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Staying in the AI race is crucial for Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft, with the technology likely to be the future for the industry.
Meta is making its first major minority investment in an outside company as it tries to catch up to a growing field of artificial intelligence rivals.
Meta invests $14.3B in Scale AI to fuel a new superintelligence lab—gaining infrastructure and leadership, but raising doubts about Scale’s future.
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 massive AI investments lift its stock, but rising valuations and macro risks prompt questions about how long the rally can last.
Google and other big tech companies are rethinking their ties with Scale AI. This follows Meta's significant investment in the data-labeling startup. Concerns arise that Meta could gain insights into rivals' AI strategies.
Alexandr Wang dropped out of MIT to co-found Scale and was quickly lauded as one of Silicon Valley's most promising entrepreneurs, raising funding from blue-chip venture capital firms and achieving billionaire status in his 20s.