Meta Acquires 49% Stake in Scale AI for $14.8 Billion, Strengthening AI Ambitions

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and WhatsApp, acquired a 49% stake in Scale AI for $14.8 billion, according to a report by The Information.

It has been announced that Alexander Wang, the head of the AI project, will join the company’s new initiative, Superintelligence.

Scale AI specializes in data labeling services aimed at training neural networks. This investment will bolster Meta’s position in the competitive AI development landscape.

Previously, Bloomberg reported that the company’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, expressed dissatisfaction with the firm’s progress in artificial intelligence. He is assembling a large team to develop an AGI — a theoretical form of AI capable of matching or surpassing human cognitive abilities.

Ben Goertzel, founder of the decentralized AI ecosystem SingularityNET, stated in an interview with Cointelegraph that a breakthrough in general artificial intelligence could happen within the next one to three years. He believes decentralization provides a safer route for the advancement of AGI.

Major tech companies are ramping up their investments in this sector. As reported by CNBC, this year, Meta, Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft plan to invest $320 billion in artificial intelligence and related data center infrastructure, an increase from $230 billion last year.

Analysts from Bloomberg Intelligence noted that capital expenditures on AI have surged by 16% since the beginning of 2025.

As AI spending increases, companies that create foundational infrastructure are benefiting. Goldman Sachs analysts highlighted that shares of firms in the data center and AI hardware sectors have risen by 52% and 39%, respectively, since their April lows.

It is worth recalling that in January, Zuckerberg promised to maintain high spending on AI despite the panic triggered by the DeepSeek model.