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published_at: "2026-08-18T10:13:28.000Z"
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summary: "$10 million buys over 100 million emails, 30 million recorded phone calls, reams of stuff from Teams, Oracle, and SAP"
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# Google buys crashed airline Spirit's data at auction, because AI

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**Published:** 2026-08-18T10:13:28.000Z
**Category:** Industry
**Topics:** google, data, llm, infra

## Summary

$10 million buys over 100 million emails, 30 million recorded phone calls, reams of stuff from Teams, Oracle, and SAP

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/18/google-buys-crashed-airline-spirits-data-at-auction-because-ai/5288962>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49343559>)