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Scale AI

Scale AI sells AI data labeling, model evaluation and enterprise and government AI application platforms to AI labs, enterprises and government agencies.

ARR
$1B
as of Jun 2026
Employees
~900
as of Jun 2026
Valuation
$29B
29× ARR
ARR / employee
$1M
revenue efficiency
About Scale AI

Scale AI, founded in 2016, provides training and evaluation data (human labeling, RLHF, red-teaming), a generative AI platform and AI agent applications. Customers include AI labs, enterprises such as EY and Mayo Clinic, and US and allied government and defense agencies. It earns revenue from data-labeling services and from enterprise and government application contracts. Revenue was about $870M in 2024, and CEO Jason Droege has projected more than $1B for 2026. In June 2025 Meta paid about $14.3B for a 49% non-voting stake at a roughly $29B valuation, and founder Alexandr Wang left to join Meta.

Investors · 20

LeadMetaCorporate16 partners on file
BoardAccelVenture capital· Daniel Levine (Partner at Accel (reported in 2026 to be stepping back from the firm))106 partners on file
BoardIndex VenturesVenture capital· Mike Volpi (Partner at Index Ventures)26 partners on file
InvestorAccelVenture capital106 partners on file
InvestorAmazonCorporate17 partners on file
InvestorAMD VenturesCorporate15 partners on file
InvestorCisco InvestmentsCorporate12 partners on file
InvestorCoatueHedge / crossover fund14 partners on file
InvestorDFJ GrowthVenture capital17 partners on file
InvestorDragoneerVenture capital17 partners on file
InvestorFounders FundVenture capital23 partners on file
InvestorGreenoaksVenture capital12 partners on file
InvestorIndex VenturesVenture capital26 partners on file
InvestorIntel CapitalCorporate17 partners on file
InvestorNvidiaCorporate14 partners on file
InvestorServiceNow VenturesCorporate14 partners on file
InvestorSpark CapitalVenture capital15 partners on file
InvestorThrive CapitalVenture capital19 partners on file
InvestorTiger GlobalPrivate equity30 partners on file
InvestorWCM Investment ManagementVenture capital3 partners on file
InvestorWellington ManagementAsset manager / other16 partners on file
InvestorY CombinatorAccelerator24 partners on file
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Scale AIdetails →49% stakeJun 12
Meta (acquirer) · AI data
$14.3B
val. $29B
16× price/ARR

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