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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 ...
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Meta’s $15 Billion Bet on Scale AI Signals a New Era of Talent Wars and Data Dominance in AI
Data is the battleground, and Scale’s pipelines may just be the most valuable trenches.” This comment in a recent industry report captures the thinking behind Meta’s splashy $15 billion buyout of ...
Is Meta really spending $15 billion to hire a 28-year-old?
Wang is the CEO of Scale AI, a data company that works with giant AI leaders like Meta and OpenAI. And Meta just spent about ...
Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta bets big on Scale AI: Who is Alexander Wang, the 28-year-old MIT dropout behind the startup?
In a strategic move, Meta invests $14.3 billion in Scale AI, taking a 49 per cent stake in the data-labelling startup.
Meta is paying $14 billion to catch up in the AI race
As part of the deal, Wang will report directly to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the company announced on Thursday. He will lead a new AI lab inside Meta tasked with building “superi ...
Scale AI plans to promote strategy chief Droege to CEO as founder Wang heads for Meta
With Scale AI founder and CEO Alexandr Wang headed to Meta for high-profile role in artificial intelligence, the startup is ...
Mark Zuckerberg’s superintelligence gamble: Can billions and bold hires save Meta’s AI ambitions?
Meta is betting big on a new superintelligence lab, luring talent with massive paychecks and bringing in Scale AI’s Alexandr ...
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Meta Eyes Scale AI, a Quiet Data Powerhouse, in $10B A.I. Push
Meta eyes a $10 billion deal with Scale AI, signaling a stronger push for A.I. research and innovation, with potential shifts ...