{"slug": "google-buys-spirit-airlines-old-data-for-10-million", "title": "Google Buys Spirit Airline’s Old Data For $10 Million", "summary": "Google LLC has acquired Spirit Airlines Inc.'s historical data for $10 million, according to a Forbes report by John Werner, highlighting the growing demand for legally acquired real-world enterprise data to train artificial intelligence models. The purchase underscores a shift away from synthetic or pirated datasets toward legally sourced information.", "body_md": "# Google Buys Spirit Airline’s Old Data For $10 Million\n\nBy John Werner, ContributorSource:\n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)Google’s $10 million Spirit Airlines data purchase highlights growing demand for real-world enterprise data to train AI, while companies seek legally acquired information instead of synthetic or pirated sources.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-buys-spirit-airlines-old-data-for-10-million", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/google-buys-spirit-airlines-old-data-for-dollar10-million-nafo", "published_at": "2026-08-18 19:09:55+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-18 19:41:21.686786+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Google LLC", "Spirit Airlines Inc.", "Forbes", "John Werner"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-buys-spirit-airlines-old-data-for-10-million", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-buys-spirit-airlines-old-data-for-10-million.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-buys-spirit-airlines-old-data-for-10-million.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-buys-spirit-airlines-old-data-for-10-million.jsonld"}}