Not only Scale AI, but Meta also considered acquiring the company of Ilya, the former chief scientist of OpenAI.

Not Only Scale AI, Meta Also Considered Acquiring the Company of Ilya, the Former Chief Scientist of OpenAI

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Not Only Scale AI, Meta Also Considered Acquiring the Company of Ilya, the Former Chief Scientist of OpenAI

Before "buying" Alexandr Wang, the founder of Scale AI, for over $14 billion, Meta CEO Zuckerberg also set his sights on the new company of Ilya Sutskever, the former chief scientist of OpenAI. In early June, Meta finalized a $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI. If calculated as an acquisition, this deal would be Meta's second-largest in history, second only to the $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp in 2014. On June 19, CNBC reported that Zuckerberg's initial plan was much more radical than simply poaching. Earlier this year, Meta had attempted to directly acquire Safe... founded by Ilya Sutskever, the former chief scientist of OpenAI.