Meta’s Morphosis

The “$14.3 billion deal Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg made to buy up all the employees of hot AI startup Scale AI in 2025 — including well-connected wunderkid Alexandr Wang, who got about $5 billion as part of the deal” seemed a little over the top at the time. But if the downloads of the company’s new Muse AI agent (and the upswing of its marketcap) is any indication, the investment might pay off in a big way. Meta’s $14 billion AI bet looks like it’s finally paying off. (Of course, $14 billion in AI money is like seventy-five grand in human dollars…)