DataTrace Launches StarterIQ, a National AI-Driven Starter Policy Marketplace
Dec 1, 2025 - DataTrace, the nation's largest provider of data and automation solutions for title and settlement services, announced StarterIQ: a nationwide marketplace that helps title professionals find, evaluate, and monetize prior policies with speed and accuracy.
StarterIQ brings AI, public record data, and geospatial mapping together so teams can cut manual searches, improve underwriting speed, and lower risk. It creates a shared marketplace where contributors can securely monetize prior policies, commitments, and prelims, while the industry benefits from broader, more connected data.
"StarterIQ is the next step in our mission to make property and title data faster, smarter, and more connected," said Kim Armstrong, vice president of product & strategy at DataTrace. "With a single search by address, APN, or owner name, title professionals can instantly find the right starter policy, backed by title-driven logic ranking and indexed fields from legal description to subdivision."
What StarterIQ Delivers
- Best-fit starters in seconds: An AI-driven logic and Recommended Starter Experience evaluates matched policies and highlights the top results for the subject property, adjacent parcels, or larger subdivisions.
- Structured, usable data: Parsed Schedule A and B details-insured and vesting entities, loan data, legal descriptions, policy exceptions, and more-are available as images and data through the DataTrace Digital Gateway API for direct delivery into title production systems.
- Smarter search paths: 10+ searchable fields and 20 search paths, including address, APN, subdivision, insured name, policy number, recorded instrument, and legal description elements.
- GIS context on tap: Dynamic mapping connects parcel boundaries, public record data, assessor data, and starter data to improve accuracy and location confidence.
- Monetization for contributors: Title professionals can securely share and monetize policies, commitments, and prelims through a built-in revenue-sharing model.
At launch, the marketplace includes over 40 million starters, with a path to 70 million in the next six months. The matching experience is built on AI-driven data capture, geospatial context, and automated ranking to surface the best candidate starters quickly.
Why it matters for real estate and construction
Title, builder, lending, and legal teams live or die by cycle time and accuracy. Faster access to reliable starter policies reduces rework, helps clear issues earlier, and supports underwriting decisions without bogging teams down in manual digging.
For operators, the integrated data and API delivery mean fewer swivel-chair tasks and cleaner intake into title production systems. For contributors, the revenue share model creates a new income stream from existing assets while strengthening the dataset for everyone.
Availability and next steps
StarterIQ is available now to DataTrace customers nationwide. To learn more or request a demo, visit DataTrace StarterIQ.
About DataTrace
Data Trace Information Services LLC provides property and ownership data and title automation solutions that help title and settlement companies streamline processes, increase efficiency, and drive growth. Its network includes extensive geographic title plants and a large property information dataset with nearly 8.6 billion recorded document images. Leading underwriters and agents use DataTrace solutions to accelerate digital workflows, benchmark performance, and integrate with closing technology providers. Learn more at DataTraceTitle.com.
Media contact
Marcus Ginnaty
Data Trace Information Services LLC
(714) 250-3298
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