AI acquisition
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Meta Acquires Company Founded by 19-Year-Old MIT Dropout for $15 Billion
Meta is acquiring a 49% non-voting stake in Scale AI for nearly $15 billion, marking a significant investment in the AI space. The deal will see Scale AI founder Alexander Wang, a former MIT dropout, join Meta. Scale AI provides crucial data annotation services for training AI models and counts major tech companies among its clients. The acquisition values Scale AI at approximately $29 billion.
