Meta Platforms(US:META) Sou Hu Cai Jing·2025-06-09 17:19Group 1 - Meta is in discussions with Scale AI for a potential investment of up to or exceeding $10 billion, which could be its largest AI investment to date and one of the largest private financing cases globally [2] - Scale AI, founded in 2016 by Alexandr Wang, specializes in providing high-quality data annotation services for AI models, serving major clients like Microsoft and OpenAI [3] - In 2023, Scale AI achieved revenue of $870 million and is projected to exceed $2 billion in 2024, with a previous funding round in which Meta participated valuing the company at $13.8 billion [4] Group 2 - Scale AI has developed a military AI model called "Defense Llama" based on Meta's Llama 3, indicating a deep technical collaboration between the two companies [5] - Meta's significant investment in Scale AI reflects its strategy to gain a strong foothold in the data supply chain, which is crucial for training AI models and optimizing algorithms [6] - The potential $10 billion investment underscores Meta's commitment to AI and could significantly reshape its AI strategy and the global AI industry landscape [7]