Google to buy Spirit Airlines business data for $10 million

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.

The acquired data ​includes Spirit Airlines' employee emails, Microsoft Teams messages, spreadsheets, ​and calendars, as well ⁠as marketing, ‌productivity, and ​operations ​data.

The data will ⁠be de-identified before the sale is ​complete, containing no customer ​information or personally identifiable information.


A U.S. bankruptcy judge will consider approving the data sale at a ‌Wednesday court hearing.

Spirit also received a $7.5 million ​bid from ​Mercor, ⁠an AI data company.

Spirit is selling off assets in bankruptcy after ​shutting down its business in May due to high debt and high fuel costs.