--- title: Google buys crashed airline Spirit’s data at auction,... description: Google purchased Spirit Airlines' data trove at a bankruptcy auction for about $10 million, acquiring over 100 million emails, 30 million recorded phone calls,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/google-buys-crashed-airline-spirit-s-data-at-auction-because-ai-rgt011hm6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Google buys crashed airline Spirit’s data at auction, because AI | daily.dev og:description: Google purchased Spirit Airlines' data trove at a bankruptcy auction for about $10 million, acquiring over 100 million emails, 30 million recorded phone calls,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-buys-crashed-airline-spirit-s-data-at-auction-because-ai-rgt011hm6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/RGt011hM6.png og:image:alt: Google buys crashed airline Spirit’s data at auction, because AI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Google buys crashed airline Spirit’s data at auction, because AI **[Tech Lead Digest](https://daily.dev/sources/techleaddigest)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google purchased Spirit Airlines' data trove at a bankruptcy auction for about $10 million, acquiring over 100 million emails, 30 million recorded phone calls, and records from Microsoft Teams, Oracle, and SAP systems, reportedly to use for AI training purposes. 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The purchase included over 100 million emails, 30 million recorded phone calls, and records pulled from Microsoft Teams, Oracle, and SAP systems that the defunct airline had accumulated. _Follow how companies source and repurpose data for AI training on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [SpaceX weighs buying data from troubled startups to train its AI models](https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-weighs-buying-data-from-troubled-startups-to-train-its-ai-models-7n1yjolco) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Salesforce wants to charge for AI outcomes, but first it needs to figure out how](https://daily.dev/posts/salesforce-wants-to-charge-for-ai-outcomes-but-first-it-needs-to-figure-out-how-ftzkbmtb3) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#machine-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/machine-learning), [#google](https://daily.dev/tags/google), [#data-privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/data-privacy) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/google-buys-crashed-airline-spirit-s-data-at-auction-because-ai-rgt011hm6) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Google buys crashed airline Spirit’s data at auction, because AI","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-buys-crashed-airline-spirit-s-data-at-auction-because-ai-rgt011hm6","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-buys-crashed-airline-spirit-s-data-at-auction-because-ai-rgt011hm6"},"datePublished":"2026-08-24T01:08:00.070Z","dateModified":"2026-08-24T01:09:00.986Z","description":"Google purchased Spirit Airlines' data trove at a bankruptcy auction for about $10 million, acquiring over 100 million emails, 30 million recorded phone calls,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3d043feec611c8994e03fc1cbad5edea?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3d043feec611c8994e03fc1cbad5edea?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Tech Lead Digest","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Tech Lead Digest","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/6ed1ee1a2e5c49f698265a6b2912b80d","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/techleaddigest"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-buys-crashed-airline-spirit-s-data-at-auction-because-ai-rgt011hm6","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"machine-learning,google,data-privacy","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tech Lead Digest","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/techleaddigest"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Google buys crashed airline Spirit’s data at auction, because AI"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-buys-crashed-airline-spirit-s-data-at-auction-because-ai-rgt011hm6#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why did Google buy Spirit Airlines' data after the airline went bankrupt?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Google acquired Spirit Airlines' data at a bankruptcy auction for roughly $10 million, reportedly to use it for AI training. 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