Turn dormant technical assets into licensed AI research data.
ProvenanceAI helps companies evaluate, prepare, and securely license source code, documentation, engineering histories, and other technical materials to qualified AI organizations.
Monetize the asset without selling the company.
Dormant software, technical documentation, engineering histories, and related materials may have significant value for AI research, evaluation, and model development.
ProvenanceAI helps asset owners determine whether those materials can be responsibly licensed while preserving control over access, ownership, and commercial terms.
You retain ownership
The underlying technical assets remain yours unless a separate agreement states otherwise.
You control access
You decide which materials may be reviewed and whether to proceed with a proposed buyer.
Licensing creates new value
Approved assets may generate revenue without requiring the sale of the company, product, or intellectual property.
Technical assets that may qualify.
Software systems
01- —Source-code repositories
- —Branch histories
- —Build files
- —Containers
- —CI/CD configurations
- —Internal tools and discontinued software
Engineering history
02- —Commit histories
- —Issue trackers
- —Architecture decisions
- —Bug-resolution histories
- —Development tickets
- —Engineering notes
Product knowledge
03- —Technical documentation
- —Specifications
- —Product manuals
- —Integration guides
- —Internal knowledge bases
- —Support documentation
Data assets
04- —Approved datasets
- —Telemetry
- —System logs
- —Testing records
- —Evaluation data
Data assets require additional privacy, contractual, and rights review.
Assets may include.
Illustrative — not completed transactions.
- 01A discontinued SaaS product with years of source-code history
- 02A non-core repository retained after an acquisition
- 03Archived robotics, industrial, or infrastructure software
- 04Engineering records showing how complex failures were identified and resolved
- 05Proprietary technical manuals that are no longer commercially active
- 06Software and documentation from a wound-down or restructured business
A controlled process from intake to licensing.
Preliminary screening
The asset owner submits a private description of the materials. No repository or confidential file upload is required during the initial submission.
Authority and sensitivity review
ProvenanceAI reviews ownership, commercialization authority, third-party restrictions, sensitive information, and potential exclusions.
Controlled package preparation
Approved materials are organized into a structured asset profile, inventory, documentation summary, and limited sample.
Buyer evaluation and licensing
Qualified AI organizations review approved information under controlled terms. The seller decides whether to accept any proposed transaction.
Initial submissions are generally reviewed within five business days.
A curated source of high-value technical materials.
ProvenanceAI helps qualified AI organizations evaluate domain-specific software, engineering histories, documentation, and technical data with supporting rights information and controlled access.
Explore Buyer Access- 01Longitudinal engineering histories
- 02Domain-specific technical knowledge
- 03Structured repository inventories
- 04Rights and restriction documentation
- 05Controlled samples before full licensing
- 06Repeatable sourcing rather than one-off outreach
Private by default. Controlled at every stage.
- ◆Ownership and commercialization authority
- ◆Third-party intellectual property
- ◆Customer confidentiality obligations
- ◆Personal information
- ◆Security-sensitive materials
- ◆Contractual restrictions
- ◆Export or regulatory concerns
- ◆Required redaction or de-identification
- ×Passwords, credentials, or security secrets
- ×Personal information that has not been lawfully cleared
- ×Customer-confidential information without authorization
- ×Third-party code or data without sufficient rights
- ×Materials restricted by employment, acquisition, investor, or customer agreements
- ×Export-controlled or regulated technical information without appropriate review
Submission does not mean that an asset has been approved, legally cleared, or accepted for licensing.
What a buyer-ready package may contain.
Every approved asset is organized as a structured technical dossier — an inventory of what exists, what has been reviewed, and what may be evaluated by an approved buyer.
- 01Asset overview§
- 02Repository inventory§
- 03Technology stack§
- 04Documentation index§
- 05Commit-history summary§
- 06Engineering-domain classification§
- 07Rights and restriction summary§
- 08Excluded-material list§
- 09Approved sample description§
- 10Proposed licensing parameters§
- Do I need to upload my source code?
- No. Initial screening should only require a high-level description. Additional materials should only be shared through an approved controlled process.
- Do I retain ownership?
- Yes. The asset owner retains ownership unless a separate signed agreement explicitly states otherwise.
- Will my asset be publicly listed?
- No. ProvenanceAI does not operate as an open public marketplace.
- Does submission guarantee a buyer or revenue?
- No. Submission begins an evaluation process and does not guarantee acceptance, buyer interest, licensing, or revenue.
A discreet operator, not a marketplace.
ProvenanceAI is a private licensing program for software and technical assets. We operate quietly, work with a small number of qualified counterparties, and prioritize rights, confidentiality, and control at every stage.
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