🛸 Alexandr Wang Joins Meta After Scale AI Stake to Lead AGI Effort
Meta has acquired a 49% non-voting stake in Scale AI for $14.3 billion, valuing the data-labeling powerhouse at ~$29B — and bringing on its co-founder and CEO Alexandr Wang to lead Meta’s “superintelligence” initiative.
✅ Scale AI Meets Zuckerberg’s AGI Ambitions
• Wang will head Meta’s new AGI division, reporting directly to Mark Zuckerberg.
• The group will focus on developing artificial general intelligence with access to Scale’s massive data infrastructure.
• Wang remains on Scale’s board, while CSO Jason Droege becomes interim CEO.
💰 $14.3B for Talent, Infrastructure, and Strategy
• Meta’s stake is non-voting — ensuring Scale’s operational independence.
• The structure avoids regulatory pushback while securing data access and leadership.
• Scale remains a core vendor to OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, and U.S. defense — for now.
🛸 Meta’s AGI Bet Gets Real
• Comes after disappointing traction with Meta’s Llama models in the enterprise market.
• Zuckerberg has been on an AI talent spree — offering up to 9-figure comp to top researchers.
• The deal positions Meta to vertically integrate data labeling and model training.
🚀 From YC Startup to Global AGI Hub
• Scale AI was founded in 2016 by Alexandr Wang and Lucy Guo.
• Went from defense contracts to powering AI pipelines for Silicon Valley giants.
• Now at the center of Meta’s most ambitious AI play yet.
Meta didn’t just invest in Scale — it invested in its architect. Wang’s move signals a new phase of AGI competition, where infrastructure and intelligence are built in-house.