Meta approached AI startup Runway about a takeover bid
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Meta In a statement on Monday, CNBC spoke about a potential inheritance before the artificial intelligence starting runway before a multibillion dollar investment.
The runway is best known for its AI video generation tools and earned a place in the Disruptor 50 list of CNBC at the beginning of this month.
The agreements between the commodity and the track did not progress and dispersed, according to a person who knew the issue that wanted the debate not to be named because of the hidden nature of the discussions.
Bloomberg Previously reported the talks. Meta refused to comment.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been working aggressively to support its company’s AI efforts in recent months. The social media giant invested $ 14.3 billion in the scale AI in June, and at the same time, this year, he approached secure super -siper and surprising AI at initiatives on potential acquisitions this year.
Meta accepted 49% shares in the Scalant AI and hired the founder Alexandr Wang with several employees from the company.
Although Meta failed in super -siper efforts, the company’s CEO Daniel Gross and former Github CEO Nat Friedman participates in Meta’s AI efforts to work on the products under Wang.
