Meta Platforms, Inc. × Scale AI, Inc.
Meta invested $14.3 billion for a 49% non-voting stake in Scale AI, a leading provider of data labeling and annotation services for AI models. [41, 46, 49] The deal, which valued Scale AI at approximately $29 billion, was structured to give Meta access to Scale's critical data infrastructure without triggering a full regulatory merger review. [46, 50] As part of the transaction, Scale AI's CEO, Alexandr Wang, and a small group of employees joined Meta to lead a new 'superintelligence' research lab, while Scale continues to operate as an independent company. [46, 50]
The asset
A 49% non-voting equity stake in Scale AI, a company that provides data annotation and labeling services for training AI models.
The record
- Seller status
- Going concern
- Sector
- AI training data services
- Modalities
- text, images, audio, video
- Jurisdiction
- US
What it means if you hold data
This massive investment underscores the strategic importance of high-quality, human-verified training data as a core asset in the AI industry. It shows that even the largest tech companies are willing to pay a significant premium to secure their data supply chain for developing advanced AI and large language models. [49, 50]