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Reported price range for defunct start-up archivesFast Company reporting on SimpleClosure (2025)
Shut-down start-ups are selling their Slack for $10k–$100k
When a start-up shuts down, its Slack history used to vanish; now AI buyers reportedly pay between $10,000 and $100,000 for archives like it.
What buyers pay for
- Slack or Teams threads with decisions in them.
- Code repositories with commit history.
- Email and documents that show how the company operated.
Why larger companies get more
Start-ups are small. Companies with 25+ staff and five or more years of records sit well above this range. See what buyers pay.
Key takeaways
- Defunct companies' data now has a market.
- Small archives fetch five figures.
- Scale and history push prices higher.
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