While we already knew that artificial intelligence had become one of Meta's priorities, especially since the release of the Meta AI application last April, Mark Zuckerberg's company could assert itself more against its competitors...
Indeed, even if OpenAI is still far ahead of its competitors, Meta does not intend to admit defeat, and could make a major investment in the field of artificial intelligence. Having allocated $65 billion to develop AI projects, Meta could soon invest in Scale AI...
The largest financial investment in history for AI
According to information from Bloomberg, in an article written by David Carnevalli, Meta could invest more than $10 billion in Scale AI, a company responsible for providing data to feed and train artificial intelligence.
Among its current clients, the company already counts big names like OpenAI, Microsoft, Anthropic, and… Meta. Meta and Scale AI had already collaborated together last November, as part of the Defense Llama project, an LLM aiming to support the US military.
But if this investment in Alexandr Wang's company is surprising, it is not only for its turnover of $870 million last year, but for the staggering amount that Meta would be offering.
By investing $10 billion, this would currently represent the largest financial investment by a company operating in the field of artificial intelligence, but also one of the largest financial investments in all sectors combined.
A valuation of $25 billion
Although this investment from Meta remains very theoretical for the moment, the two companies have not yet responded publicly to the various rumors, this could be explained by Scale AI's valuation.
After achieving record revenue in 2024, the company's CEO plans to exceed $2 billion by 2025. The company, founded in 2016, has always positioned itself at the forefront of AI, even joining OpenAI, Meta, and Google to offer more "ethical" AI.
And while Meta had already invested $1 billion in May 2024, allowing Scale AI to be valued at $13.8 billion, this new investment could change everything for the company.
At the beginning of the year, the company revised its valuation to $25 billion. If this agreement between the two companies is confirmed, this figure could skyrocket, in addition to further helping Meta compete with OpenAI.
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