{
  "id": 1091530,
  "title": "Sources: Mercor and other firms gathering data for AI labs are driving demand to buy or license internal datasets from startups shutting down or being acquired (Alix Coutures/The Information)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/sources-mercor-and-other-firms-gathering-data-for-ai-labs-are-driving",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-15T18:00:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.theinformation.com/articles/startups-find-old-slack-threads-tickets-suddenly-high-demand"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Eight days after AI agent startup Warmly in late June agreed to be acquired by HubSpot, CEO Maximus Greenwald found an unusual email in his inbox.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}