Spakari

Your business story is an asset. We help you unlock its value.

The AI industry has created a demand for business data. Spakari helps owners capitalize on this demand. Our platform collects, redacts and organizes your business data. Spakari pays you for the anonymized results. All PII is removed from the final package Spakari buys. You maintain ownership of all your original documents and files.

Learn how we anonymize your data.

How the process works

Four stages, from account setup to payout. Tap a stage to see its steps and how long each one takes. Get started or talk with one of our specialists.

1. Account Setup

Steps 1–4 of 10

1Create your account

Create your account. Upload documents and track your progress in one place.

Time: 5 min

Create your account

2Estimate

Use the estimator tool in your account for an estimated value of your business story. No documents are uploaded at this stage. The actual value will be clearly stated at the contract stage. Accept or deny the amount offered at that stage.

Time: 10–15 min

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3NDA

Before you upload anything, we sign a one-way NDA that binds Spakari, not you. Your documents, your identity, your conversations, and every name in them stay confidential with us.

Time: 1–2 min

Read the NDA

4Owner identity & business verification

Confirming who we're working with protects the integrity of every business on the platform. Verification is done once, through Stripe, the payments company that sends your payout.

Time: 5–10 min

Why Stripe?

Stripe has to confirm who it's paying, by law. We use that same check rather than asking you twice.

Stripe is the payments company that sends your payout. Your identity, tax, and bank details stay with Stripe; Spakari receives the verification results.

2. Documents

Steps 5–6 of 10

5Contract

Your personalized contract lists the documents you said you can provide and the amount you will be paid by Spakari for the complete business data package created through our platform. Remember you own your original documents and files. Spakari owns the anonymized data and the interviews collected on the platform. Think of it like this. Spakari takes a picture of your business and pays you for it. All we own is the picture.

Time: 5–10 min

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6Documents

Upload the documents listed in your contract within seven days. Each file is checked for the required format as it's uploaded. If a file can't be read, you'll be asked for another copy.

Time: About 30 min, required to be completed within 7 days of signing the contract

Which files we can read

3. Interviews

Step 7 of 10

Interviews are given by our AI interviewer in the form of written questions. You can respond by voice or text.

7Owner interviews

The story behind your decisions is where the value lies. Your documents set up the questions and our AI interviewer talks with you over a series of conversations, each about one part of how you've run the business.

Time: 2–8 hours in all, depending on the size of the business and the years covered

4. Payout

Steps 8–10 of 10

8Owner review

This review is completed by you, the owner. It is your final review to confirm the information is correct and your last opportunity to remove or change any of the information you have provided.

Time: 15–30 min

9Spakari's review

Once you have completed all the required steps, Spakari reviews the completed package. If anything is missing or inadequate, you'll be asked to correct it.

10Receive your payout

You receive the full contract amount, paid to the bank account you linked through Stripe, right after Spakari's review.

When the payout occurs

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We'll email you when we begin working with owners. No price appears anywhere until a buyer has priced the data.

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Questions owners ask

Who sees my documents and my answers?
Your documents and conversations are seen only by Spakari and the vendors we contract, all bound by confidentiality, and only to build your package. What a buyer receives is anonymized: no names, no identifying numbers, no addresses; your employees appear only by their roles. Your employees' names never leave Spakari, and when your package is complete they are removed from our systems.
Is anyone checking whether my books are right?
No. Nothing is being checked. Your documents show our interviewer where to ask; your account of the business is what matters. Questions are always about the business, never about a document.
What do I need to provide?
Digital originals: your accountant's PDF of each return; spreadsheet or CSV exports for payroll and sales; and, if you have them, presentations and strategy documents. Email comes only as threads you choose to forward, when an interview asks about a decision that had one. For now we need digital files from the source; scans and photos aren't supported yet. The owner's guide has the exact sentences to send your accountant and payroll provider.
How long does it take?
Two to eight hours of conversation spread over a few weeks, depending on the size of the business and the years covered, plus about an hour for setup, uploads, and your reviews.
What do I receive, and when?
The contract amount, by direct deposit or wire, right after Spakari's final review of the package.
What if I stop partway?
You can stop an interview at any point and pick it up within three days; what's left waits for you. Between interviews, the contract sets a pace: each interview within five days of being told it is ready, with reminders and a three-day extension. You may pause once, for up to fourteen days, by telling us before a deadline passes. Each deadline arrives in Messages as a date. The payout is for the complete package; if the pace isn't kept, the contract ends, your records are deleted, and there is no partial payout.
What happens to my files when it's done?
Only the few people at Spakari who need to see your original files can open them, and we delete the files on a set schedule. Identifying numbers are removed the moment a file is read and never carried into any record. When your package is complete, your employees' names are removed from our systems. Spakari keeps the anonymized data and the redacted text of the conversations.
What if my documents or answers are flagged?
If our checks find with high confidence that documents or answers were generated rather than genuine, the engagement ends: the records are deleted and you are told why. You may then ask for a manual review; you will be asked to acknowledge that a person at Spakari will read your documents.
Which businesses can take part?
Privately owned businesses of almost any kind, operating or closed. Two exclusions: publicly traded companies (and companies they own), and healthcare businesses or anyone handling patients' health information. A financial-services business can take part with its own records; its clients' records never come in, and the estimate reflects that.
My business is closed. Can I still work with Spakari?
Yes. Owners of businesses that are currently closed and who can provide the documents in the digital formats required are able to participate.
Can I see what a finished package looks like?
Yes. Ask through Messages once you have an account, or through the list form now, and we'll send a sample package built from a fictional business.