Meta’s big investment on scale AI is breaking some customers at startup.
Reuters reported that Google had planned to pay $ 200 million this year to the scale but is now conversing with its competitors and Plan to cut the relationshipThe Microsoft is also reported to be trying to pull back, and the Open has made similar decisions a few months ago, though its CFO says the company will continue to work on scales as one of many vendors.
Self-driving car companies and US governments include on scale customers, but Reuters says its largest clients are the generator AI companies seeking access to specially knowledgeable workers who can provide data to training models.
Google refused to comment in the report. A scale spokesman refuses to comment on the company’s relationship with Google, but he told TechCrunch that the scale business was strong and it would continue to work as an independent company that secured its customers’ data.
The previous report showed that the Meta company had invested 14.3 billion dollars for 49% partnerships, the scale CEO Alexandra Wang had joined the Meta to lead the company’s efforts to develop “Superinterest”.