Valuations by round
Announced	Stage	Valuation	Basis
Aug 5, 2019	Series C	$1.00B	Basis not stated
Dec 1, 2020	Series D	$3.50B	Post-money
Apr 13, 2021	Series E+	$7.30B	Basis not stated
May 21, 2024	Series E+	$13.80B	Basis not stated
Jun 12, 2025	Strategic	$29.00B	Basis not stated

Funding rounds
Announced	Stage	Amount	Valuation	Lead investors	Other investors	Confidence
Jun 12, 2025	Strategic	$14.30B	$29.00B?	Meta Platforms	—	Reported
May 21, 2024	Series E+	$1.00B	$13.80B?	Accel	Amazon, AMD Ventures, Cisco Investments, Coatue Management, DFJ Growth, Elad Gil, Founders Fund, Greenoaks, Index Ventures, Intel Capital, Meta Platforms, NVIDIA, Qualcomm Ventures, ServiceNow Ventures, Spark Capital, Thrive Capital, Tiger Global Management, WCM Investment Management, Wellington Management, Y Combinator	Confirmed
Apr 13, 2021	Series E+	$325M	$7.30B?	Dragoneer Investment Group, Greenoaks, Tiger Global Management	Coatue Management, Durable Capital Partners, Founders Fund, Index Ventures, Wellington Management, Y Combinator	Confirmed
Dec 1, 2020	Series D	$155M	$3.50B	Tiger Global Management	—	Confirmed
Aug 5, 2019	Series C	$100M	$1.00B?	Founders Fund	Accel, Coatue Management, Index Ventures, Spark Capital, Thrive Capital	Confirmed
Aug 7, 2018	Series B	$18.0M	—	Index Ventures	Accel, Y Combinator	Reported
2017	Series A	$4.5M	—	Accel	Y Combinator	Reported
Jul 25, 2016	Seed	Undisclosed	—	—	—	Speculative

Strategic
Led by Meta Platforms
Valuation $29.00B?
$14.30B
Jun 12, 2025
Series E+
Led by Accel
With Amazon, AMD Ventures, Cisco Investments, Coatue Management, DFJ Growth, Elad Gil, Founders Fund, Greenoaks, Index Ventures, Intel Capital, Meta Platforms, NVIDIA, Qualcomm Ventures, ServiceNow Ventures, Spark Capital, Thrive Capital, Tiger Global Management, WCM Investment Management, Wellington Management, Y Combinator
Valuation $13.80B?
Confirmed
$1.00B
May 21, 2024
Series E+
Led by Dragoneer Investment Group, Greenoaks, Tiger Global Management
With Coatue Management, Durable Capital Partners, Founders Fund, Index Ventures, Wellington Management, Y Combinator
Valuation $7.30B?
Confirmed
$325M
Apr 13, 2021
Series D
Led by Tiger Global Management
Valuation $3.50B
Confirmed
$155M
Dec 1, 2020
Series C
Led by Founders Fund
With Accel, Coatue Management, Index Ventures, Spark Capital, Thrive Capital
Valuation $1.00B?
Confirmed
$100M
Aug 5, 2019
Series B
Led by Index Ventures
With Accel, Y Combinator
$18.0M
Aug 7, 2018
Series A
Led by Accel
With Y Combinator
$4.5M
2017
Seed
Speculative
Undisclosed
Jul 25, 2016

Totals add known amounts using recorded USD conversions where available; other currencies are shown separately. A ~ marks an estimated amount.

Government awards & programs2 awards · $27.4M obligated · up to $33.5M ceiling · 2 programs

Awards received2

Awards received
Announced	Award	Agency	Type	Program	Obligated	Ceiling	Confidence
Mar 5, 2025	Thunderforge prototype other transaction agreementHQ08452590034	Defense Innovation Unit	OTA	Thunderforge	$27.4M	$33.5M	Confirmed
—	JAIC blanket purchase agreement for AI test and evaluation productspress:scale-ai:2022-01:jaic-bpa	U.S. Department of Defense	Other	—	Undisclosed	—	Reported

Thunderforge prototype other transaction agreement
Mar 5, 2025 · OTA
From Defense Innovation Unit
Program Thunderforge
Confirmed
$27.4M
Obligated · up to $33.5M ceiling
JAIC blanket purchase agreement for AI test and evaluation products
Undated · Other
From U.S. Department of Defense
Undisclosed

Programs2

Programs
Program	Role	Program status	Confidence
Joint Sustainment Decision Tool	Teammate	Development	Reported
Thunderforge	Prime	Development	Confirmed

Joint Sustainment Decision Tool
Teammate · Development
Thunderforge
Prime · Development
Confirmed

Obligated is what has been committed so far; ceiling is the most the award can reach. Joint values cover all recipients and are excluded from this company’s money totals.

