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Details
- Meta is making a minority investment that values Scale AI at more than $29 billion and deepens the companies’ commercial partnership around data-generation and evaluation services.
- Founder & CEO Alexandr Wang will join Meta’s AI organization while remaining on Scale’s board.
- Chief Strategy Officer Jason Droege becomes interim CEO, taking over day-to-day operations.
- The cash infusion will fund new product development and give existing shareholders partial liquidity, while Meta keeps only a non-controlling stake.
- Scale says it will stay independent and continue serving labs, enterprises, and government clients with strict data-privacy safeguards.
Impact
By pairing fresh capital with a broadened data-supply pact, Meta secures privileged access to Scale’s high-quality pipelines just as training demands spike for next-gen models. Shifting Wang inside Meta but leaving Scale structurally independent lets both sides tap each other’s strengths while minimizing antitrust friction—a template for how Big Tech may court critical AI infrastructure players going forward.
