Explore AI data licensing for the project histories, service records, and expertise your team already owns.
Business Data Advisors helps businesses and nonprofits explore data licensing, understand their options, and make an informed introduction. You work directly with Neil Fox in Orlando.
Free initial review. No files to upload.
Completed projects, service histories, original research, and training materials can help AI developers understand how people work. We help you identify useful material and decide whether a licensing conversation is worth pursuing.
How the service works
Put years of practical experience on the table.
From a maintenance call to a complex project, your records may explain decisions an AI system needs to learn. Start with the work your team already documents.
Explore income from the knowledge your mission creates.
Original educational resources, research, archives, and operating knowledge deserve a separate review of buyer interest, permissions, and mission fit.
We begin with organization-owned material and the approvals it needs.
Explore nonprofit data licensingA work order on its own says what happened. Connect it to the diagnosis, the decision, and the follow-up, and it can explain how your team solved the problem.
Explore an example from a business like yours.
See the types of data worth reviewingA maintenance request, resolved.
Illustrative exampleThe team records the symptoms and checks the property’s service history.
A manager compares the technician’s findings, repair options, and previous visits.
The resolution, inspection, and follow-up show what worked.
An example of connected records, not a client case or an accepted dataset.
You can explore the opportunity before agreeing to share records or meet a buyer.
Tell us what your organization does, the systems you use, and how much history you hold. A broad description is enough to begin.
Speak directly with Neil about possible buyers, ownership questions, and the people who need to approve a deal.
Approve a named introduction when you are ready. The licensing company reviews the material and proposes its terms.
A growing use for real-world knowledge
Understand the demand behind the conversation.
AI adoption has expanded across surveyed organizations. Whether your records meet a buyer’s needs depends on what they explain, the rights you hold, and the proposed use.
Explore what the numbers meanRespondents reporting AI use in at least one business function, by survey year.
Reported adoption rose 33 percentage points from 2023 to 2025.
Global, weighted surveys; samples and wording vary. This measures AI use, not spending on data licenses or the share of small businesses selling data.
McKinsey surveys; checked 2026-10-23. Read the research and sources.
| Survey year | Reported AI use | Respondents |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 55% | 1,684 |
| 2024 | 78% | 1,491 |
| 2025 | 88% | 1,993 |
Neil Fox
Founder, Business Data Advisors
I’m Neil. I help owners and nonprofit leaders work through the questions behind a data deal.
We can start with a call or arrange a meeting around Orlando and Central Florida. Bring a description of your records and the questions you want answered.
I’ll help you identify a possible route, explain our role, and agree on the next step with you.
Practical guides to the records, rights, and decisions behind an AI data deal.
Explore all guides
Market evidence 6 min read
See the original AI adoption figures, their survey limits, and the practical connection to licensing operational records from an established business.
Read the guide: AI demand in numbers: what the adoption data means for business owners
Industry guides 5 min read
Build a useful inventory of field-service records, from diagnosis and dispatch to repairs, callbacks, and inspections, before exploring an AI licensing deal.
Read the guide: AI data licensing for field-service businesses: what to inventory
Nonprofits 5 min read
Organize nonprofit educational resources, research, and media archives for a possible AI licensing review while documenting provenance, rights, and context.
Read the guide: Nonprofit education, research, and archives: preparing a licensing inventoryWhat records do you hold? Who owns them? What could a buyer use? Work through those questions before exporting anything.
Use the data inventory guideRead common questionsStart with a planning estimate, or tell Neil about your organization. Your first review is free.
