Complete archives from wound-down companies
Full operational archives from companies that have shut down: Slack, Jira, GitHub, Google Drive and email, kept together so one project can be followed across every system. Labs value them because they show how a whole company worked over years. Reported deals for small startups have typically run $10,000 to $100,000 per company.
What a record contains
One company archive: an export from each system plus, where the agreed de-identification allows it, a crosswalk that maps people, projects and dates across systems.
| Field | What it holds |
|---|---|
system_exports[] | System, date range and item counts |
people_crosswalk | One pseudonymous ID per person across systems, where allowed |
project_crosswalk | Projects mapped across chat, tickets and code |
timeline[] | Key dates such as launches, pivots and shutdown |
{
"archive_id": "W-0042",
"years": "2019-2025",
"system_exports": [
{"system": "slack", "channels": 212},
{"system": "jira", "issues": 18450},
{"system": "github", "repositories": 37},
{"system": "google_drive", "files": 9120}
],
"people_crosswalk": {"person_017": {"slack": "U0X1", "jira": "jdoe", "github": "jd-dev"}}
}How AI labs use it
- Whole-company agent environments
- Build simulated workplaces from real cross-system history.
- Long-horizon tasks
- Follow a feature from discussion to ticket to code to release.
- Evaluation
- Questions whose answers need several systems.
Typical preparation requirements
Agreed with the supplier before any work begins. Typical requirements include:
- Whoever now controls the company’s assets authorizes the license: founders, the board, or an assignee or trustee
- Privacy policy promises and employee notices reviewed
- Customer data, secrets and HR material removed
- Court approval where the company is in bankruptcy
Every dataset has a documented owner and confirmed licensing rights. See data governance on sourcex.si.
What makes a strong package
- Archives exported before subscriptions lapsed
- Several systems covering the same years
- Engineering history with linked tickets
Compared with public datasets
Public sets such as Enron Email Dataset and Software-related Slack Chats with Disentangled Conversations are useful references, but limited as enterprise training data. The chat and email category page compares them with licensed data.
Who typically holds it
- Shut-down startups
- Companies in wind-down or an assignment for the benefit of creditors
- Discontinued business units
Know a company like this?
Introduce the company to SourceX. If its data deal closes, you can earn up to $100,000 in referral fees, paid after the buyer accepts the data and SourceX receives payment.
Refer a companyQuestions
Can a company that has already closed still license its data?
Yes, if the archives still exist and whoever controls the company’s assets agrees. In bankruptcy, the court must approve the deal; in an assignment for the benefit of creditors, the assignee decides.
Why does completeness matter?
Linked systems let a model follow the same work across chat, tickets and code, which is hard to find anywhere else.
Need this data for a model?
Describe what you need: domain, volume, history, format and licensing terms. SourceX looks for companies that hold it and can license it.