How much has Scale AI raised?
Scale AI has raised more than $15 billion including Meta's 2025 strategic investment of about $14.3 billion for a 49% stake, which valued Scale around $29 billion.
- Total raised
- $15B+ incl. Meta
- Disclosed rounds
- Seed through Meta strategic
- Latest round
- $14.3B Meta investment
- Latest valuation
- ~$29B
- First raised
- 2016
- Notable backer
- Meta
Scale AI's funding rounds
Scale's valuation rose with the importance of proprietary data for frontier AI.
- 2016-2018Seed and Series A/BEarly rounds funded data-labeling operations for computer vision and autonomy.
- 2019Series C - unicorn valuation$100M round.
- 2020Series D - ~$3.5B valuation$155M round.
- 2021Series E - ~$7.3B valuation$325M round.
- 2024Series F - ~$13.8B valuation$1B round.
- 2025Meta investment - ~$29B valuation$14.3B strategic investment for a 49% stake.
How much has Scale AI raised in total?
Scale AI has raised more than $15 billion including Meta's strategic investment. Before Meta, Scale had raised more than $1 billion in venture capital.
Who are Scale AI's investors?
Backers include Accel, Founders Fund, Tiger Global, Coatue, Spark Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, Y Combinator, and Meta. Meta became the defining strategic investor in 2025.
Why did the valuation move?
The valuation rose because high-quality data, evaluation, and RLHF became bottlenecks for frontier AI models. Meta's investment reflected strategic urgency to secure data and talent.
Is Scale AI profitable, and will it IPO?
Scale has not publicly disclosed audited profitability or an IPO timeline. The Meta transaction reduced immediate IPO pressure and changed the strategic path.
What does Scale AI's funding mean if you sell into them?
Scale is a major AI infrastructure and government buyer, but the Meta relationship may reshape priorities. Strong pitches include secure data operations, workforce quality, model evaluation, government compliance, and cloud cost control.
As of June 2026.Sources:Reuters - Meta investmentScale AI WikipediaScale
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