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Research cited

  1. Current company description of Scale's founding, services, workforce, and valuation (Scale AI) scale.com
  2. Founder interview describing Scale's initial human-labor API model (Y Combinator) ycombinator.com
  3. Independent record of Lucy Guo's co-founding, operating contribution, departure, and continuing stake (Forbes) forbes.com
  4. Wang's first-party account of Scale's government and national-security work (Scale AI) scale.com
  5. Independent report on Meta's investment, valuation, Wang's move, and Scale's leadership transition (Reuters) reuters.com
  6. Independent report on the 49% stake, regulatory structure, and board role (Reuters) reuters.com
  7. Independent account of the investment, continuing Scale independence, co-founding, board role, and interim CEO (Associated Press) apnews.com
  8. Independent report on major-customer conflict and Google's planned split after the Meta deal (Reuters) reuters.com
  9. Report on the Department of Labor investigation and Scale's response (TechCrunch) techcrunch.com
  10. Report on contractor litigation alleging psychological injury from harmful training content (Inc.) inc.com
  11. Independent report on Meta Superintelligence Labs and Wang's chief AI officer mandate (Reuters) reuters.com
  12. Scale’s announcement of Francis deSouza as CEO, listing Wang as founder and chairman of the board (Scale AI) scale.com
  13. Report that the Department of Labor dropped its investigation of Scale in May 2025 (TechCrunch) techcrunch.com
  14. Summary of the court-approved class notice for the $12.5 million Scale AI misclassification settlement (a republished notice, not independent reporting) (OpenClassActions) openclassactions.com
  15. Trade-press summary of a New York Times report on Meta’s March 2026 reorganization of AI teams (Storyboard18) storyboard18.com
  16. Independent report on the division's first model and the investment required to build the team (Reuters) reuters.com

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