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Scale AI just laid off approximately 200 full-time employees (14% of its 1,400-person workforce) and 500 contractors, according to the company.This comes after Meta invested $14 billion into Scale AI last month as part of a blockbuster AI deal that included the hiring of Scale’s ex-CEO, Alexandr Wang, to lead its new…

Charles Rollet is a rockstar tech reporter who recently joined Business Insider. He’s knocked out several scoops about Scale AI lately. This is the startup that Meta is investing in. Founder Alexandr Wang is also joining Meta.If you want to understand what Mark Zuckerberg is buying, Charles’s coverage is a…

Alexandr Wang said there were two things he never delegated, even as he ran one of the hottest data labeling companies in tech.The Scale AI cofounder and CEO said on an episode of Y Combinator’s podcast published Wednesday that he personally reviewed every hire.He said he also hand-reviewed customer data…

Google, xAI, and other tech companies aren’t wasting any time distancing themselves from Scale AI.Just hours after Meta announced a massive $14.3 billion investment in the data labeling startup, Google halted multiple projects with the company, according to internal correspondence obtained by Business Insider. Google had already been winding down…

Mark Zuckerberg is making a 28-year-old CEO the lynchpin of Meta’s investment in the AI race.On Thursday, Meta confirmed that it’s buying a 49% stake in Scale AI, giving the company a valuation of over $29 billion. The tech giant is spending about $15 billion for the stake.Scale’s founder and…

You probably don’t know who Alexandr Wang is. But that’s going to change: The 28-year-old is about to become known as the guy Mark Zuckerberg spent $15 billion on.Wang is the CEO of Scale AI, a data company that works with giant AI leaders like Meta and OpenAI. And Meta…