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Mode: what it takes, how it earns, what to check

Buys a de-identified copy of a company's operating records for AI research and training, at a price fixed before export.

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Type
AI lab or data lab. Licenses or partners for the data itself, under its own agreement.
Data it wants

Email and calendar, documents and files, chat, call recordings and transcripts, CRM and sales, and billing and operations records, from tools such as Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Salesforce, QuickBooks and NetSuite.

Who it takes

20+ full-time U.S. office employees for most businesses and nonprofits, 10+ employees for accounting firms and 6+ for law firms.

Several years of owned records and a mainly U.S. team are the strongest fit.

Strongest fit is a team mainly based in the U.S. Its estimator also covers the EU, Canada and Australia.

How it earns

Mode buys the agreed copy and resells it for AI research and training. It says it charges you no broker fee.

Process
  1. Tell Mode your size, operating history and systems.
  2. Review its offer and approve the scope: value, terms, systems and date ranges, all before export.
  3. Your team signs in to the approved systems. Mode exports and de-identifies the agreed copy, then pays under the agreed terms.
  4. It expects about three months from first conversation to payment.
Payout claims
  • Its page says a company's data could be worth $100K to $5M. The estimator range is labelled indicative, and the final offer is fixed after review.

Public figure, see sourceSelf-reported by the company unless marked reported.

Security claims
  • No certification named on the page we read.
  • Says your team signs in to approved systems and hands over no passwords.
De-identification and privacy

Sensitive material is removed, and names and contact details are removed or transformed in a secure workspace before onward delivery. No de-identification standard is named.

Terms for companies
  • License or ownership. Mode buys the filtered copy outright. Your company keeps its original records and systems. The agreement sets the copy's scope and any exclusivity.
  • Your warranties. Not published.
  • Your indemnity and audit. Not published.
  • Liability cap. Not published.
  • Governing law. Not published.

Check before you share anything

These are facts from the company's own pages or from news and court reports, listed so you can ask about them. They are not verdicts. Companies change their terms, so confirm each one on the company's own page.

  • This is a purchase of a copy, not a license, so ask what rights you keep over that copy.
  • The copy is resold for AI research and training, and the end buyers are not named.
  • Its headline range comes from its own estimator and is not an offer.

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The logo identifies Mode. Mode does not endorse Vaultfish.

Not sure whether your data can be licensed at all? Read the risk map before you fill in any intake form.

Vaultfish helps you run the process. We are not lawyers and this is not legal advice. If you need counsel who knows this area, we can point you to one. We never judge a specific contract and never touch your data. Dollar figures are the source's claim and promise you nothing. Ask for a referral