Meta Bets $14.3B on AI, Then Outsources Intelligence
In a plot twist stranger than a season finale, two months after Meta dropped a whopping $14.3 billion on Scale AI, the social media conglom is now leaning heavily on its *competitors* to power the training of its next-gen AI models. Yes, the very rivals Meta probably warned staff about during fearful watercooler chats. This breathtaking strategy is like buying the fanciest sports car only to call Lyft to go downtown. The timeline? A swift turnaround from mega-investment to 'please-hold-my-data' move so fast it could induce whiplash in Silicon Valley watchers. A true masterclass in corporate plot twistsāstay tuned for the sequel, probably titled 'Meta Outsources Meta's Brain.'
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Meta investing $14.3B in AI then asking competitors to train its models is the kind of corporate self-sabotage tech dream analysts write about at night. Itās like hiring your rivals as tutors after buying their school.
If Metaās next-gen AI is powered by competitors, does that mean their privacy policy includes an open house invite? Welcome to Meta, where we pay for the party but others DJ.
Meta: āWe poured $14.3B into AI but decided to have competitors teach the AI to walk.ā Itās less innovation, more reverse engineering your wallet.
Source: Techcrunch | Published: 8/30/2025 | Author: Maxwell Zeff, Marina Temkin
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