Steamwire Labs

Consulting

A second opinion before you sign.

We help you see what you hold and what you could license. We help you choose what stays out. And we show you what a buyer’s terms ask of you. We work alongside your lawyer, never instead of them.

An offer on the desk.

An email lands. A buyer wants to license your team’s records. A draft deal is attached.

You read it twice. Some terms are clear. Others you don’t fully follow. Your lawyer is good, but needs a brief. You aren’t sure where to point them.

That is where we come in. We read the offer with you and set out what it asks, in plain words. Then we turn the hard parts into clear points for your lawyer.

You walk in ready. You decide in your own time.

What we help with.

  • Strategy

    We help you see if licensing, data prep or neither fits your firm. We look at how it sits with your plans to grow, raise money or exit.

  • Readiness

    What you have, what could be licensed and what stays out, system by system. It builds on the Data Inventory. No data moves.

  • Packaging

    How buyers expect data to arrive. That means native exports, clear exclusions and steady stand-ins for names. It also means manifests, data dictionaries and a record of where it all came from.

  • Term review

    Scope, length, exclusivity, deletion, payment and naming terms. We turn each one into clear points for your lawyer.

  • For AI teams

    We turn a gap in your model into a clear data spec and a real plan to source it.

  • For advisors

    A short brief for firms whose clients ask about these offers.

What you get in writing.

Clear, specific, and yours to share with your lawyer and your board.

Readiness memo
What you hold, what could be in, what should stay out, and why.
Points for counsel
The parts of an offer or draft license your lawyer should check, and why each one matters.
Term comparison
If you have more than one offer, the gaps side by side, in plain words.
Packaging plan
What it would take to prepare your data, if you choose to go that way.

How it works.

We agree the scope, what you get and our terms in writing before work starts.

If we have a tie to a buyer that bears on our advice, we tell you first. If how we’re paid would change our advice, we say so.

We aren’t lawyers, and this isn’t legal advice. Our job is to get the right points to your lawyer, with what they need to answer them.

Think it through first.

Start with a short call. We’ll see if consulting fits, or if one talk is all you need.