Why Spirit Airlines’ internal data has become a hot commodity for AI companies

Google, Micro1, and Mercor have all bid millions for the carrier’s internal data, as AI companies race to buy the records of how businesses actually work. Spirit Airlines hasn’t flown since May, when the discount carrier announced an “orderly wind-down of operations” as part of bankruptcy proceedings. But the grounded airline might be set for a multimillion-dollar payout from a newly valuable…