Meta's Super Intelligence Lab talent surge: Scale AI VP of Research joins Alexander Wang at Meta
Jul 8, 2025
Key Points
- Summer U, VP of Research at Scale AI, joins Meta's Super Intelligence Labs to work on AI alignment and safety alongside Alexander Wang.
- Meta is consolidating AI research talent internally, signaling a strategic split as Scale focuses on data annotation while Meta pursues core model development including Llama v5.
- U's move from Scale follows her six years at Google DeepMind and likely signals the first of several researcher departures from Scale's research division.
Summary
Summer U, VP of Research at Scale AI, has joined Meta's Super Intelligence Labs to work on alignment and safety alongside Alexander Wang, who moved to Meta earlier. The hire reflects Meta's push to consolidate AI research talent in-house. Scale AI remains independent and focused on data generation, but the move suggests Meta is recruiting research staff from Scale to support its own model development, including work on Llama v5. U spent nearly six years in research at Google DeepMind before joining Scale. Her public note about continuing to work with Wang signals that their research partnership, previously based at Scale, is now housed at Meta. As the two companies' missions diverge—Meta building core models, Scale providing data annotation services—researchers focused on fundamental AI work appear to be migrating to Meta. U's hire likely signals more departures from Scale's research team.