Spirit Airlines (bankruptcy estate) to Google: Purchase of de-identified internal business data (employee emails, Teams messages, spreadsheets, calendars, marketing and operations data; passenger records excluded) for product development and AI training. Still pending as of 14 Oct 2026: the consumer privacy ombudsman recommended approval on 5 Oct, and on 9 Oct the sale hearing was adjourned again, to 6 Nov 2026 (docket summary by Stretto, In re Spirit Aviation Holdings, Bankr. S.D.N.Y.). On 8 Oct about 120 members of Congress asked Spirit and Google to pause the sale over employee data. Mercor is the alternate bidder at $7.5 million; micro1 filed a notice of intent to submit a competing bid (ECF 1556), reported at $12.5 million, though the 14 Oct docket summary says the notice states no amount.
$10 million winning bid at the 14 Aug 2026 auction; not yet approved: the sale hearing moved to 6 Nov 2026, the consumer privacy ombudsman supports the sale, micro1 filed notice of a competing bid, and Mercor stays the alternate bidder at $7.5 million
Dated 14 Aug 2026Source checked 17 Aug 2026Quote found on its page again 17 Oct 2026Basis: stated
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“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.”
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The Star (Reuters report), checked 17 Aug 2026
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