Google Wins Spirit Airlines Data Auction to Train AI

Google won a bankruptcy auction to acquire Spirit Airlines’ enterprise data—about 100 million emails and 500 million Microsoft Teams chats plus related documents—for roughly $10 million. The data will be deidentified before transfer and used to train its AI models, with no passenger profiles or personal data included; federal judge approval is required. If the deal falls through, the next highest bidder was Mercor at $7.5 million.