Company Dossier
Scale AI
Scale AI builds data annotation pipelines, model-evaluation platforms, and government AI decision-support tools for defense and enterprise customers.
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Scale AI
Scale AI builds data annotation pipelines, model-evaluation platforms, and government AI decision-support tools for defense and enterprise customers.
Founded
2016
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Headcount
~1,2002025
Total raised
~$1.6B venture (pre-Meta); Meta paid ~$14.3B for 49% stakeJun 2025
Valuation
~$29BJun 2025, post-Meta transaction
Stage
Private — late-stage, majority-economic stake held by Meta
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The rest of the Scale AI file
- ▸Background — founding, ownership and how the company got to here
- ▸Financial footing — rounds, valuation, backers and who is exposed
- ▸Customers & contracts — live join against our Procurement Tracker
- ▸Leadership — who runs it, and the contact surface
- ▸Competitive position — who it beats, who beats it, and on what
- ▸Battlefield relevance — confirmed combat use versus company claim
- ▸Sources — every citation this file is built on
- ▸Analyst verdict — where the evidence is thin and what would change our call