Overview
Scale AI provides high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power leading AI models, along with tools that help enterprises and governments build and oversee AI applications. It was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
Company-claimedPriced roundSeries F post-money
Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
4
Web sources
3
8 sources backing this record.View all →
Partnerships
Every company Scale AI has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Meta1× joint1 total
Most recent
- Meta x Scale AI (49% investment)2025-06-12with Metajust announced
Scale AI on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Jason Droege Interim CEOsince 2025-06-12secondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Alexandr Wangcofounderfounded 2016-07-01no longer at company
- Lucy Guocofounderfounded 2016-07-01no longer at company
Former / Previously (2)
- Alexandr Wang Co-founder and CEOsecondary-verified
- Lucy Guo Co-foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Scale AI.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Scale AI in third-party press
Mentioned on (4)
Registry pages whose text names Scale AI.
Companies (1)
People (3)
Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company Scale AI has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Meta x Scale AI (49% investment)2025-06-12with Metajust announced
Most-frequent partners
- 1Meta1× joint1 total
Funding rounds (2)
Scale AI’s 2 disclosed rounds, $15.3B in total, oldest to newest.
- Meta strategic investment2025-06-12
$14.3B(reported)
Investors: Meta (strategic)
- Series F2024-05-21
$1.0B · $13.8B post
Investors: Accel (lead), Amazon, Nvidia, Cisco Investments, Intel Capital, AMD Ventures
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdOct 10, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (8)
- https://scale.com/about
- https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/data-labeling-startup-scale-ai-raises-1b-as-valuation-doubles-to-13-8b/ · 2024-05-21
- https://scale.com/blog/scale-ai-announces-next-phase-of-company-evolution · 2025-06-12
- https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/data-labeling-startup-scale-ai-raises-1b-as-valuation-doubles-to-13-8b/ · 2024-05-21
- https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/12/scale-ai-founder-wang-announces-exit-for-meta-part-of-14-billion-deal.html · 2025-06-12
- https://scale.com/blog/scale-ai-series-f · 2024-05-21
- https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/data-labeling-startup-scale-ai-raises-1b-as-valuation-doubles-to-13-8b/ · 2024-05-21
- https://scale.com/blog/scale-ai-announces-next-phase-of-company-evolution · 2025-06-12
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 8 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-13
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-13
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Scale AI.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Scale AI from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/scale-ai.md
- RSS feed: /companies/scale-ai/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/e864cbda-33fb-417b-a698-f1ff16df97a8
- Revision history: /companies/scale-ai/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Scale AI against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Well-capitalized with $15.3B raised. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 17, 2026