Meta Platforms has invested $14b for a 49% non-voting stake in Scale AI, marking the most expensive "acqui-hire" in tech history. Scale AI is renowned for data labeling, the crucial process of identifying and tagging raw data (like images, text, or audio) to make it usable for training AI models. Alexandr Wang, Scale AI's 28-year-old CEO, will now lead Meta's new "Superintelligence" lab, reporting directly to Mark Zuckerberg. This strategic move highlights Meta's aggressive push to dominate AI and represents a shift towards acquiring talent and critical infrastructure rather than corporate takeovers.