# Google bids $10 million for bankrupt Spirit's data to train AI, sparking employee data protection controversy

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- Published: 2026-10-18T09:28:00.000Z
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## Summary

Google bid $10 million (about 70 million yuan) and outbid AI data company Mercor's $7.5 million offer in a bankruptcy auction to buy roughly 30 years of corporate data left by the defunct budget airline Spirit Air Systems.