Failed startups are monetizing their internal communications by selling archived Slack messages and emails to AI training companies.

Shuttered startups are finding a new revenue stream by selling their historical internal communications to AI companies for model training

The practice involves licensing old Slack chats, emails, and other workplace data from defunct companies

This trend raises questions about data privacy, consent, and the ethical sourcing of training data for AI models

AI companies are seeking authentic human communication patterns to improve their language models