Scale AI, an artificial intelligence start-up, has built a business by labeling and culling data to make it easier to use to train A.I. systems.

Meta is close to a deal to invest $14 billion in data-labeling startup Scale AI, CNBC cited people familiar with the matter. It was reported that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is so frustrated with the Facebook parent’s standing in AI that he’s willing to spending billions of dollars to convince Scale AI founder and CEO Alexander Wang to join his company.

They are co-workers to be, they are both college dropouts-turned billionaire tech founders and they both have recently steered their public images toward wherever the political winds have blown. With Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s big investment in Alexandr Wang’s Scale AI,