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Meta Completes $14.3 Billion Scale AI Deal as Data Security Concerns Surface

Meta’s acquisition of a 49 percent stake brings Alexandr Wang to head its new superintelligence lab despite client concerns over exposed public documents.

Mark Zuckerberg and Alexandr Wang
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is personally reaching out to hundreds of researchers, scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs.
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Overview

  • Meta closed its $14.3 billion purchase of a 49 percent stake in Scale AI to secure privileged access to high-quality training data.
  • Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang has joined Meta to lead its newly formed superintelligence lab alongside a team of roughly 50 researchers.
  • Business Insider revealed that Scale AI routinely stored sensitive client and contractor files in public Google Docs, triggering an internal security investigation.
  • Key clients including Google, OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI paused or wound down projects with Scale AI after news of the investment and document exposures.
  • Mark Zuckerberg is personally courting top AI researchers with incentive packages up to $100 million, although OpenAI’s CEO says none of its best talent have accepted.