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Hardware·Sep 4·all news from September 4, 2026

AI Startup Micro1 Seeks to Topple Google’s Bid for Spirit Data

The AI startup micro1 has submitted a $12.5 million bid to acquire business records from Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc., surpassing a previous $10 million agreement between the airline and Google. This move represents an attempt to secure access to proprietary data sets that are increasingly valuable for training artificial intelligence models.

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