Alexandr Wang

Meta strikes licensing deal with Midjourney

Meta strikes licensing deal with Midjourney

25 Aug 2025, 12:38 PM

Last month, Meta struck a deal to acquire PlayAI, a voice technology startup.

Scale AI fires 14% employees after Meta

Scale AI fires 14% employees after Meta's mega investment

17 Jul 2025, 11:49 AM

The restructuring will make Scale AI more nimble; and allow it to serve the customers better, the company's interim CEO Jason Droege wrote to employees.

Meta hires Apple

Meta hires Apple's top AI executive to beef up superintelligence team: report

08 Jul 2025, 17:59 PM

Ruoming Pang had joined Apple in 2021 and in his current role was leading the foundation model team at the tech giant.

Google plans to snap ties with Scale AI after Meta

Google plans to snap ties with Scale AI after Meta's "significant" investment

16 Jun 2025, 18:20 PM

Google had planned to invest about $200 million in Scale AI, but Meta's investment in the data-labeling startup may have given it cold feet.

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