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426 Meta talking to Scale AI for $10bn investment: Is AI's largest private funding deal coming soon?

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Firstpost @ Firstpost Tech · 06/08/2025 04:46 EDT

Meta talking to Scale AI for $10bn investment: Is AI's largest private funding deal coming soon?

Meta’s potential investment would be its largest external AI outlay so far. Unlike its peers, the tech giant has largely relied on internal research and open-source AI development

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