Technology escrow for modern dependencies.
Modern software is more than on-prem source code. Technology escrow covers AI and ML assets, firmware and embedded systems, data, and the non-code materials recovery actually needs.
Modern, not narrow.
What a useful deposit contains depends on the technology. Source code is rarely the whole story, so recovery sits at the center and the modern dependencies branch out from it.
Build and config.
Build instructions, configuration, dependencies, and runtime state, the parts a repo alone leaves out.
The model, not the code.
Model weights, training references, and the inference pipeline an AI system needs to run again.
Firmware that builds.
Source, build environments, and the toolchain that turns firmware into a working device.
Tested, not just stored.
For modern assets, verification asks one question: would the deposit actually recover the system? You choose the depth. It isn't automatic.
Would it build?
Compile the source with the deposited build environments and toolchains to confirm the materials produce the software.
Would it run?
Stand the system up, or confirm an AI model still inferences, against the live product, so it isn't a sealed box you've never opened.
Would data restore?
Confirm datasets and schemas load and are usable on their own, not merely present in the deposit.
Match the depth to the asset and the risk. Verification is not automatic on every deposit, and the deepest checks are never standard or included by default. See verification options →
Escrow for every modern asset.
Technology escrow is the hub. Each modern asset has a deposit and verification built for it.
Escrow for AI models
Weights, training references, and the pipeline a model needs to inference again.
For firmware & devices
Source, build environments, and the toolchain that produces working firmware.
For critical data
Datasets, schemas, and the documentation needed to use them, held and recoverable.
Not sure which fits? See verification options → · Compare on price: Software escrow fees →
Two vaults. One in a granite mountain.
Deposits are held in two physical, US-based vaults, one inside a granite mountain, monitored around the clock. The provider has to satisfy the people who approve the deal, and EscrowTech is the one their legal teams already recognize.
Technology escrow, answered.
The questions vendors, licensees, and compliance teams ask most often.
What is technology escrow?
Technology escrow is an arrangement where a neutral third party holds the materials needed to recover a technology, and releases them to the customer only if a condition written into the agreement is met. It is broader than source code escrow: it covers AI and ML assets, firmware and embedded systems, data, and the non-code materials modern systems depend on.
How is technology escrow different from source code escrow?
Source code escrow protects one asset: the code. Technology escrow protects whatever a modern system actually needs to recover, which is often more than code, model weights and pipelines, firmware and toolchains, data and schemas, configuration and runtime state. It exists because software stopped being just on-prem source code.
What can technology escrow cover?
AI and ML assets (model weights, training-data references, inference pipelines), firmware and embedded systems (source, build environments, toolchains), data (datasets, schemas), and the supporting non-code materials: build instructions, configuration, dependencies, deployment materials, and documentation.
What does a technology escrow deposit include?
Whatever a new team would need to recover and run the technology. Depending on the asset that can mean source code, build and configuration, model weights and pipeline, firmware and toolchain, data and schema, runtime state, and documentation. The deposit is scoped to what your technology actually depends on.
How is a modern-technology deposit verified?
Verification asks whether the deposit would actually recover the system, and you choose the depth matched to your risk. It is not automatic. Options range from confirming what is there, to building it, to running it or confirming an AI model still inferences, to confirming data restores. The deepest checks are never standard or included by default.
What are the release conditions in a technology escrow?
The triggers that release the deposit, such as the vendor ceasing business, filing for bankruptcy, or failing to support the technology. They are written to fire in the situations you are actually worried about, not buried in a template too narrow to trigger.
Who holds the materials, and does EscrowTech stay neutral?
EscrowTech holds the materials as a neutral third party and administers the escrow agreement only. The materials are not handed to the customer, and they release only on the agreed conditions, so the vendor's IP stays protected in the meantime. EscrowTech does not decide the underlying dispute.
How long does it take to set up technology escrow?
Most agreements are drafted, reviewed, and signed in about two weeks. Scoping the deposit for a modern asset can add time where the materials are less standard, but escrow being the slow part of a deal is usually a provider problem, not an escrow problem.
Priced to your risk, no surprises.
You shouldn't have to guess what this costs. Technology escrow starts at $1,595 a year, custom-priced to the technology and how far you verify, so you know what you're committing to before you begin. See pricing →
Make it safe to depend on.
Tell us what your technology actually depends on. We'll scope the deposit and verification to it.
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