Scale AI
AI data infrastructure and applications company that helps frontier model developers, enterprises, and governments build, evaluate, post-train, and deploy reliable AI systems. Its portfolio spans expert data, reinforcement-learning environments, model evaluation and red teaming, generative-AI platforms, public-sector decision support, and physical-AI data operations.
Key stats
- $15.9B
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- 19
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- 37
- Sep 22, 2026
- Products
Recent releases
Sep 22, 2026Scale and Google Cloud publish enterprise-agent reference architecturePartnership
Scale and Google Cloud published a joint architecture for deploying Scale’s GenAI Portfolio on Google Cloud with Gemini Enterprise, identity, governance, and cloud infrastructure.
Jul 30, 2026Francis deSouza appointed CEOLeadership change
Scale’s board appointed former Google Cloud and Illumina executive Francis deSouza as chief executive officer, effective August 10, 2026.
May 20, 2026Scale GenAI Platform added to GSA SchedulePartnership
Scale partnered with Carahsoft to make its GenAI Platform, test-and-evaluation capabilities, and deployment services available through U.S. government procurement schedules.
May 14, 2026Scale marks ten years in operationEvent
Scale marked its tenth anniversary, reporting more than 700 customers served, 15 billion human decisions applied to model development, work across 150 languages and locales, and over $1 billion paid to contributors.
May 7, 2026SWE Atlas completed with testing and refactoring evaluationsFeature update
Scale completed SWE Atlas by adding Test Writing and Refactoring alongside Codebase QnA, producing a 284-task software-engineering evaluation suite.
May 6, 2026Pentagon expands Scale enterprise agreement ceiling to $500 millionPartnership
The U.S. defense department increased the potential ceiling of its Scale production agreement from $100 million to $500 million following rapid adoption across military components.
May 1, 2026Scale signs Department of Energy Genesis Mission MOUPartnership
Scale signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Energy to explore AI-ready scientific data infrastructure, evaluations, and model applications for the Genesis Mission.
Apr 20, 2026Scale acquires ICG SolutionsAcquisition
Scale acquired ICG Solutions and its LUX real-time streaming-data analytics platform to expand its national-security AI stack; ICG initially remained a wholly owned subsidiary.
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Models
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Platforms & products
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| Platform | Human Data | Jan 2017 | active | |
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Sources
- Sep 22, 2026 · Scale and Google Cloud publish enterprise-agent reference architectureScale AI
- Jul 30, 2026 · Francis deSouza appointed CEOScale AI
- May 20, 2026 · Scale GenAI Platform added to GSA ScheduleScale AI
- May 14, 2026 · Scale marks ten years in operationScale AI
- May 7, 2026 · SWE Atlas completed with testing and refactoring evaluationsScale AI
- May 6, 2026 · Pentagon expands Scale enterprise agreement ceiling to $500 millionScale AI
- May 1, 2026 · Scale signs Department of Energy Genesis Mission MOUScale AI
- Apr 20, 2026 · Scale acquires ICG SolutionsScale AI
- Mar 23, 2026 · MultiChallenge evaluation pipeline updatedScale Labs
- Mar 16, 2026 · Scale partners with Universal Robots for industrial physical AIScale AI
- Mar 9, 2026 · Agentic Rubrics introducedScale AI
- Mar 9, 2026 · VeRO evaluation framework introducedScale AI
- Mar 9, 2026 · Scale Labs launchedScale AI
- Mar 4, 2026 · SWE Atlas launches with Codebase QnAScale AI
- Feb 27, 2026 · Scale RL Environments launchedScale AI
- Jan 23, 2026 · Long-Horizon Augmented Workflows releasedScale Labs
- Jan 22, 2026 · Scale reports strongest financial year with over $1 billion in new businessScale AI
