LSEG announced a £3B buyback and noted that AI models are only as good as the data they are trained on. They are partnering with Microsoft and OpenAI. In the AI era, proprietary, high-quality financial data is a scarce resource. LSEG owns the data moat. AI agents accessing data creates a "natural cross-selling machine" across their datasets. LONG. Data ownership is the play on AI application utility. Regulatory crackdowns on data usage or AI integration failing to drive revenue growth.