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CNBC, 2025-06-18; retrieved 2026-09-15 tier 4 press (primary)confirmed

Scale AI not winding down following Meta deal, interim CEO says

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/18/scale-ai-not-winding-down-following-meta-deal-interim-ceo-says.html

Meta 49% stake after $14.3B investment; interim CEO Jason Droege; Wang to Meta. [verify 2026-09-15 grok-pass] Full slug .../scale-ai-not-winding-down-following-meta-deal-interim-ceo-says.html. Meta $14.3B for 49%; Droege: 'unequivocally an independent company'. [verify 2026-09-15] independently read via browser task: 'Meta has a 49% stake in Scale AI after investing $14.3 billion into the startup' (CNBC, Jun 18 2025). 49% non-voting; deal closed the prior week; founder Alexandr Wang joined Meta.

Signals citing this source

  • Center for AI Safety, X (against): Co-produced Humanity's Last Exam with Scale AI, a Meta-owned vendor.
  • US CAISI (NIST), P (against): Authorized Scale AI, a company 49% owned by Meta, to run evaluations on its behalf.
  • US CAISI (NIST), X (against): CAISI partnered with Scale AI in February 2025 to jointly develop evaluation methods for frontier models, and authorized Scale SEAL as a third-party evaluator; Meta has held 49% of Scale AI since June 2025.
  • Scale AI (SEAL / Scale Labs), F (against): Nearly half owned by Meta, itself a frontier developer.“Meta has a 49% stake in Scale after its $14.3 billion investment”
  • Scale AI (SEAL / Scale Labs), X (against): Sells data and evaluation services to labs.“Meta has been one of Scale AI's biggest customers”
  • Scale AI (SEAL / Scale Labs), P (against): Leadership moved to Meta with the 2025 investment.“a deal that included the departure of Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang for the social media company”
  • Scale AI (SEAL / Scale Labs), F (against): Meta paid $14.3B for a 49% non-voting stake in June 2025; the founder moved to Meta.“Meta has a 49% stake in Scale after its $14.3 billion investment”
  • Scale AI (SEAL / Scale Labs), G (against): Meta holds a 49% stake after a $14.3B investment; the founder left for Meta and an interim CEO was named; Google, OpenAI and xAI reportedly reduced engagements.“Meta has a 49% stake in Scale AI after investing $14.3 billion”

Ledger rows citing this URL

  • T52 49% non-voting stake confirmed
  • R92 principal at Scale AI (SEAL) unaudited