Overview

• Meta’s $14.8 billion purchase valued Scale AI at $29 billion and brought co-founder Alexandr Wang on board to lead its superintelligence efforts
• Google, which had planned to spend about $200 million on Scale AI this year, is ending its relationship over data security concerns
• Microsoft and Elon Musk’s xAI are also re-evaluating or cutting ties amid fears their proprietary training data could be exposed to Meta
• Scale AI will continue operating independently under interim CEO Jason Droege but faces an uncertain growth trajectory without its largest clients
• Competitors such as Labelbox, Handshake and Turing report surging demand as AI labs seek alternative data-labeling providers