Overview
- SimpleClosure launched Asset Hub to help failing companies license source code, documents, Slack logs, and emails to AI developers.
- Forbes reports the firm handled nearly 100 transactions over the past year with typical payouts between $10,000 and $100,000.
- A former CEO said she sold her company's full Slack, email, and Jira archives for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
- Privacy advocates warn these troves can expose identifiable workers and urged the Federal Trade Commission to increase oversight.
- AI labs seek step‑by‑step workplace examples for agent training in so‑called reinforcement learning gyms, with reporting noting Anthropic leaders discussed budgets up to $1 billion and labs buying digital office worlds from groups like AfterQuery.