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Meta Reportedly Close to $14 Billion Investment in Scale AI, Hiring CEO to Lead New AI Lab
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TMTPOST -- Meta Platforms, Inc. is   going to strike   a deal for one of its most aggressive   bets on artificial   intelligence ( AI )   , according to   reports   on Tuesday.

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  Meta   is close to   a   deal   to invest   $14   billion in   data-labeling startup   Scale AI, CNBC cited people familiar with the matter.   It   was reported   that Meta   CEO   Mark Zuckerberg is so frustrated with the Facebook   parent ’ s standing in   AI   that he ’ s willing to   spending billions of dollars   to   convince   Scale AI   founder and CEO Alexander Wang to join his company.   Wang   is   well-known   for   its reputation   as   a   leader who   both understands AI ’ s technical complexities and   how to build a business   that ’ s   not merely focused   on research,   according   to former   Meta employees.

The Wall Street Journal echoed the investment   of $14   billion,   touting it as one of Meta ’ s largest-ever outside investments.   Its   sources   said Meta was in advanced talks   to make the deal and hire   Scale   AI   CEO Wang   to help   lead its AI   efforts   to   develop   advanced AI called superintelligence. Under the deal, which   is still   being finalized,   other the startup ’ s employees   would also join Meta.

Mata   has agreed to invest   nearly $14.8 billion to take a   49% stake in Scale AI,   and   the deal   will   be structured   so   Meta   will   send the cash to   Sales ’ s existing shareholders and place its CEO Wang   in a top   position   inside Meta,   The Information   learned from people with knowledge of the matter. Scale AI   shareholders will maintain their holdings and the AI startup will be valued at $28   billion   folling the upcoming deal,   up from $13.8 billion   last   year, according to the report.    

Both CNBC and the Journal   suggested   Zuckberg ’ s   recruitment   decision   was due   to Meta ’ s   difficulties   in developing its   latest Llama   AI   models.   The Journal reported   Zuckberg   personally got involved in the recruitment, including by reaching out to AI researchers   directly on   WhatsApp.   Meta last month was reported   to push back rollout of its large language model ( LLM ) dubbed "Behemoth"   under its Llama 4 family due to concerns about its capabilities.   Meta engineers are struggling to substantially improve capabilities of the model, stirring questions among the staff about if improvements over its predecessor versions are significant enough to justify public statements about its capabilities.

  If the report   is accurate, Meta   has so far postponed its planned release of the Behemoth model twice. Early in the development of the model,   the social media titan   was said to internally arrange the release in April to coincide with its inaugural AI conference for developers, but later delayed the internal target of rollout to June, and the current target became fall or even later.

Earlier   this week,   Bloomberg reported   Meta is in talks to make   an investment   that   could top $10 billion   in Scale AI.   Scale AI provides data labeling services for companies like Microsoft ( MSFT ) and OpenAI, helping to enable to training and production of large language models. Meta has previously worked with Scale AI to help train its Llama large language models, as well as to develop a "Defense Llama" AI model focused on U.S. national security.

Zuckerberg is creating   a new AI research lab   dedicated to pursuing "superintelligence",   a hypothetical A.I. system that exceeds the powers of the human brain,   and   has tapped Scale   AI CEO Wang to join the new lab, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.   It was   reported that Meta has offered compensation packages between seven and nine figures to AI researchers from top competitors, some of whom have accepted.   Bloomberg the same day reported   Zuckberg   is hiring a   team   of top AI talents   for Meta ’ s "superintelligence"    lab.   Zuckerberg has been personally leading recruiting for the team of about 50 people — and has even rearranged Meta's offices so the new hires sit near him, per the report.  

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