design professional is usually the author of the drawings, so a contractor holding an architect’s set normally cannot license it. Sourcy checks authorship project by project.

Specifications and standards

Project manuals, spec sections, office standards, QA/QC checklists and detail libraries. These show how a firm turns requirements into buildable instructions, which is the judgment AI models still struggle to learn from public text.

Reports and studies

Engineering reports, inspection and field reports, geotechnical and environmental studies, feasibility memos, punch lists and closeout documents, including the revisions that show how conclusions changed.

Project workflow records

RFIs and their responses, submittal logs, change orders, daily logs and meeting minutes. Buyers value the full thread: the question, the answer, the cost and the decision, tied together across one project.

Estimates and proposals

Takeoffs, estimates, bid histories and fee proposals, once confidential client pricing has been screened against your contracts. Some of this material may have to stay out, and Sourcy will tell you which before a buyer sees anything.

What stays out

Records you hold under someone else’s license, files a client contract or NDA keeps confidential, security-sensitive plans, regulated government work, and anything that identifies employees, clients or homeowners that cannot be removed cleanly.

How the process works, step by step

  1. 1. Book a demo and qualify

    A short call confirms the basics: 20+ employees or 10+ years in business, the kinds of projects you have archived, and where the files live today. No files change hands at this stage.

  2. 2. Inventory and rights review

    Sourcy maps your archive by project, record type and date, then reviews who owns what. Contracts with confidentiality clauses, third-party documents and restricted work are set aside.

  3. 3. Remove private and sensitive information

    Names, addresses, contact details, account numbers, signatures, seals and other identifying or sensitive details are removed or masked before any record leaves your control. You review samples of the cleaned output and approve the method.

  4. 4. Present to multiple data buyers

    Buyers see a description of the cleaned dataset, not your raw files. Because Sourcy works with multiple data buyers, you are not tied to a single offer, and buyer identities and terms are shared with you privately.

  5. 5. Approve the license and get paid

    The buyer licenses the data for AI model training under a written agreement that sets scope, permitted use, security and payment. You and your counsel approve the terms; payment follows under that agreement.

Typical range: about $25,000 to $1,000,000 per company.

Qualifying companies can typically earn about $25,000 to $1,000,000 for their internal project data. That is a typical range, not a guarantee. Where a dataset lands depends on its volume, the type of records it holds and their quality: how complete and well organized they are, and how much of it you own outright. Sourcy gives you a firmer view only after the review. Book a demo to start with a qualification call.

Frequently asked questions

Who qualifies to sell project data through Sourcy?

Companies with 20 or more employees, or companies that have been in business for 10 years or more. Either one is enough. Larger or older firms usually hold the depth of history that data buyers look for, and they are more likely to have records they authored themselves.

How much is my data worth?

Qualifying companies typically earn about $25,000 to $1,000,000 for their internal project data. This is a typical range, not a guaranteed amount. The figure for your archive depends on data volume, the type of records and their quality, and Sourcy can only narrow it down after the inventory and rights review.

Am I selling my files or licensing them?

Licensing. The buyer receives the right to use a cleaned copy of the data for AI model training under the license terms. You keep your original records and your ownership of them, and the agreement spells out what the buyer can and cannot do with the copy.

How is private and sensitive information removed?

Before anything is shared, Sourcy removes or masks personal details, client and homeowner names, site addresses, contact information, account numbers, signatures and seals, and screens for security-sensitive content. You review cleaned samples and approve the process. Records that cannot be cleaned reliably are left out.

Which AI companies buy the data?

Sourcy partners with multiple data buyers that supply training data for frontier AI models. We do not name buyers publicly. Buyer identity and the specific license terms are disclosed to you privately during the process, before you sign anything.

Can I license drawings that belong to an architect or engineer?

Usually not. Under industry-standard contract forms the design professional generally owns the drawings and specifications, and other parties may use them only for that project. Sourcy reviews authorship and contract terms per project, and only records your company has the right to license move forward.

Does the project data need to be organized first?

No. Most archives are a mix of shared drives, project management exports and email. Mapping and organizing the records is part of the inventory step, and Sourcy can tell you what is worth including before you spend time preparing anything.

What does it cost to get started?

The first step is a demo and qualification call. Commercial terms for Sourcy’s role are set in writing before any buyer is approached, so you know how the arrangement works before your data is presented.

Where can I read how Sourcy handles data?

Our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, linked on this page, describe how Sourcy handles information. The license with each data buyer is a separate written agreement that you review and approve.