Month-end close, as training data
A reconciliation that didn’t tie out, the email chain that found the missing invoice, the checklist that closed the books: that is how accounting work really happens. Buyers list accounting and finance among the data they want most.
Why labs want it
Models know GAAP. They don’t know how a 20-person firm actually closes twelve clients’ books every month, chases down a missing receipt, or decides what to flag for a partner.
micro1 lists finance and accounting as a data area, Handshake AI lists finance process documentation, and Grepped’s founder named accounting as a sector in demand.
Where this is reported, as of October 2026. None of these companies is a SellMyData customer; they are the public record of what buyers are asking for.
- micro1Lists finance and accounting as a data area: financial processes, reconciliations, approvals and reporting workflows. micro1 Company Data Partnerships.
- Handshake AILists finance and insurance among its industries: financial models, process documentation and underwriting workflows. Handshake AI data partnerships.
- DealroomReports that Grepped’s founder named accounting, legal, chemistry and semiconductors as sectors in demand. Grepped dangles $9M VP role as AI data-licensing boom heats up.
- MercorLists finance and insurance among its target industries. Mercor Data, target industries.
What sells in accounting and finance
The five data types →Messages
Close-week threads, client Q&A, review comments and the back-and-forth that resolves a discrepancy.
Slack · Teams · Gmail
Code
Spreadsheet models, macros and scripts count. Share them with the documents they feed.
Excel · Sheets · GitHub
Documents
Workpapers, close checklists, SOPs, engagement letters, memos and management reports.
Drive · SharePoint · TaxDome
Records
General ledgers, AP and AR, reconciliations, journal entries and their approvals, with client identities removed.
QuickBooks · Xero · NetSuite
Tasks
Recurring close tasks, tax workflows and client requests from assigned to reviewed.
Karbon · TaxDome · Canopy
Tool names are the ones we see most in this industry. If yours isn’t listed, it almost certainly still counts: take inventory and we’ll tell you.
What stays out
- Client identitiesClient company names, owners, employees and vendors are replaced with consistent placeholders. Bank and card numbers are removed.
- Tax identifiersSocial Security numbers, EINs and other government identifiers never leave your systems.
- Consumer dataWe don’t buy consumer personal data, health records tied to people, or payment card data, and we check that none is mixed into what’s in scope.
- Other people’s contentVendor documents, licensed material and anything marked confidential by someone else are left out during the rights check.
Full detail: what we remove and how rights are checked. We don’t buy consumer personal data, health records tied to people, or payment card data.
How it works
- STEP 01
Value it
Answer a few questions and get an estimated range. Nothing is shared yet.
- STEP 02
Share your exports
We walk you through exporting from each tool you choose, for the date range you choose. We never write to your systems.
- STEP 03
Approve the listing
We strip names, contacts and identifiers. You review the redacted preview and the price before any lab sees it.
- STEP 04
Get paid
When a lab buys a license, you get paid. We aim to pay within 7 days of the sale closing.
Today this is done by hand, with you. You export, we clean and prepare, you approve. How you stay in control.
Questions from accounting and finance
Our ledgers are our clients’ data. Can we license them?
Only where your engagement terms allow it, and the rights check goes through that with you. Many firms begin with their own process material: close checklists, SOPs, templates and internal review threads.
Do account numbers and amounts stay in?
Account and routing numbers are removed. Amounts stay, because the arithmetic is the point. Names of people and companies are replaced with placeholders.
We’re a two-person bookkeeping shop. Too small?
No. There’s no minimum headcount. Years of consistent records matter more than team size.
Something else? Email micki@sellmydata.com.