Meta’s massive investment in Scale AI may be giving some of the startup’s biggest customers pause. Reuters reports that Google had planned to pay Scale AI $200 million this year but is now planning to cut ties with the startup and is having conversations with its competitors.

Scale AI's biggest customer Google plans to part ways with Scale after news broke that Meta is taking a 49% stake in the startup.

Google and other big tech companies are rethinking their ties with Scale AI. This follows Meta's significant investment in the data-labeling startup. Concerns arise that Meta could gain insights into rivals' AI strategies.