Your archive is worth more than you think.

Engineering and research firms hold decades of design and experimental history. Lunchbreak values it, anonymizes it and licenses it to the teams training frontier AI. You keep ownership and choose exactly what is shared.

Who we work with

Firms that are operating, winding down or already closed. If you have at least a year of records and ten people contributed to them, you likely qualify.

CAD, engineering and architecture

  • Mechanical and product design firms
  • Architecture and BIM practices
  • Manufacturing, mold and tooling shops
  • Civil and structural consultancies
  • Aerospace and automotive suppliers
Native CADPDM vaultsECOsDrawingsFEA and CFDRFIs

Life sciences

  • Biotech and pharma R&D teams
  • Contract research organizations
  • Diagnostics and clinical labs
  • Medical device developers
  • Academic labs and core facilities
ELN exportsProtocolsImagingAssay resultsLIMSSOPs

Other technical fields

  • Materials and chemistry
  • Energy and utilities engineering
  • Semiconductor design and test
  • Robotics and controls
  • Environmental engineering
Test reportsProcess dataDesign reviewsCodeSpecs

What makes a record valuable

Buyers pay for context, not file counts. This is how we weigh an archive before a sample review.

Depth of history

30%

Years of records and how many people contributed to them. Ten years of a twenty-person team beats a single big project.

Reasoning captured

30%

Change orders, review threads, failed experiments and notebook entries. The thinking between files is what models cannot get elsewhere.

Domain scarcity

20%

Specialized fields with little public data, such as tooling, clinical assays or aerospace structures, command a premium.

Completeness and rights

20%

An unbroken record you clearly own is worth more. Closed firms often qualify for higher offers for this reason.

Get an estimate

Six questions, about two minutes. You get an indicative range now and a written offer after a sample review.

Company status
40 people
10 years
Records you hold
License type
Indicative license value $90k – $160k

Request a formal valuation

Indicative only. Final offers depend on a sample review, rights and anonymization. No commitment required.

Anonymized before anyone looks

Automated removal catches the obvious. Specialists who know your field catch the rest, such as a client name hidden in a part number or a patient ID in an image header.

Identifiers removed

Names, emails, phone numbers, addresses, client and project names, signatures, file authorship metadata and all 18 HIPAA identifiers.

Encrypted throughout

TLS 1.3 in transit and AES-256 at rest, with keys managed per client.

Isolated processing

Every client is processed in a separate environment. Records are never mixed.

Human review

A specialist checks every dataset after automated anonymization, before you see it.

Logged access

Every read is logged and attributable. You can request the access log at any time.

Deletion on request

If you stop, we delete what you shared and confirm it in writing.

Request a formal valuation

A specialist in your field will reply within two business days to schedule a 30 minute call and a confidential sample review.

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Request received

A specialist will be in touch within two business days. Nothing is shared or processed until you sign an NDA and choose what to include.

Questions from businesses

Does my business qualify?

Generally, you need at least one year of operations, ten or more employees at some point, earned revenue, and clear rights to the records. Firms that are operating, winding down, or already closed can all qualify.

How is my data valued?

We look at how deep and complete the record is: years of history, peak headcount, revision history, the reasoning captured in reviews and notebooks, and how scarce the domain is. A sample review turns your estimate into a written offer. Try the estimator.

Who owns my data?

You do. We license specific usage rights defined in your agreement. You keep ownership of the records and can continue to use them however you like.

Can I choose what I share?

Yes. You choose the systems, folders and date ranges. You can exclude any project, client or record, and you review the anonymized dataset before it is approved.

Will my business data become public?

No. Data is never published. Use is limited to model training and evaluation under confidentiality and permitted-use terms.

What about export-controlled or patient data?

We do not accept ITAR or EAR controlled technical data. Clinical records are only accepted after de-identification that meets HIPAA standards, and we will tell you if a dataset cannot be used.

What if I want to stop?

You can stop at any point before signing. We halt processing and delete everything you shared.

Know a firm with a deep archive?

Introduce a business that licenses its records through Lunchbreak and earn up to $100,000.