US EditionThe Rise of Alexandr Wang: Meta’s $14bn Bet on 28-Year-Old Scale AI Chief
- Alexandr Wang, the 28-year-old co-founder of Scale AI, stepped down as CEO on June 12 following Meta's $14.3 billion investment for a minority stake earlier this month.
- Meta's investment and acquisition of key personnel aim to inject urgency into its AI efforts amid competitive pressures from OpenAI, Google, and Chinese rivals like DeepSeek.
- Scale AI operates a global workforce of over 240,000 contractors who label data critical for training advanced AI models, though some have faced payment issues raising ethical concerns.
- Meta will spend at least $500 million annually on Scale data over five years while Wang will head a new superintelligence lab within Meta and remain Scale's chairman.
- Wang's move reflects a strategic bet on his ability to lead AI innovation despite skepticism by some researchers about his non-PhD background and the challenges Meta faces in AI talent retention.
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