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The founder of scale AI Alexandr Wang told the employees On Thursday, he was leaving for Meta, confirming reports from earlier during his departure week and a major investment from the social networking company.
Meta It pumps $ 14.3 billion into a scale of AI as part of the deal and will have a 49% share in the launch of artificial intelligence, but there will be no power of voting, said AI spokesman.
“As you may have gathered from the latest news, the opportunities of this scale often come at a price,” Wang wrote in the note he shared at X. “In this case, this price is my departure. It was absolutely the most enjoyable pleasure of my life to serve as your CEO.”
Scale AI encourages Jason dried upThe Chief Strategic Director, to the role of the Executive Director. Droge was previously a Benchmark risk partner and Uber Vice President.
A small number of AI employees will also Join Meta as part of An agreement, Wang writes.
A Meta spokesman has confirmed that the company has finalized its “strategic partnership and investment on a scale of AI”.
“As part of this, we will deepen the work we do together by producing AI models, and Alexander Wang will join Meta to work on our efforts to supervise,” the spokesman said. “We will share more about this effort and the great people who join this team in the coming weeks.”
Wang’s Meta Grand Pledge Fits in CEO Mark Zuckerberg He plans to strengthen AI’s efforts on his company against the backdrop of fierce competition from Openai and Google Parent Alphabet. Zuckerberg has made AI his company A major priority for 2025But more and more disappointed with his team, especially as the latest version of Meta for his flagship Llamai you have models I got a hard DeveloperCNBC reported earlier this week.
Although Zuckerberg has traditionally put long-standing high-ranking staff, he has decided that the Wang outsider will be more suitable for monitoring AI initiatives considered decisive for the company.
Scale AI reports a number of meton rivals as customers including Google., Microsoft and Openai. Meta is one of the biggest AI customers of AI.
The AI ​​scale spokesman said the investment and hiring of Meta Wang would not affect the clients of the starter and that META would not be personal to any of his business information or data.
