vaultfish
Check your data

AI labs are paying to learn how real companies like yours work.

They license copies of everyday company records. Vaultfish is an independent guide to licensing company records to AI labs, run by Matt Burns. Seven questions show which buyers may fit and what to clarify first, with no records to upload.

Glim holds his lamp over Slack, Gmail and monday.com tiles drifting out of a brass vault.

Your fit in about three minutes

  • The fit check, a discovery call, the tools, the guides and introductions are free to your company.
  • See which buyers may fit your records, and what to fix first.
Check your dataTalk to a human

You probably have records worth checking if...

  • You have 30 or more people on payroll.

    Each partner sets its own minimum, and some start at 30. We tell you the minimum before you hear a no.

  • Your team has used Slack or Teams for years.

    Years of chat about real work is what labs want to read.

  • Your support tickets go back five years or more.

    A ticket shows a problem, a try and a fix. Labs like that order.

  • Your CRM holds notes from every call.

    It shows how deals really go. We check who owns the notes.

  • You are getting ready to sell the company.

    Your records can go in the data room as an asset of their own.

  • You are closing the company.

    Check before you shred. Some small shutdowns have sold their archives.

What a name swap looks like

What you walk away with

An example result for a made-up company with 38 people and years of email and chat.

Example result, fictional company

Ready after prep

Example only. A fictional company.

  • Fits: the headcount, history and systems that buyers' published criteria ask for.
  • Still open: how easily the records export, and the buyer's own rights and quality review.

This is a preliminary screen based on your answers. It does not establish licensing rights, buyer acceptance or a valuation.

Next step: tidy the exports, then ask counsel to sign off the exclusions.

  • A label for where the records stand.
  • What to clarify first.
  • One next step, and the limits of the screen.

Want the whole picture first?

Read up before you fill anything in. Every guide links its sources.

Bring your advisor in

Run the free check here first. Then take the result to the people who already know your company. Each page says what they should check.

Matt Burns smiling at the camera.

Howdy, I'm Matt

I spent nearly a decade at monday.com, from a couple dozen people to nearly 4,000 and a Nasdaq listing. Since then, I've been building a portfolio of apps and services, including ProveWorth and Streamer Coach.

Here I track the public deals on company records and compare the buyers, so you know the terms before you talk to anyone. How we are paid is on the table too. More about me, or read the FAQ.

micro1 may pay us a referral fee if a company we introduce goes ahead with it. We never take a percentage of your deal. How we are paid

Check these to see I'm a real person:

  • Fast CompanyFast Company
  • ForbesForbes
  • NBC NewsNBC News
  • Built InBuilt In
  • CIOCIO

Reviews of Matt's earlier work on ProveWorth and in his communities. They are not Vaultfish licensing results.