Surge AI, a data-labeling firm that competes with Scale AI, has hired advisors to raise as much as $1B in the first capital raising in the firm’s history, sources told Reuters, as it seeks to capitalize on growing user demand amid Scale AI’s recent customer exodus, Milana Vinn and Krystal Hu write. The company, founded by former Google (GOOGL) and Meta (META) engineer Edwin Chen, is targeting a valuation of over $1B, sources said. The funding would be a mix of primary and secondary capital that provides liquidity for the employees, the authors note.
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