According to Openai’s CFO, Openai plans to continue working with Scale AI despite a $14.3 billion deal from rival Meta.
- in spite of Meta’s Scale $14.3 billion investment in AI shakes the AI landscapeAccording to CFO Sarah Friar, Openai will continue to work with startups. Friar emphasized the importance of maintaining a diverse vendor ecosystem to support AI development. On the other hand, I like other important customers of Scale Google, Microsoftand Xai is reportedly looking to distance himself from the startup.
Openai CFO Sarah Friar says the company will continue to work with Scale AI despite the startup’s recent partnership with billion-dollar rivals Meta.
“We don’t just buy from scales,” Frier said at the Viva Technology Conference in Paris. “We work with many vendors on the frontline of data.”
“As the models become smarter, you go where you need real expertise… academics and experts tell us that they’re finding something novel in their space,” she said. “We don’t want to start our ecosystems with ice and ice because acquisitions happen. I think when we blow each other’s ice off, it actually slows down the pace of innovation.”
Founded in 2016, Scale AI provides a wealth of labeled training data and works with several major AI companies, including Google, Microsoft, Openai and Meta. On Thursday, Meta announced it would invest $14.3 billion in 49% stake in the startup. This is a major move in Meta’s AI capabilities, but some of the major technician competitors reportedly were wary of using scale services.
Scale is intended to continue operating as an independent business, but has a deeper commercial connection with Meta. Alexandr Wang, the company’s CEO, will join Meta’s team working on “Superintelligence” and will be replaced by Jason Droege as interim CEO. Wang remained on the board of directors of scale and in a memo to employees he said he would poach several “scalien” employees to take him to Meta, but he did not directly identify them.
Scale’s biggest customer, Google plans to cut its relationship with AI data label startups in the wake of meta transactions. According to To report from Reuters, Tech Giant has already been talking to some of its rivals at scale to shift much of its workload, representing the significant losses of the startup’s business, currently at $29 billion. Google did not respond immediately to requests for comment created luck.
Microsoft and Elon Musk’s Xai are reportedly trying to pull back from size after a high-profile deal, and despite Friar’s comments, Openai reportedly made a similar decision a few months ago to pull back some of its business with the startup.
Openai representatives did not respond immediately to requests for comments made by luck Other than normal working hours.
Meta’s $14.3 billion AI bet scale
A deal with Meta’s Scale AI Bolsters Meta’s AI credentials this year after Zuckerberg reaffirmed its company’s commitment to building human intelligence and technology that surpasses Meta’s rivals.
Meta has ousted its consumer-oriented AI rivals and chose to release the Llama model as open source, unlike competitors such as Google and Openai. Tech Giant’s recent llama 4 ai model I got lukewarm water response From developers, the company has not yet released its most advanced model, the Llama 4 Behemoth. The Giants’ pause was due to concerns from leadership that the model did not move forward well with previous models; Wall Street Journal It has been reported.
The main return from Zuckerberg’s investment appears to be Wang. 28 years old will be participating in aIt has been reported Meta’s 50-person super-intelligence AI team aims to beat rivals such as Google and Openai to artificial general information (AGI). According to Bloomberg, Zuckerberg is hiring the team personally after the CEO was disappointed by his response to the Llama 4.
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