SpaceX weighs buying data from troubled startups to train its AI models
SpaceX has held informal internal talks about buying customer and operational records from troubled or defunct startups to train its AI models, Bloomberg reported. The buyer would be SpaceXAI, whose training of Grok on European users’ posts has been under statutory inquiry in Ireland since April 2025.
SpaceX has held internal discussions about buying customer and operational records from troubled or defunct startups to train its AI models, Bloomberg reported. The talks are informal and may not produce a deal.
The unit is SpaceXAI, formerly xAI. It wants cheap operational data and customer information to feed Grok. SpaceX did not respond to Bloomberg’s request for comment.
The template is Google’s $10M offer for the records of the collapsed airline Spirit, which was later topped by a counterbid. That archive held 100 million emails and 500 million Teams messages.
The difference is that SpaceXAI is describing a method rather...
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