Mark Zuckerberg's biggest bet on Meta AI will ride on the back of a fellow dropout who has dazzled Silicon Valley over the last decade.

Meta is investing heavily in Scale AI, valuing the startup at over $29 billion, to accelerate its AI ambitions. This move brings Scale AI's 28-year-old CEO, Alexandr Wang, to the forefront of Meta's new research lab focused on creating artificial superintelligence.

Alexandr Wang finds himself at the centre of a potential $15 billion shake-up as Meta looks to regain its competitive edge. But is artificial superintelligence the answer?

Meta invests $14.3B in Scale AI to fuel a new superintelligence lab—gaining infrastructure and leadership, but raising doubts about Scale’s future.

After dropping out of MIT, Wang founded Scale at the age of 19. Last year, the company was valued at nearly $14 billion. Meta, which owns and operates Facebook and Instagram—as well as Threads, Messenger,

With Scale AI founder and CEO Alexandr Wang headed to Meta for high-profile role in artificial intelligence, the startup is promoting its strategy head.

Meta has struck a $15 billion deal for a 49% stake in Scale AI, a fast-growing data-labelling startup led by 28-year-old CEO Alexandr Wang. The move puts Wang—once the worlds youngest self-made billionaire—at the helm of Metas new superintelligence research unit.

The AI startup’s biggest clients, which include OpenAI and Google, won’t likely want to trust their data to a company almost half owned by Mark Zuckerberg’s tech empire.