Meta Platforms (META) held talks with Perplexity AI about a possible takeover before moving ahead with an investment in Scale AI, Mark Gurman, Katie Roof and Riley Griffin of Bloomberg report, citing people familiar with the matter. Meta and Perplexity couldn’t come to an agreement and decided not to pursue the deal, sources told Bloomberg. The talks took place before Meta finalized a deal this month to invest $14.3B in Scale AI and take a 49% stake in the data-labeling startup, Bloomberg says.
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