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Why Are AI Companies Buying up Old Data From Failed Startups? #Trendingshorts #Tech #Data #Ai

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AI companies are buying “operational exhaust” data from failed startups to train models. Firms like SimpleClosure and Sunset broker sales of code bases and internal workspace data such as emails, chats, documents, and design files to labs building foundation models and simulated work environments.

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Why are AI companies buying up old data from failed startups? #trendingshorts #tech #data #ai

AI companies are buying “operational exhaust” data from failed startups to train models. Firms like SimpleClosure and Sunset broker sales of code bases and internal workspace data such as emails, chats, documents, and design files to labs building foundation models and simulated work environments.

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Wired broke the news in San Francisco, United States on Friday, November 6, 2026.
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