Meta has acquired voice AI startup PlayAI to strengthen its Superintelligence Labs and accelerate development of natural-sounding voice tech across AI characters, wearables, and content creation.

Baird analyst Colin Sebastian joins the GeekWire Podcast to discuss Amazon, Google, and Meta’s AI strategies, tech investing ...

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

Meta Platforms Company Overview Meta Platforms (META), the world’s largest social media platform operator, will report earnings on Wednesday, April 30th, after the stock market close. Evolving ...

As part of the investment, Scale CEO and co-founder Alexandr Wang is set to take on a new role at Meta on its AI team. Wang will join the company’s “superintelligence” unit, focused on ...

Meta’s META investment values ScaleAI at more than $29 billion, ScaleAI said in a blog post on Thursday, while Bloomberg reported that the value of the Facebook and Instagram parent company’s ...

Meta is on a relentless pursuit for AI specialists, with remuneration packages that outstrip those of professional sports ...

Underappreciated Scale AI Investment Threats. Meta’s $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI in exchange for a 49% stake in the start-up marks its largest capital deployment in over a decade.

It was reported earlier this month that Meta agreed to take a 49% stake in Scale AI for $14.8 billion and bring the startup’s CEO Alexandr Wang over to lead a new “superintelligence” lab.

Meta's $15 billion investment in Scale AI and a new superintelligence lab are its attempts to jump past the efforts of Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and others.