Meta is investing $14.8 billion to acquire a 49% stake in Scale AI and build a “superintelligence” lab led by the company’s young founder, Alexandr Wang. This move marks a shift away from an open-source approach toward a closed model focused on controlling the training data that powers AI — a critical part of AI development.
With a team of around 50 top experts, Meta aims to outpace rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic. Once seen as a global competition, the AI race is now intensifying within Silicon Valley. Concerns about monopolies and lack of regulation are growing as Meta pushes for dominance in the AI-driven market.