Meta invests $14.3B in Scale AI to fuel a new superintelligence lab—gaining infrastructure and leadership, but raising doubts about Scale’s future.

Meta is making its first major minority investment in an outside company as it tries to catch up to a growing field of artificial intelligence rivals.

Scale AI plans to promote Chief Strategy Officer Jason Droege to serve as its next chief executive officer following a multibillion-dollar investment from Meta Platforms Inc., according to two people familiar with the matter.