AI labs are buying what’s sitting on your drives
Dark Media reviews your company’s records or your video library, tells you plainly whether they qualify, and walks you into a licensing agreement with Troveo AI. You keep ownership of everything you license.
What buyers are asking for this quarter
Troveo AI licenses to AI labs and the companies building models. Their requests shift through the year. This is the list as of October 2026.
Company records Top request
The everyday record of a real business: deals, threads, tickets, documents. Years of history count for more than size.
CRM · email · chat · tickets · drivesAnimation
Two-dimensional, three-dimensional and motion graphics you made or hold full rights to, finished or in pieces.
2D · 3D · motionFilm and TV
Features, series, shorts and documentary where you own the rights outright.
owned outrightCinematic and premium footage
Well-lit, well-framed footage shot on good equipment. Clean audio helps.
1080p to 4K · steadyFirst-person footage
Head- or chest-mounted capture of people doing real tasks: cooking, repairs, sport, work.
POV · head or chestAudio
Recorded speech, interviews, podcasts and sound libraries you own.
speech · podcast · SFXGame capture
Gameplay recordings and esports footage you hold the rights to.
gameplay · esports
General B-roll and talking-head video still qualify, but buyers have slowed on general video because it costs a lot to train on. Specialised and premium material moves first.
From your drive to a signed license
Four steps. We handle the questions and the paperwork; Troveo AI handles the contract, the buyers and your payments.
Tell us what you have
A two-minute form for media. A short call for company records.
We check whether it fits
We look at what you hold, the rights and what buyers want this quarter. If it doesn’t fit, we say so.
You read the agreement
Troveo AI sends the licensing agreement. Nothing moves until you have read it, asked your questions and signed.
You deliver, Troveo licenses
Upload or ship drives, or export your records with guidance. Troveo prepares the material, licenses it and pays you.
We stay your contact throughout. Troveo AI is the licensor and pays you directly.
Read the full walkthroughThe records that run your company are training data
AI labs want to learn how real businesses work: the deals in your CRM, the tickets your team closed, the threads that kept a customer. Troveo AI licenses that history after stripping out people’s names, contact details, credentials and client identities.
You decide what goes in, and nobody connects to your systems.
- Salesforce
- HubSpot
- Jira
- help desks
- team chat
- shared drives
- finance and inventory
beforeTicket 48213 · opened by Dana Whitfield (dana@northfield.example) · “Our Q3 invoice from Acme shows the wrong tax rate.”
afterTicket [ID] · opened by [PERSON] ([EMAIL]) · “Our Q3 invoice from [CLIENT] shows the wrong tax rate.”
The archive story the Wall Street Journal covered
“We don’t want to become Blockbusters, sitting there with our hard drives.”
“Licensing to AI is coming at a great time, to give us extra income to edit our documentary, FlowWolf. Who knew my older dark media would be worth so much to Ai?”
“We heard about this and so excited to license our older ‘dark media’ to AI learning. It is helping to fund our past movie and our upcoming works. Love it”
Questions owners ask first
Who is Dark Media, and who is Troveo AI?
Dark Media AI is an independent referral and onboarding partner for Troveo AI. We find owners whose material qualifies, review it with them and support them through onboarding. Troveo AI is the licensor: it reviews, contracts, licenses to AI companies and pays you.
Do I keep ownership?
Yes. You license the material; you do not sell it. The agreement sets out how buyers may use it, and you read it in full before anything moves.
Which AI companies buy?
Troveo AI licenses privately to AI labs and companies building models, under non-disclosure agreements, so buyers are not named publicly.
What happens to company data before it is licensed?
Troveo AI anonymizes it to a documented standard. People’s names, contact details, credentials and client identities are removed, and the result is recorded in a manifest you can see.
How much will I earn?
We do not quote figures. Every deal is scoped by Troveo AI with its buyers, and your agreement states your share before you sign.
How long does it take?
Weeks, often months. Buyers review in batches, check rights and approve deals through their own legal teams. We keep you posted at each step.
Find out whether what you have qualifies
A few taps, then your details. A person on our team reads every answer and replies with a plain yes or no.