# Google is buying Play Store developers' code for AI training

> Source: <https://runtimewire.com/article/google-play-store-code-ai-training-pilot>
> Published: 2026-06-03 00:28:28+00:00

Google (@Google) is offering to pay some Android app developers for access to the code behind Play Store apps, according to a 404 Media report based on an email sent to a developer whose app has millions of downloads. The pitch, as reported by 404 Media's Jason Koebler, invites a "select group of Google Play app developers" into a "confidential content offer pilot." Google frames the program as a way for developers to "generate additional revenue" from production codebases, archived projects,...