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AI labs are buying data from dead startups to train their models

When Keelan Miskell began winding down his crypto startup this year, he didn’t think its data was worth much: the users were anonymous, the company just a few years old. But he’s since turned the firm’s digital archives into real money. He’s netted roughly $25,000 for his code base and a still-pend…

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  1. 2026-10-13 09:00 · MIT Technology Review AI
    AI labs are buying data from dead startups to train their models

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