Coach intellectual property and athlete data history with new Garmin merger
How will Garmin and Training Peaks be using the vast data set built by and subsequently populated by their paying customers (Coaches and athletes) over many years? Most (maybe all) coaches would consider their unique approach to their athlete success through their schedule building, coaching approach, comments and feedback as their intellectual property. This is likely the value that Garmin saw in the acquisition in an effort to improve their own coaching and training models (something that someday could undermine business of individual coaching). Can Training Peaks ease the concern of coaches and athletes by explaining how their data will or will not be used through this merger and be transparent if paying customers data is then being used to enhance or optimize a LLM or AI platform. It could be a hard sell to coaches to continue to voluntarily populate this data set while paying for a service. My request is a clear explanation to coaches and athletes on how their IP and data is being used so that the customer can make an informed decision on if this product is appropriate for their needs.