Jason Droege

Meta's $14.3 billion acquisition of Scale AI is showing early signs of strain, with key executives departing after months and the company's TBD Labs preferring competitors' data over Scale AI's, citing quality concerns.

“Scale AI's CEO who explained the company's layoffs in July as due to shifts in market demand”

Scale AI launched Seal Showdown, a new benchmarking tool that uses real-world user feedback across 100+ countries and multiple professional domains to rank AI models, positioning itself as a more representative alternative to LMArena.

“Launched Seal Showdown, a new AI benchmarking tool to compete with LMArena, claiming it captures real preferences from actual users.”