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Google Acquires Spirit Airlines' Operational Data for $10M to Enhance AI Training

Google won a bankruptcy auction for Spirit Airlines' internal data, paying $10 million for emails, Teams messages, code repositories, operating records, pricing data, maintenance history, and disruption records that can help train AI systems on real business decisions and failures. The deal excludes Spirit's customer list and personal passenger data, which remains a separate asset for sale — because even in liquidation, Spirit still charges extra for the passenger.