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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 ...
Here’s What You Need to Know About the Blockbuster Meta-Scale AI Deal
Here’s what you need to know about the deal, what its implications may be, and why Wang is of such interest to Zuckerberg’s ...
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 ...
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." ...
Meta’s $15 Billion Scale AI Deal Could Leave Gig Workers Behind
Scale AI built its business on the labor of gig workers. But those workers likely won't benefit from their new deal with Meta ...
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 ...
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 ...
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's Scale AI stake buyout spotlights other major deals amid regulatory risks
Meta has finalized a $14.3 billion purchase of a 49% stake in data labeling startup Scale AI, according to sources familiar ...