News1

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Mar 5, 2025Government recordThunderforge Project: Integrating Commercial AI-Powered Decision-MakingDefense Innovation Unit

Mar 5, 2025Government record (high significance)Defense Innovation UnitThunderforge Project: Integrating Commercial AI-Powered Decision-Making

Sources17

Profile4

1
CompanyGallatin AI Awarded DIU Joint Sustainment Decision Tool
Gallatin AI · Jul 15, 2026 · Supports Organization
“Scale AI joins the program as a named teammate.”
2
OtherScale AI - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org · Supports Organization · founded year
“Founded2016; 10 years ago”
3
CompanyReliable AI Systems for Critical Decisions | Scale AI
Scale AI · Supports Organization · name
“Reliable AI Systems for Critical Decisions | Scale AI”
4
DatabaseScale AI — hq city
Supports Organization · hq city
“Location:San Francisco,California,United States”

Technologies1

5
Government recordThunderforge Project: Integrating Commercial AI-Powered Decision-Making
Defense Innovation Unit · Mar 5, 2025 · Supports Government award, Organization, Organization technology
“The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has awarded a prototype contract to Scale AI for Thunderforge”

Funding10

6
CompanyFounder, Alexandr Wang, Joins Meta to Work on AI Efforts
Scale AI · Jun 12, 2025 · Supports Funding round · post money valuation usd
“a significant new investment from Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) that values Scale at over $29 billion”
7
NewsMeta poaches 28-year-old Scale AI CEO after taking multibillion dollar stake in startup
Reuters · Jun 12, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount
“Meta will take a 49% stake for $14.3 billion, according to two sources familiar with the matter.”
8
CompanyScale's Series F: Expanding the Data Foundry for AI
Scale AI · May 21, 2024 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount, Funding round · post money valuation usd
“The financing, a mix of primary and secondary, is led by existing investor Accel with nearly all of our existing investors participating: Y Combinator, Nat Friedman, Index Ventures, Founders Fund, Coatue, Thrive Capital, Spark Capital, NVIDIA, Tiger Global Management, Greenoaks, and Wellington Management.”
9
NewsData-labeling company Scale AI is worth $7.3 billion after new funding round
Fortune · Apr 13, 2021 · Supports Funding round · post money valuation usd
“has been valued at $7.3 billion in its latest funding round”
10
CompanyScale AI's Series E: Deploying AI Across Every Industry
Scale AI · Apr 13, 2021 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount
“Additional new investors in the round include Wellington Management and Durable Capital followed by existing investors Coatue, Index, Founders Fund, and YC.”
11
CompanyScale AI's Series D: Expanding our team to empower AI dreamers
Scale AI · Dec 1, 2020 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · post money valuation usd
“Scale has raised $155M at a post-money valuation north of $3.5B led by Tiger Global.”
12
CompanyScale AI's Series C: Building the data platform for ML
Scale AI · Aug 5, 2019 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · post money valuation usd
“Scale has raised $100m at a valuation of over $1B.”
13
NewsScale Announces $18 Million in Series B Funding Led by Index Ventures
Index Ventures · Aug 7, 2018 · Supports Funding round · amount
“a $4.5 million Series A in May 2017 led by Accel and Y Combinator”
14
NewsScale AI and its 22-year-old CEO lock down $100 million to label Silicon Valley's data
TechCrunch · Supports Funding round
“closed a $100 million Series C round of financing led by Founders Fund with participation from Accel, Coatue Management, Index Ventures, Spark Capital, Thrive Capital”
15
DatabaseScale AI - Tracxn company profile
Tracxn · Supports Funding round
“Jul 25, 2016 | Undisclosed | Seed”

Government2

16
Government recordFPDS: Other Transaction Agreement HQ08452590034 (Scale AI, Inc.)
FPDS-NG · Feb 10, 2025 · Supports Government award · obligated amount
“New OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT HQ08452590034 awarded to SCALE AI, INC. for the amount of $3,600,000; Description: THUNDERFORGE - GENAI-ENABLED OPERATIONAL AND THEATER LEVEL PLANNING CAPABILITY.; Total obligated: 27360000.00; Total base and all options: 33510000.00”
17
NewsScale AI awarded $250M contract by Department of Defense
FedScoop · Jan 31, 2022 · Supports Government award, Government award · awarding agency
“has won a nearly $250 million blanket purchasing agreement that aims to give all federal agencies access to its tech.”

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