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Google Wins Spirit Airlines Bankruptcy Auction with $10M Bid for Data and Code

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Google won a bankruptcy auction for Spirit Airlines' deidentified business data, software code, and operations records with a $10 million bid. The acquisition is intended to improve Google's AI models. The news was reported by Bloomberg Law on August 17, 2026.

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  1. Techmeme

    James Nani / Bloomberg Law : Google wins a bankruptcy auction with a $10M bid to acquire deidentified business data, software code, and more from Spirit Airlines to improve its AI models — Google LLC won a bankruptcy auction for a trove of deindentified business data, software code, and operations records …