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Conceptual art of Meta building its own data pipeline, causing a rift with data partner Scale AI, symbolizing vertical integration.

Meta's Vertical AI Strategy Fractures Scale AI Partnership

By Nick Allyn4 min read

Meta’s strategic shift toward AI self-sufficiency is creating a fundamental rift with key data partner Scale AI. The social media giant’s construction of sophisticated in-house data pipelines for training its Llama 3 models, coupled with a growing industry-wide shift toward synthetic data, signals a significant change in how big tech manages the AI supply chain.