Meta just invested more than $14 billion into data labeling start-up Scale AI, acquiring a 49% equity stake in the process.

Top AI startup deals in 2025? Meta paid $14.3 billion for a stake in Scale AI, and OpenAI raked in a $40 billion round. Here's what to know about AI investing.

Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to invest hundreds of billions of dollars over the next several years to build a series of massive artificial intelligence (AI) data centers — each with power demands measured in gigawatts — as part of the company's accelerating push toward developing superintelligence.

Meta deepens its AI wearables push with a $3.51 billion stake in EssilorLuxottica, aiming to expand smart glasses production and strengthen its superintelligence team.

"We're calling the first one Prometheus and it's coming online in '26," Zuckerberg wrote on Threads, Meta's social media platform. "We're building multiple more titan clusters

As the AI arms race intensifies, Meta’s latest move signals a strategic emphasis on speech and voice interfaces.

The integration of Play AI into Meta is expected to strengthen the tech giant’s capabilities in voice technology, as well as AI-driven solutions. This comes at a time when Meta is on an acquisition and hiring spree in an effort to strengthen its AI-related developments.

The next 18 months will be pivotal. If Meta delivers a model that rivals or surpasses ChatGPT, the investment could yield exponential returns. If not, this could become a cautionary tale of overreach