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Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s effort to scale up the company’s artificial-intelligence ambitions took their latest step forward with an investment in ScaleAI and the poaching of the the data-labeling AI startup’s founder.

Meta META is reportedly preparing to invest more than $10 billion in Scale AI, a startup providing high-quality labeled data to companies building next-generation AI models, including OpenAI and Microsoft MSFT. If finalized, the deal would rank among the largest private funding rounds in tech history, Bloomberg reports.

Google, Scale AI's biggest client, intends to shift its $200 million workload for human-labeled training data to rival companies following the Meta deal.