Alexandr Wang dropped out of MIT to co-found Scale and was quickly lauded as one of Silicon Valley's most promising entrepreneurs, raising funding from blue-chip venture capital firms and achieving billionaire status in his 20s.

Meta is making a $14.3 billion investment in artificial intelligence company Scale and recruiting its CEO Alexandr Wang to join a team developing “superintelligence” at the tech giant.

Scale AI Inc. says its founder and Chief Executive Alexandr Wang is leaving to join Meta Platforms Inc., after confirming that the social media giant has made a “significant” investment in the company.