SpaceX initiated internal discussions in September 2026 regarding the purchase of operational and customer data from defunct or financially distressed startups to enhance the training data for its Grok AI models. The industry is scrambling for proprietary data: Alphabet offered $10 million for Spirit Airlines’ data after its bankruptcy, and defunct startup codebases reportedly sell for between $10,000 and $60,000 each. This move aligns with SpaceX’s broader AI expansion strategy, having completed the merger with xAI in February 2026 before acquiring Cursor for $60 billion in June. The company operates the Colossus and Colossus II data centers with a combined capacity exceeding 1 gigawatt of computing power, with Anthropic reportedly paying $1.25 billion per month for access to this infrastructure.
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