⚡️ Meta takes 49% stake in Scale AI — the dataset factory behind Big Tech models

⚡️ Meta takes 49% stake in Scale AI — the dataset factory behind Big Tech models

Founded in 2016, Scale AI builds the infrastructure that trains the trainers — cleaning, labeling, and structuring data for top AI systems.

It’s now 49% owned by Meta, which paid $14.3B and brought CEO Alexandr Wang into its elite AI group.

🖱️240,000+ contractors handle massive multi-modal data
🖱️Text, audio, 3D, and synthetic data for RLHF at scale
🖱️Quality via majority vote, dynamic calibration, and more
🖱️Upload raw — get back validated datasets via full-cycle API
🖱️Rapid-feedback pipelines using private foundation models

But trust issues surfaced fast: leaked docs revealed prompt sets, tasker emails, and internal client data — including Bard and xAI. Meta’s rivals (OpenAI, Google) are now freezing projects.
The big question: can Meta own the pipeline and still convince competitors to keep sending blood to its lab?