Meta Approached Multiple AI Startups for Potential Acquisition

The company’s aggressive push reflects growing frustration with the pace of its own AI advancements and intensifies the battle for elite AI talent amid fierce competition from OpenAI, Google and others.Meta succeeded in securing a $14.3 billion deal for 49% of Scale AI and hired its CEO, Alexandr Wang, to lead its superintelligence efforts.Meta approached several top AI startups — including Perplexity AI, Runway and Safe Superintelligence — but most declined its offers.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is on an arti ...