By Charles Rollet
Publication Date: 2026-08-20 19:15:00
Another AI company wants to get its hands on Spirit Airlines’ data.
Ali Ansari, 25, the founder and CEO of Micro1, a startup that helps train AI models, told Business Insider that his firm is making a “materially higher” offer for Spirit Airlines’ data after Google successfully bid $10 million for it this week.
Micro1 sent a $12.5 million offer to Spirit Airlines’ legal team on Wednesday, a person familiar with the matter said.
Spirit Airlines is selling off its assets in bankruptcy court — including troves of corporate data — after going under last year.
Bankruptcy experts told Business Insider it would be unusual — but not out of the question — for the court to consider Micro1’s offer after it missed the deadline to bid in the original auction.
Ansari said Micro1’s interest reflects the value of company data for training AI models, as it contains the kind of messy inputs that help AI models learn to operate in real-world…
