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Scale AI hires former Google Cloud COO Francis deSouza as new CEO
deSouza replaces Alexandr Wang, who left for Meta last year.
TL;DR
- Scale AI has hired Francis deSouza, former Google Cloud COO, as its new CEO.
- deSouza replaces interim CEO Jason Droege and Alexandr Wang, who left for Meta.
- Scale AI sees itself as an enterprise AI company, focusing on turning AI hype into business results.
- The company is expanding from data labeling to AI applications for enterprises and governments.
- The applications business is expected to overtake the data business within 18 months.
- deSouza emphasizes building responsibility into AI development at any pace.