Organization

Mercor

US company operating a marketplace that supplies expert human labor and evaluation data to AI developers.

Coverage

Aug 19, 2026
AINews
As the Public Web Tightens, AI Labs Are Buying Data From Bankruptcies. Spirit Airlines Is the Latest.

Google outbid a training-data startup for Spirit Airlines' internal records. One auction does not prove a data wall, but it shows how far labs will go.

Aug 19, 2026 · By SCN Staff · 10 min read