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Kenrick Cai

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Google and AI Reporter at Reuters

Reporter @Reuters covering Google/Alphabet and AI. Formerly @Forbes. [email protected]. kenrick.01 on Signal (no PR pitches). It makes sense dramaturgically.

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  • 2 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Kenrick Cai |Anna Tong |Krystal Hu

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Alphabet's Google, the largest customer of Scale AI, plans to cut ties with Scale after news broke that rival Meta is taking a 49% stake in the AI data-labeling startup, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters....

  • 2 weeks ago | thestar.com.my | Anna Tong |Kenrick Cai |Krystal Hu

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Alphabet's Google, the largest customer of Scale AI, plans to cut ties with Scale after news broke that rival Meta is taking a 49% stake in the AI data-labeling startup, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Google had planned to pay Scale AI about $200 million this year for the human-labeled training data that is crucial for developing technology, including the sophisticated AI models that power Gemini, its ChatGPT competitor, one of the sources said.

  • 2 weeks ago | msn.com | Krystal Hu |Rishabh jaiswal |Kenrick Cai

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

  • 2 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Rishabh jaiswal |Jamie Freed |Kenrick Cai |Alan Barona

    (Reuters) -Facebook-owner Meta has invested in Scale AI in a deal that values the data-labeling startup at $29 billion and brings in its 28-year-old CEO, Alexandr Wang, to play a prominent role in the tech giant's artificial intelligence strategy....

  • 2 weeks ago | marketscreener.com | Krystal Hu |Rishabh jaiswal |Kenrick Cai

    Published on 06/12/2025 at 21:34, updated on 06/13/2025 at 01:08(Reuters) -Facebook-owner Meta has invested in Scale AI in a deal that values the data-labeling startup at $29 billion and brings in its 28-year-old CEO, Alexandr Wang, to play a prominent role in the tech giant's artificial intelligence strategy. Meta will take a 49% stake for $14.3 billion, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

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Kenrick Cai
Kenrick Cai @kenrickcai
10 Jun 25

Scoop: OpenAI is planning to add Google as a compute provider, sources tell @Reuters. Google CEO Sundar Pichai and founder Sergey Brin have speculated in recent weeks that the AI race may not be winner-take-all. from @readkrystalhu and me: https://t.co/bsrrhMThE2

Kenrick Cai
Kenrick Cai @kenrickcai
8 Apr 25

RT @readkrystalhu: scoop: a16z is seeking to raise a $20 billion fund for growth AI investments, the largest in the fund's history, sources…

Kenrick Cai
Kenrick Cai @kenrickcai
4 Feb 25

RT @ebakerwhite: I’ve spent the past year+ working on a book about TikTok. It’s out in September. Pre-order now!! https://t.co/azZFhmQrad