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Is Meta's $14.3 Billion Bet on Scale AI Too Little, Too Late?
No doubt, OpenAI and Anthropic have helped spur new growth for Microsoft and Amazon.Yet, Meta's decision to branch out beyond ...
After ScaleAI, Facebook-parent Meta acquires voice tech startup PlayAI
Meta has acquired PlayAI, a voice technology startup, to bolster its AI capabilities. This move follows Meta's acquisition of ...
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.
Scale AI's rivals say they're going hard to win its contractors and clients: 'Our servers are melting'
AI training companies like Appen and Prolific are pitching themselves as neutral platforms in the wake of Meta's investment ...
AI Start-Ups See New Opportunity After Meta’s Scale AI Deal
In the weeks since Meta invested $14 billion in Scale AI, Scale’s customers have begun looking for alternative and “neutral” data partners.
After ScaleAI, Meta acquires voice AI startup PlayAI to boost its AI ambitions
Meta has acquired PlayAI, a voice technology startup. The entire PlayAI team will join Meta, reporting to Johan Schalkwyk.
Meta invests $14.3B in AI firm Scale and recruits its CEO for ‘superintelligence’ team
Meta is making a $14.3 billion investment in artificial intelligence company Scale and recruiting its CEO Alexandr Wang to join a team developing “superintelligence” at the tech giant.
Meta's Scale AI deal has clients like Google halting projects, contractors scrambling, and one investor bailing out
Google, OpenAI, and xAI halted some Scale AI projects following Meta's investment announcement, leaving contractors scrambling.
$14B Meta Investment in Scale AI Boosts Plans for Superintelligence Lab
Meta invests $14.3B in Scale AI to fuel a new superintelligence lab—gaining infrastructure and leadership, but raising doubts about Scale’s future.
Report: Meta taps Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang to join new ‘superintelligence’ lab
Mark Zuckerberg is hand-picking top researchers and engineers to join an upcoming AI research lab dedicated to ...
Meta’s $14.3B stake triggers Scale AI customer exodus, could be a windfall for rivals like Mercor
OpenAI, xAI, and Google are putting the brakes on their work with Scale, and more performant competitors like Surge are garnering more attention.
Meta effort to revamp AI takes shape with reported $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI
Meta’s META investment values ScaleAI at more than $29 billion, ScaleAI said in a blog post on Thursday, while Bloomberg reported that the value of the Facebook and Instagram parent company’s ...