Meta poaches 28-year-old Scale AI CEO
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Scale co-founder and CEO Alexandr Wang will lead Meta’s new superintelligence unit.
Meta has struck a $15 billion deal for a 49% stake in Scale AI, a fast-growing data-labelling startup led by 28-year-old CEO Alexandr Wang. The move puts Wang—once the worlds youngest self-made billionaire—at the helm of Metas new superintelligence research unit.
With Scale AI founder and CEO Alexandr Wang headed to Meta for high-profile role in artificial intelligence, the startup is promoting its strategy head.
Zuckerberg is tapping a rising AI power broker in a high-stakes move to revive Meta’s generative AI ambitions after its recent Llama 4 flop and ongoing AI talent departures.