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Data licensing for architecture and engineering firms

Get paid to license your firm's drawings, models and project records

AI data buyers pay architecture and engineering firms to license the drawings, BIM models and project records they own. We match you with the buyers that fit best. We email you within 24 hours.

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Free. About 9 questions: industry, size, records. Compare any offers before you sign.

Company records live in tools like these

AutoCADBluebeamRevitArchicadSharePointEgnyteNewformaProcoreAutodesk ReCapGmailOutlookSlack
AutoCADBluebeamRevitArchicadSharePointEgnyteNewformaProcoreAutodesk ReCapGmailOutlookSlack
AutoCADBluebeamRevitArchicadSharePointEgnyteNewformaProcoreAutodesk ReCapGmailOutlookSlack

What licensing your company's records means

Licensing means an AI data buyer pays the company to use copies of its work records, under a signed license that says what is shared and how it is used. You fill in one form with OpenTrain, we match your company with the buyers that fit best, and the license is between your company and the buyer. General contractor or builder? See construction data licensing.

License only records your firm owns or has written rights to license

  • A client contract may give the client ownership of the drawings and models, limit how your firm reuses them, or keep the client's information confidential, so check each one.
  • Work by your subconsultants or other firms, and content licensed from others, may need their permission too.
  • Leave out projects under confidentiality, export-control, government or security restrictions.

How much an architecture or engineering firm can earn

"We're paying out $100k-3M+ for the data your business already generates"

What one AI data buyer says on its own site.

That buyer says its payments typically range from $100K to over $3M, based on the quality, uniqueness and value of the data.

The buyer sets any offer after it reviews your company.

One of the AI data buyers we work with lists $115,000 to $1,000,000 for project records, drawings and site imagery from completed projects.

Which drawings, BIM data and project records AI data buyers want

Drawings, models and project files from finished work your firm has the right to license, like the ones below. They show how a real project gets designed, from first concept to as-built.

  • Drawing sets and as-builts AutoCADBluebeam
  • CAD and BIM models RevitArchicad
  • Specs and calculations SharePointEgnyte
  • RFIs, submittals and markups NewformaProcore
  • Surveys, scans and site photos Egnyte

Keep personal files, customer payment data and patient records out of any license.

How personal information is handled

  • Before you sign, ask each buyer to show you in writing, with a sample, what personal information it removes or transforms, when it does so, and who can see your records before then.
  • OpenTrain does not remove personal information for you.

Leave out client, owner, tenant and staff details, signatures, professional seals and other personal information unless the applicable notice, consent and law allow this use.

  1. Your records
  2. Buyer explains what is removed or transformed
  3. You review
  4. You approve
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How It Works

Three steps to license your company's records

01
Step 01

Answer a few questions about your company.

Your industry, how many people work there, your role and where its records are kept. About two minutes.

02
Step 02

We find the buyers that fit.

We check your answers against each buyer's requirements and send your details to every buyer that fits. We email you within 24 hours and name each buyer once we've sent your details.

03
Step 03

Each buyer reviews, then you decide.

You don't have to find or contact buyers yourself. If a buyer asks you to fill in its own form, our email has the direct link. Each buyer reviews your company and may make an offer. You choose whether to sign.
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Who can sign for an architecture or engineering firm

An owner or founder, the CEO, COO, CFO or general counsel, or a board member who has authority to sign contracts for the firm. If you are not sure you can sign, ask your counsel before you apply.

New to this? Read how to sell or license company data to AI buyers.

Sign a license before you share any records

  1. First, ask each buyer to put its security and privacy terms in writing, and to confirm that nothing leaves your systems until you approve it.
  2. Then sign a license that says what is shared, how it is used and what you are paid.
  3. Share data only after you sign, and only what the license names. OpenTrain does not audit or guarantee any buyer's security.
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Paid licenses

for the records your team already keeps

You decide what is shared

You pay OpenTrain nothing
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In the news

Data licensing by industry

How OpenTrain gets paid

OpenTrain costs your company nothing. If a buyer credits your referral, the buyer may pay us a referral reward. You license your data straight to the buyer. We never receive, hold or sell that data.

FAQ
Can an architecture or engineering firm license its drawings and BIM models for AI training?
Yes, if your firm owns them or has written rights to license them, and no contract stops you sharing them. AI data buyers pay architecture and engineering firms to license drawing sets, CAD and BIM models, specifications and project files for AI training. Check each client contract first, because it may decide who owns the drawings and whether you may share them. Fill in one form and we match your firm with the buyers that fit best.
Who owns our drawings and models, our firm or the client?
It depends on each contract. Some contracts let the firm keep ownership and give the client a license to use the drawings. Others give the drawings and models to the client, or limit how the firm may reuse them. Even when your firm keeps ownership, a confidentiality clause may stop you sharing the client's information. Drawings your subconsultants made may belong to them. A license can include only records your firm owns or has written rights to license, and a buyer may ask you to confirm those rights. Check each client contract, and ask your counsel if you are not sure.
What happens to client names, addresses and other personal data in our project files?
Project files often hold client, owner and tenant names, home addresses, signatures and the license numbers on professional seals. Before you sign, ask each buyer to show you in writing, with a sample, what it removes or transforms and who can see your records before then. OpenTrain does not remove personal information for you.
We have years of paper or scanned drawings. Does that count?
It can. Scanned drawing sets, as-builts and markups are drawings too, and AI data buyers list drawings from completed projects among the records they want. Each buyer decides which formats it accepts. Tell us in the form where your records are kept, and we check your firm against every buyer we work with.
Is it legal to license our company's data?
It depends on your contracts, your privacy notices and the law where you operate. Each buyer's license sets out the rights it needs. We don't give legal advice, so check with your own counsel before you sign.
Why apply through OpenTrain instead of going to a buyer directly?
You can. But you'd have to find the buyers, learn what each one wants and fill in each one's application. Each buyer takes only some industries, sizes and kinds of data, so many of those applications go nowhere. Through us you fill in one form, we send it only to the buyers that fit, and you can compare their offers before you sign. It costs you nothing.
What does OpenTrain cost?
Nothing. If a buyer credits your referral, it may pay us a referral reward.
What happens after I apply?
We check your answers against every buyer we work with and send your details to each one that fits. We email you within 24 hours and name each buyer once we've sent your details. You don't have to contact any buyer yourself. If a buyer asks you to fill in its own form, our email has the direct link. Each buyer decides whether to contact you, and you can compare any offers before you sign.
Can a closing or closed company license its data?
Yes, if someone with authority acts for it: the founder or board, or a person appointed to act for the company as it closes, such as a trustee, liquidator or assignee for creditors. Who can sign depends on how the company is closing, so check with your counsel. See closing or closed companies.

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Disclosure: OpenTrain is an independent referrer. If a buyer we match you with credits your company's referral, that buyer may pay OpenTrain a referral reward. You pay OpenTrain nothing. We never receive or hold the data your company licenses. We keep the company and contact details you give us. When you submit the form, you ask us to send them to AI data buyers that fit, and we email you to name each buyer we send them to.

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