Google reportedly buying Spirit Airlines' enterprise data for $10M
shauntrennery · x · 2026-08-18
Rumors suggest Google bid $10M to acquire Spirit Airlines' enterprise data, outbidding Mercor's $7.5M offer. The data includes 34 years of internal documents, emails, workflows, and codebases. Dropbox CEO commented that AI's thirst for data turns information into a balance sheet asset, making data management a key competitive factor.
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