Meta Discussed Buying Perplexity Before Investing in Scale Meta Platforms Inc held discussions with artificial intelligence search startup Perplexity AI Inc about a possible takeover before moving ahead with a multibillion-dollar investment in Scale AI
Meta Explored Acquiring Perplexity Before Scale AI Tie‑Up Shortly after the collapse of the Perplexity talks, Meta confirmed a fourteen-point-three billion dollar investment in Scale AI That deal gave Meta a 49% stake in the data‑labeling startup Scale AI performs AI model training under the guise of cleaning and annotating huge amounts of data
Meta Weighed Acquiring Perplexity Before Backing Scale AI Sources familiar with the matter say Meta’s interest in Perplexity went beyond a passive investment The company considered an outright acquisition, in part to secure talent and accelerate its roadmap in AI-powered search While exact terms of the proposed acquisition were never finalized, the conversations did not lead to a deal
Meta Considered Perplexity Acquisition Before Backing Scale AI Meta Platforms Inc (META) engaged in unsuccessful acquisition talks with Perplexity AI Inc , valued at $14 billion, before investing $14 3 billion for a 49% stake in Scale AI CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Meta Mulled Buying Perplexity Before Investing in Scale AI Following the Perplexity detour, Meta decisively turned to Scale AI, a data-labeling leader with which it struck a $14 8–14 3 billion deal for a 49% stake The agreement, valued at roughly $29 billion post-deal, brings Scale’s cofounder and CEO Alexandr Wang into Meta’s “superintelligence” research initiative