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đź“ť Meta is considering a multi-billion-dollar investment in Scale AI
Liam Gill
June 10, 2025
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Meta is reportedly in talks to invest over $10 billion in Scale AI, marking what could be its largest external AI investment and one of the biggest private funding rounds ever. Scale AI, which provides data labelling services to AI giants like Microsoft and OpenAI, brought in $870 million last year and expects $2 billion in revenue this year. The company has faced scrutiny over labour practices, but recently saw a U.S. Department of Labour probe dropped. Meta, already a participant in Scale’s $1B Series F round, is deepening ties as Scale expands offerings like Defense Llama, a military-focused AI model built on Meta’s Llama 3.
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Seed math is broken
Median post-money at seed last year: $14.8M (Carta)
Seed-to-A conversion rate: 13% (Carta)That implies a risk-adjusted A valuation of $114M
But the median post-money at A? Just $56M(It’s actually worse once you factor in option pool refresh and post-seed
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