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Business & Policy · first seen 13 October 2026, 09:00 UTC

AI labs buy data from dead startups to train models

Data scarcity is creating a market for defunct startups' archived user data.

Founders winding down firms are selling code bases and user archives; one crypto founder netted roughly $25,000 from his defunct startup's data.

Read it at MIT Technology Review →

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  1. MIT Technology Review: AI labs are buying data from dead startups to train their models

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