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Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Spend $15 Billion on Scale AI's Alexandr Wang
Alexandr Wang cofounded Scale AI. He's about to become a very expensive hire at Meta.
You can argue, as Semafor's Reed Albergotti does, that the $15 billion price tag Zuckerberg is paying isn't really an acquihire, since at least some of that money may be considered an advance on future work Scale AI will do for Meta. He is "essentially a business guy with technical chops, not the kind of elite researcher Zuckerberg recently had been lavishing with attention — and offers of gigantic paydays, The Information reports. "His talents lie in promoting the company rather than managing its staff or furthering AI research, according to multiple people who have worked with him," per the Financial Times.
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