Google is buying all of Spirit Airlines’ data to feed its AI models

Did you ever fly on Spirit Airlines? Or work there? Or send an email to someone who worked there? Then your information will soon be feeding Google’s artificial intelligence model.

Google Buys Spirit Airline’s Old Data For $10 Million  Forbes

Spirit Airlines’s abrupt shutdown in May was unprecedented for the airline industry. Bankruptcy may be nothing new, but Spirit completely dissolving, rather than being absorbed by another airline, marked the first major U.S. airline to entirely halt operations in 25 years. Travelers mourned the only reliably cheap opti

Spirit Airlines employed around 9,700 employees in 2025. Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images Google bid $10 million for corporate data from Spirit Airlines, which shut down earlier this year. The data includes emails and messages. It excludes customer data and has been anonymized, Google said. Attorney

Google is buying all of Spirit Airlines’ data to feed its AI models | CNN Business  cnn.com

The deal, which covers about 100 million emails and 500 million Microsoft Teams chats, still requires a federal judge's approval

Google has won a bankruptcy auction for Spirit Airlines' internal business data with a $10 million bid, beating AI firm Mercor, and says the trove will help train its AI models. The company clarified it is not buying customer or credit card information. Filings list 100 million emails, 500 million Teams chats and 30 mi

$10 million buys over 100 million emails, 30 million recorded phone calls, reams of stuff from Teams, Oracle, and SAP

Alphabet's Google is acquiring ​internal business data from bankrupt ‌Spirit Airlines for $10 million, saying it plans to use the data ​for product development and ​training its AI models.

Google to buy Spirit Airlines business data for $10 million  Reuters

FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is seen outside the company's offices in London, Britain, June 24, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso/File Photo 18 Aug 2026 05:24AM (Updated: 18 Aug 2026 05:30AM) NEW YORK, Aug 17 : Alphabet's Google is acquiring internal business data from bankrupt Spirit Airlines for $10 million, saying it plans