MIT Technology Review reports that AI labs are buying data from defunct startups to train their models. Keelan Miskell, winding down his crypto startup this year, turned the firm's archives into real money.
He netted roughly $25,000 for the code base and expects around $15,000 more for workspace data from Google, Notion, Figma and Slack.
Source: technologyreview.com, reported 10-13. https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/13/1145755/ai-labs-buying-data-from-dead-startups-to-train-models/