I also found out about that yesterday and came across some...

I also found out about that yesterday and came across some interesting comments from various news outlets. Hopefully, Ryan takes this opportunity to win over more customers.

https://time.com/7293552/meta-scale-ai-workers/
Meta’s investment also calls into question whether Scale AI will continue supplying data to OpenAI and Google, two of its major clients. In the increasingly competitive AI landscape, observers say Meta may see value in cutting off its rivals from annotated data — an essential means of making AI systems smarter.“By buying up access to Scale AI, could Meta deny access to that platform and that avenue for data annotation by other competitors?” says Cant.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2025/06/12/scale-ais-business-could-collapse-if-meta-buys-a-stake-and-hires-its-ceo/
OpenAI, one of its most prominent customers, has already been winding down its work with Scale, according to four sources with knowledge of its business; two sources said this has been happening for months and OpenAI has been vetting potential new partners.

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/meta-finalizes-investment-scale-ai-valuing-startup-29-billion-2025-06-13/
Despite the large investment sum, the deal might not be all good for Scale.Many AI labs that are clients of Scale could decide to discontinue using its services if they were to worry, that since Wang still sits on Scale's board, Meta might obtain an inside track into rivals' priorities around data.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/11/can-scale-ai-and-alexandr-wang-reignite-metas-ai-efforts/
It’s possible that Meta and Wang’s relationship could scare off other AI labs that have traditionally worked with Scale AI. If so, this deal could be a boon for Scale AI’s competitors, such as Turing, Surge AI, and even nonconventional data providers such as the recently launched LM Arena.