Meta Invests $14.3 Billion in Scale AI for Superintelligence Boost

Meta has made a substantial investment of $14.3 billion in Scale AI, a data-labeling startup. The deal brings Alexandr Wang, the 28-year-old CEO of Scale AI, to Meta’s artificial intelligence strategy. With this significant stake, Meta aims to boost its AI research and create more sophisticated models like those from Google (Gemini), OpenAI (ChatGPT), and China’s DeepSeek. This investment addresses ongoing staff departures which have hindered the launch of new open-source AI models. 80% of Scale’s employees will join Meta, significantly bolstering their team.