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AI labs are buying data from dead startups to train their models
Publisher description: When Keelan Miskell began winding down his crypto startup this year, he didn’t think its data was worth much: the users were anonymous, the company just a few years old. But he’s since turned the firm’s digital archives into real money. He’s netted roughly $25,000 for his code base and a still-pending amount (likely around…
MIT Technology Review | Oct 13, 2026 | Matthew King
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Now tech undertakers are selling the data remains to AI labs. SimpleClosure added data sales to its services in April. And Bloomberg reported in September that SpaceX’s AI unit is weighing buying data from struggling startups.
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