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Scale AI
Private
Scale AI is the labeling shop. Meta took a large stake and the company is still independent on paper, based in San Francisco.
- Site
- scale.com
- Who
- Alexandr Wang, CEO
- Last reported post-money
- $29B
- As of
- June 2025
- Round
- Mark around the Meta investment.
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