Scale AI

also referred to as: scale.ai

8 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jun 13, 2025 by Sam Lessin · across every show →

Everything said about Scale AI, oldest first

Jun 13, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Lessin: Scale AI competitors are already generating over $1 billion in revenue
“There are other people who do things that are very similar that do more than a billion.”
Sam Lessin Jun 13, 2025 ▶ 44:51 #103: Are Silicon Valley’s Mega-Deals Just Talent Grabs? · More or Less Podcast
Jun 13, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lessin: Alexandr Wang landed a huge early Facebook deal via BD
“And so, he got an enormous Facebook, like, content moderation-y, label-y type deal super early that no one thought he was gonna get just by working the BD.”
Sam Lessin Jun 13, 2025 ▶ 37:34 #103: Are Silicon Valley’s Mega-Deals Just Talent Grabs? · More or Less Podcast
Jun 13, 2025 negative
Disclosure
Lessin passed on Scale AI because he feared business development challenges
“Now, interestingly, the reason I didn't invest then, which was clearly a mistake, I clearly shouldn't, It's like, you're like, there's a lot of people doing this, and I was really worried that the number one problem was business development.”
Sam Lessin Jun 13, 2025 ▶ 37:12 #103: Are Silicon Valley’s Mega-Deals Just Talent Grabs? · More or Less Podcast
Jun 13, 2025 negative
Opinion
Morin: Data labeling has literally nothing to do with building AGI
“I mean, I get that it's like data quality in the age of LLMs is very valuable. But again, this has nothing to do with building AGI, like literally nothing.”
Dave Morin Jun 13, 2025 ▶ 35:40 #103: Are Silicon Valley’s Mega-Deals Just Talent Grabs? · More or Less Podcast
Jun 13, 2025 negative
Opinion
Morin: Meta structured its 49% Scale AI stake to avoid FTC scrutiny
“So technically an avoidance of the FTC stake.”
Dave Morin Jun 13, 2025 ▶ 40:17 #103: Are Silicon Valley’s Mega-Deals Just Talent Grabs? · More or Less Podcast
Jun 13, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Lessin: Meta is taking a $14.8B, 49% stake in Scale AI
“The information the next day had all the details of the 14.8 billion, the 49% ownership stake, and that Alexander Wang, the CEO of Scale.ai, Is now running a meta super intelligence lab.”
Jessica Lessin Jun 13, 2025 ▶ 32:53 #103: Are Silicon Valley’s Mega-Deals Just Talent Grabs? · More or Less Podcast
Jun 13, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Morin: Scale AI co-founder Lucy Guo retains a 5% stake
“So she has a five percent stake in the company.”
Brit Morin Jun 13, 2025 ▶ 1:08:37 #103: Are Silicon Valley’s Mega-Deals Just Talent Grabs? · More or Less Podcast
Jul 25, 2025
Insight
Sam Lessin: The best AI data strategy is intentionally showing wrong information
“I actually think the best strategy is just tell people wrong things. So they feel the need to correct you, right? So like, there's a whole neural path We're like, people will spend infinite attention on that very happily, right? If there's just an opportunity,…”
Sam Lessin Jul 25, 2025 ▶ 11:35 #109 OpenAI vs Google: The Real Business Model War Begins · More or Less Podcast
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