Meta considers investing more than $10 billion in ScaleAI

according to sources, Meta Platforms (META.O) is in talks to invest in the artificial intelligence startup Scale AI, with the financing value expected to exceed $10 billion, making it one of the largest private enterprise financing activities in history. Sources said that the terms of the deal have not been finalized and may still change. Scale AI provides data labeling services to help companies train machine learning models and has become a major beneficiary of the generative artificial intelligence trend, with clients including Microsoft (MSFT.O) and OpenAI. The startup's previous round of financing, valued at around $14 billion, was in 2024, with support from Meta and Microsoft. Earlier this year, media reports stated that Scale AI was in negotiations for a $25 billion acquisition offer.