Meta stock pops as Mark Zuckerberg poaches new recruits from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Meta's stock soared to a record high Monday after the company unveiled new hires for its “Superintelligence" team. Fortune · Jul 1, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg announces Meta Superintelligence Labs — with a battalion of AI gurus poached from OpenAI, Google, and DeepMind to try and secure an AGI win Mark Zuckerberg recently shared an internal memo announcing Meta Superintelligence Labs as he plays catch-up with OpenAI and Google in the AI race. Windows Central · Jul 1, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg overhauled Meta’s entire AI org in a risky, multibillion-dollar bet on ‘superintelligence’ Helmed by Alexandr Wang, Meta’s newly created Superintelligence Labs unifies the company’s sprawling AI efforts and raises the stakes for rival AI firms. Fortune · Jun 30, 2025
Meta Spending Big On AI Talent But Will It Pay Off? Mark Zuckerberg and Meta are spending billions of dollars for top talent to make up ground in the generative artificial intelligence race, sparking doubt about the wisdom of the spree. International Business Times · Jun 30, 2025
Analyst Sees Meta Hitting $800: What May Lead Shares to New Highs Wall Street is taking notice of Meta's latest moves. June upgrades suggest shares could reach new all-time highs and may even surpass $800 for the first time. MarketBeat · Jun 24, 2025
Meta Reportedly Tried To Buy AI Video Startup Runway Before $14 Billion Scale AI Bet: Report Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) held acquisition discussions with artificial intelligence video startup Runway before completing its $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI. Benzinga · Jun 24, 2025
A New Queen Of Green--Hard-Charging Tech Mogul Replaces Taylor Swift As The World's Youngest Self-Made Woman Billionaire Taylor Swift is the undisputed Queen of Pop, but she was recently bumped out of the top spot on a different list. Scale AI co-founder Lucy Guo has just replaced Swift as the world's youngest self-made female billionaire. According to Forbes, Guo is worth an astonishing $1.3 billion. Guo founded… Benzinga · Jun 23, 2025
Inside the rise of Alexandr Wang and Meta’s $14 billion bet that the MIT dropout will help bring AI supremacy Wang turned Scale AI into a vital piece of the AI revolution, and briefly claimed the title of youngest self-made billionaire in the process. Now Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg is paying up to bring him in-house. Fortune · Jun 22, 2025
Why Meta Stock Investors Should Watch Its Bold Bet on Scale AI Meta just dropped $14B on Scale AI to shake the competition and pursue AI profits. Much of its future now rests in the hands of a 28-year-old startup founder. MarketBeat · Jun 19, 2025
OpenAI plans to continue working with Scale AI despite rival Meta’s $14.3bn deal, CFO says Despite the $14.3 billion investment that is shaking up the AI landscape, OpenAI's CFO says the company plans to keep working with Scale AI. Fortune · Jun 16, 2025
Self-made billionaire college dropout Alexandr Wang signs $14.3 billion deal to bolster Meta’s AI efforts: ‘There’s a huge premium to naivete’ The agreement poaches the startup CEO from the company he founded, Scale AI, and doubles its valuation. Fortune · Jun 14, 2025
Quick Facts on Alexandr Wang: The 28-Year Old CEO Poached by Meta to Disrupt Global AI Strategy Scale AI plans to use the proceeds from Meta's investment to drive innovation and deepen relationships with key customers. International Business Times UK · Jun 13, 2025
Meta bets big on start-up Scale AI with €12 billion investment and hires its co-founder Scale AI has helped major tech companies such as OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft prepare the data they use to train AI models. Euronews · Jun 13, 2025
Meta Invests $14.3B For 49% Stake In Scale AI To Boost AI Capabilities This deal marks Meta's second-largest investment to date, following its $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp in 2014, and deepens the strategic partnership between the two companies International Business Times · Jun 13, 2025
The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2025 Meta invests in AI firm Scale and recruits its CEO for 'superintelligence' team Meta said Thursday it is making a large investment in artificial intelligence company Scale and recruiting its CEO Alexandr Wang to join a team developing “superintelligence” at the tech giant
The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2025 Meta to announce $15bn investment in bid to achieve computerised ‘superintelligence’ Mark Zuckerberg expected to announce Meta will buy 49% stake in Scale AI as race to dominate AI market speeds up
Fortune · Jun 10, 2025 Tech stocks inch up as Meta reportedly nears multi-billion dollar AI investment The S&P 500 rose 0.55% on Tuesday as investors await resolution of U.S.-China discussions.
Fortune · Jun 10, 2025 Meta’s ‘superintelligence’ effort with Scale AI founder highlights its scramble to keep pace in AI race Zuckerberg is tapping a rising AI power broker in a high-stakes move to revive Meta’s generative AI ambitions after its recent Llama 4 flop and ongoing AI talent departures.
Fortune · Mar 6, 2025 Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt sounds alarm over a ‘Manhattan Project’ for superintelligent AI Eric Schmidt, Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, and Center for AI Safety Director Dan Hendrycks are warning that treating the global AI arms race like the Manhattan Project could have dangerous consequences.
Fortune · Jan 29, 2025 How DeepSeek’s millennial cofounder became one of tech’s hottest players The man behind DeepSeek, Liang Wenfeng, remains largely a mystery.
Al Jazeera · Jan 29, 2025 China’s DeepSeek faces questions over claims after shaking up global tech Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey among tech leaders to cast doubts on Chinese startup’s claimed budget and chip use.
Fortune · Jan 28, 2025 Wall Street defiant after brutal tech selloff. ‘Market reaction is overdone’ Analysts say U.S. tech stocks will rebound because DeepSeek’s success will spur more investment into AI.
Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2025 Is DeepSeek really AI's 'Sputnik moment'? The hazy backstory to ChatGPT's Chinese rival A Chinese AI company has shaken up Wall Street and Silicon Valley, but is it really the disruptor people think?
The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2025 Who is behind DeepSeek and how did it achieve its AI ‘Sputnik moment’? Liang Wenfeng, who founded the firm just two years ago, says his aim is ‘not to lose money, nor to make huge profits’
The Guardian - US · Jan 28, 2025 Tech billionaires lost almost $100bn in stock market selloff sparked by DeepSeek Nvidia saw $600bn of its market value disappear, while its CEO, Jensen Huang, saw his net worth drop by nearly $21bn