According to people familiar with the matter, Meta is finalizing a deal to invest $14 billion in Scale AI and has tapped Alexander Wang, the company's co-founder and CEO. As part of the deal, Meta will acquire 49% of the startup's shares, and Wang will help lead Meta's new AI research lab, which will also be joined by some of his colleagues. Meta appears to have adopted a strategy similar to that of companies such as Google and Microsoft, where they bring in outstanding artificial intelligence talents from startups and take large stakes in these companies rather than directly buying them. Multiple people familiar with the matter said that Meta is currently being examined by the US Federal Trade Commission due to antitrust charges, and the company does not want to further annoy regulators with the acquisition of Scale AI.

According to people familiar with the matter, Meta is finalizing a deal to invest $14 billion in Scale AI and has tapped Alexander Wang, the company's co-founder and CEO. As part of the deal, Meta will acquire 49% of the startup's shares, and Wang will help lead Meta's new AI research lab, which will also be joined by some of his colleagues. Meta appears to have adopted a strategy similar to that of companies such as Google and Microsoft, where they bring in outstanding artificial intelligence talents from startups and take large stakes in these companies rather than directly buying them. Multiple people familiar with the matter said that Meta is currently being examined by the US Federal Trade Commission due to antitrust charges, and the company does not want to further annoy regulators with the acquisition of Scale AI.