- Dec 1, 2025 · ALIF government AI fluency program launches in QatarScale AI
- Nov 5, 2025 · Scale expands offices across four global hubsScale AI
- Sep 19, 2025 · MCP Atlas releasedScale AI
- Sep 19, 2025 · Agentic Leaderboards launchedScale AI
- Sep 19, 2025 · SWE-Bench Pro releasedScale AI
- Sep 1, 2025 · Scale updates mission around reliable AI systemsScale AI
- Sep 1, 2025 · Pentagon awards Scale enterprise agreement with $100 million ceilingScale AI
- Jul 16, 2025 · Scale restructures generative-AI data businessTechCrunch
- Jun 12, 2025 · Meta invests $14.3 billion in Scale AI at valuation over $29 billionScale AI
- Jun 12, 2025 · Alexandr Wang moves to Meta; Jason Droege becomes interim CEOScale AI
- Jun 1, 2025 · Physical AI Data Engine introducedScale AI
- Mar 5, 2025 · Scale selected to lead Project ThunderforgeScale AI
- Feb 23, 2025 · Scale signs five-year Qatar government AI partnershipScale AI
- Feb 11, 2025 · MASK belief-alignment benchmark releasedScale AI
- Feb 11, 2025 · FORTRESS benchmark releasedScale Labs
- Jan 23, 2025 · Humanity's Last Exam results and benchmark releasedScale AI
- Jan 15, 2025 · Scale expands frontier evaluation analyticsScale AI
- Nov 4, 2024 · Defense Llama releasedScale AI
- Sep 16, 2024 · Scale and Center for AI Safety develop Humanity's Last ExamScale AI
- Sep 1, 2024 · EnigmaEval benchmark releasedScale AI
- Aug 1, 2024 · MultiChallenge benchmark releasedScale AI
- May 29, 2024 · Scale Evaluation reaches general availabilityScale AI
- May 29, 2024 · SEAL Leaderboards launchedScale AI
- May 21, 2024 · Series F financing at $13.8 billion valuationScale AI
- Jan 1, 2024 · Scale expands GenAI Platform into custom enterprise agentsScale AI
- Nov 8, 2023 · SEAL research lab launchedScale AI
- Aug 24, 2023 · OpenAI selects Scale as preferred fine-tuning partnerScale AI
- Aug 11, 2023 · Scale supports first public generative-AI red-team challenge at DEF CONScale AI
- Aug 1, 2023 · Scale introduces LLM test and evaluation platformScale AI
- May 10, 2023 · Scale Enterprise Generative AI Platform launchedScale AI
- May 10, 2023 · Scale Donovan launchedScale AI
- May 10, 2023 · Donovan deployed on classified U.S. Army networkScale AI
- Apr 26, 2023 · Anthropic and Scale AI announce enterprise partnershipScale AI
- Jan 10, 2023 · Scale reduces workforce by 20 percentTechCrunch
- Jan 1, 2023 · Outlier expert contributor platform launchedOutlier
- Jan 27, 2022 · Scale expands into RLHF and generative-AI dataScale AI
- Jan 24, 2022 · Scale wins federal AI contract vehicle worth up to $250 millionU.S. Department of Defense
- Nov 3, 2021 · Scale acquires SiaSearchTechCrunch
- Oct 8, 2021 · Scale Rapid reaches general availabilityScale AI
- Aug 1, 2021 · Scale opens AI Center in St. LouisScale AI
- Apr 13, 2021 · Series E funding at $7.3 billion valuationScale AI
- Dec 1, 2020 · Scale acquires Helia AIScale AI
- Dec 1, 2020 · Series D funding above $3.5 billion valuationScale AI
- Aug 1, 2020 · Nucleus dataset-management workspace releasedScale AI
- Aug 1, 2020 · Scale Nucleus launchedScale AI
- Aug 1, 2020 · Scale Rapid enters early accessScale AI
- Jul 1, 2020 · Scale Mapping launchedScale AI
- Jan 1, 2020 · Scale begins formal U.S. defense workScale AI
- Aug 5, 2019 · Series C funding at over $1 billion valuationScale AI
- Jan 1, 2019 · Scale Studio introduced for managed annotation projectsScale AI
- Aug 8, 2018 · Scale expands data engine for autonomous vehiclesScale AI
- Aug 8, 2018 · Series B funding roundScale AI
- Jul 16, 2017 · Series A funding roundScale AI
- Jan 1, 2017 · Scale establishes global contributor networkRemotasks
- Jan 1, 2017 · Remotasks contributor platform launchedRemotasks
- Jul 25, 2016 · Scale Data Engine begins operationsY Combinator
- Jul 25, 2016 · Scale API launchedTechCrunch
- Jun 1, 2016 · Scale founded and enters Y CombinatorY Combinator
* Market cap / valuation. Company values are AI-attributed: the latest market cap or valuation × the share attributed to AI (100% for pure AI companies). Methodology

