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Meet Alexandr Wang, Meta $15 billion bet to catch up in global AI race
Meta is bringing on Scale AI's CEO Alexandr Wang in a deal worth up to $15 billion to lead a new superintelligence lab and ...
Meta poaches 28-year-old Scale AI CEO after taking multibillion dollar stake in startup
Alexandr Wang dropped out of MIT to co-found Scale and was quickly lauded as one of Silicon Valley's most promising ...
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Why Google is planning to cut ties with Scale AI
Google, Scale AI's biggest client, intends to shift its $200 million workload for human-labeled training data to rival ...
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Meta Stock Reacts to Bold $15B AI Investment
Key Takeaways Meta invests $15B in Scale AI to boost its Artificial Intelligence capabilities.The deal positions Meta as a ...
Meta officially ‘acqui-hires’ Scale AI — will it draw regulator scrutiny?
The social media giant is getting CEO Alexandr Wang in a $14.3 billion deal with Scale AI, as it plans to build out ...
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Meta offered one AI researcher at least $10,000,000 to join up
Mark Zuckerberg reached out to our source directly Exclusive Meta has made lavish and lucrative offers to a select set of AI ...
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Is Meta really spending $15 billion to hire a 28-year-old?
Meta reportedly plans to buy nearly half of Scale AI for ... its staff or furthering AI research, according to multiple people who have worked with him," per the Financial Times.
Mark Zuckerberg has an AI talent problem—but money alone is unlikely to solve it
Zuckerberg is throwing pro-athlete-level salaries at top AI researchers. But for many, prestige, trust, and tribal loyalties ...