Overview

• Under the proposed terms, Meta would pay $14.8 billion for a 49 percent stake in Scale AI, with the funds directed to existing shareholders including venture capital backers and employees.
• Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang will join Meta as a senior executive to establish and lead a new research lab focused on developing superintelligence.
• Meta’s initial shares in Scale AI would be nonvoting with provisions to convert into voting stock, a structure designed to allow Wang to retain operational control.
• Scale AI’s global network of over 100,000 contractors provides high-quality labeled datasets essential for training advanced AI systems, a capability Meta deems critical after recent model setbacks.
• The agreement remains subject to final approval and may evolve as scrutiny grows over Scale AI’s past wage-related lawsuits and allegations of delayed payments to contractors.