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Here’s What You Need to Know About the Blockbuster Meta-Scale AI Deal
Scale co-founder and CEO Alexandr Wang will lead Meta’s new superintelligence unit.
Analysis-Meta's $14.8 billion Scale AI deal latest test of AI partnerships
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) -Facebook owner Meta's $14.8 billion investment in Scale AI and hiring of the data-labeling startup's ...
Self-made billionaire college dropout Alexandr Wang signs $14.3 billion deal to bolster Meta’s AI efforts: ‘There’s a huge premium to naivete’
Alexandr Wang, once the youngest self-made billionaire in the world, has agreed to join Meta to work on AI “superintelligence ...
Meta officially ‘acqui-hires’ Scale AI — will it draw regulator scrutiny?
The social media giant is getting CEO Alexandr Wang in a $14.3 billion deal with Scale AI, as it plans to build out ...
Meta poaches 28-year-old Scale AI CEO after taking multibillion dollar stake in startup
Alexandr Wang dropped out of MIT to co-found Scale and was quickly lauded as one of Silicon Valley's most promising ...
Scale AI confirms ‘significant’ investment from Meta, says CEO Alexandr Wang is leaving
Data-labeling firm Scale AI confirmed on Friday that it has received a "significant" investment from Meta that values the ...
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Scale AI Backer Accel Set for $2.5 Billion Windfall on Meta Deal
A handful of venture capital firms are set to see huge returns from their early bets on Scale AI, following Meta Platforms ...
Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang says he's waiting for Elon Musk's Neuralink before he has kids
Alexandr Wang says Neuralink and other brain-computer interfaces will help kids learn in "crazy ways." ...
Google reportedly plans to cut ties with Scale AI
Meta’s massive investment in Scale AI may be giving some of the startup’s biggest customers pause. Reuters reports that Google had planned to pay Scale AI $200 million this year but is now planning to ...