Can You Sell or License Your Team's Slack and Email to AI?
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Your team's chats:
OK to license
to AI?
What your staff will worry about, what stays out, and what to tell them before you sign.
Jimmy Lin
Your team's chats: OK to license to AI?
Hello, everyone. Picture this. You tell your team the company might license its Slack and email to an AI company.
What is the first thing they ask? Probably this: is my name in it?
That is a fair question. AI companies do pay for these messages, because that is where real work happens. But they are your people's words, so let us answer the questions your team will ask, one at a time.
And to be honest, one big company already got this wrong.
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Hello, everyone. Picture this. You tell your team the company might license its Slack and email to an AI company.
What is the first thing they ask? Probably this: is my name in it?
That is a fair question. AI companies do pay for these messages, because that is where real work happens. But they are your people's words, so let us answer the questions your team will ask, one at a time.
And to be honest, one big company already got this wrong.
It was Meta. This month, Business Insider reported on a plan there to use its own employees' data.
The names were supposed to come out. But the data leaked inside the company, and it still held private chats and performance records.
Staff pushed back, and the plan was put on hold.
So your team's worry is not silly. It is real, and they deserve real answers. Before I give you those, let me tell you who I am.
I'm Jimmy. I have worked in data at Fortune 500 companies, as a data analyst, a data engineer and a software engineer, and I am trained in data science. I am also a Canadian military veteran, where I specialized in data analysis and reporting.
Are you selling your data? We are your broker and technical advisor. We get you the best price, and we guide your team through the technical side, so your data stays private.
Are you buying data for an AI lab? We find the right data for you and see it through to delivery, so you can focus on advancing AI research.
So, why do people react this strongly? Pew Research, a nonpartisan research center, surveyed 5,101 American adults.
Among those who had heard of AI, 81% expect companies to use their data in ways they are not comfortable with.
Your team is part of that 81%. That is why "trust me" will not work. What works is showing them exactly what leaves.
Which brings us back to their first question.
Is my name in it? No. Take a normal Slack message: Priya, can you call Dr. Lee at this number about the Hanson refund?
Before anything leaves, the names, the phone number and the client come out. Priya becomes Employee 14, and she stays Employee 14 in every message, so the work still makes sense.
A buyer sees the work: a refund, a call, a next step. Not who said it. And how the names come out, and who does it, is written into the contract.
The next question is usually a little more personal.
What about my performance review? My sick days? Good news: those never have to be in the deal.
Remember what leaked at Meta? Performance records. So you decide what stays out: HR and payroll, performance reviews, medical and leave notes, and legal disputes.
Private messages between staff can stay out too, if you choose, and so can anything your team marks private.
It is a license, so you choose what goes in, and you keep your data. On your side, the main job is drawing that line, and we guide your team through it.
Then comes the question that matters most for trust.
Why did nobody tell us? That is the one you never want to hear. At Meta, staff found out the hard way.
So tell your team first, before you sign. Cover 4 things: what is shared, which is the work and not the people. What stays out, and why. How names come out before anything leaves. And who they can ask if they are worried.
The rules on employee data differ by state and country, so ask your own counsel about yours.
Once your team is on board, it is time to talk to buyers.
And this is the part I can help with, as your broker and technical advisor.
As your broker, I bring your company to several buyers, so you get competing offers. Then I work through the terms with you, and you make the final call.
As your technical advisor, I help you decide what stays out, and I make sure names come out the same way in every source, so the work still makes sense.
Nothing moves until your team signs off, and the terms are worked out case by case. My fee comes out of a closed deal, not your budget.
So, can you license your team's Slack and email? Yes. Take the people out, keep the private things out, and tell your team first.
If you run a company with 30 or more people, licensing the records you already have could become a new revenue stream, and you keep your data. Find out if yours qualifies, free, at AITrainingDataBroker.com.
Thank you for watching. See you in the next one.
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