Meta Invests $14.3B in Scale AI to Kick-Start Superintelligence Lab

Re:Meta Invests $14.3B in Scale AI to Kick-Start Superintell... by unshavedyak on Friday June 13, 2025 @02:01PM (#44270692)

Power struggles like this are weird to me. Is kicking the board likely to succeed at 49%? If so it feels like the control percentage isn't the primary factor in actual control.

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Re:Meta Invests $14.3B in Scale AI to Kick-Start Superintell... by pixl97 on Friday June 13, 2025 @02:41PM (#44271065)

You only need to convince 2% of the other stakeholders to get your way.

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Re:Meta Invests $14.3B in Scale AI to Kick-Start Superintell... by rlt on Saturday June 14, 2025 @02:04AM (#44274531)

They don’t have voting power.

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Re:Meta Invests $14.3B in Scale AI to Kick-Start Superintell... by flyinglizard on Friday June 13, 2025 @05:07PM (#44272269)

At 49% I'm certain they would become the largest shareholder, by far. Then allying with another smaller shareholder to get majority - especially as you are Meta and can repay in various ways - is trivial. This is control, in all forms but name.

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Re:Meta Invests $14.3B in Scale AI to Kick-Start Superintell... by tyre on Saturday June 14, 2025 @01:18AM (#44274357)

another shareholder, one of the largest, is the now-former-CEO who now works at Meta. They have full control.

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Re:Meta Invests $14.3B in Scale AI to Kick-Start Superintell... by delusional on Saturday June 14, 2025 @02:56AM (#44274702)

There's a lot of things shareholders can do to screw over other shareholders. Smaller shareholders are at least somewhat likely to follow along with the largest shareholder, just to avoid becoming their enemies and getting squeezed out.

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