Meta Discusses Largest AI Investment Deal
Date: 2025-06-09 Author: Oliver Abernathy Categories: BUSINESS
Meta Corporation is actively negotiating an investment of over $10 billion in the Scale AI startup, one of the leading players in the preparation of data for artificial intelligence, Bloomberg reports, citing sources familiar with the situation. If the agreement is successfully concluded, this will be one of the largest private investments in the history of the AI sector.
This move will be unusual for Meta, which previously focused on its own technologies. However, competition with giants like Microsoft and Amazon, which have already invested in OpenAI and Anthropic, is prompting the company to reconsider its strategy. This is especially relevant against the backdrop of Meta's limited capabilities in the field of cloud computing, which its rivals have.
Scale AI, previously valued at $14 billion, specializes in annotating and structuring data needed to train AI models. By the end of 2024, the company's revenue reached $870 million, and according to forecasts, it may double by the end of 2025. Analysts suggest that the new valuation of the startup may exceed $25 billion.
Meta and Scale AI are already working closely together. In particular, they are working on the Defense Llama project - a military version of the Llama language model adapted to the needs of the US armed forces. Meta is also involved in joint initiatives with Anduril to create AI-enabled augmented reality headsets.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's plans to invest up to $65 billion in artificial intelligence by 2025 underscore the seriousness of the corporation's intentions to strengthen its position in the fast-growing sector. The investment in Scale AI could play a key role in achieving these goals.
Experts note that Meta is striving to catch up and take a leading position in the field of AI, despite a late start compared to competitors. The Scale AI deal could be a major milestone in this race for technological supremacy.
Earlier, it was reported that OpenAI acquired a startup founded by a former Apple chief designer for $6.5 billion, which also highlights the growing interest of the largest tech companies in strategic investments in AI infrastructure.
