Scale AI

AI Infrastructure

Launched

Jan 1, 2016

Pricing

Pay-as-you-go

About

Provides training data and human feedback labeling for frontier labs including OpenAI — core of the model data supply chain.

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In June 2025 Meta bought 49% of Scale AI for $14.3 billion and recruited its CEO — the most expensive shot in the AI talent war.

硅基流动 (SiliconFlow)

An AI model inference cloud offering one-click deployment and low-cost inference for mainstream models like Qwen, DeepSeek and Llama.

Hugging Face

The world's largest open-source AI community, founded in 2016, hosting millions of models and datasets — the hub of open AI.

Ollama

An open-source local LLM runner released July 2023 — run Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek and more on your machine with one command.

LM Studio

A desktop app for local LLMs launched in 2023 — download and run open models with a GUI, zero-code local AI.