Meta’s Talent Strategy In AI Era, And Lessons from Dangote’s Accumulation of Capabilities [Podcast]

I examine Meta’s strategic partnership with Scale AI to enhance both infrastructure and expertise in AI. By investing in Scale AI—renowned for its data annotation services—Meta secured critical data capabilities and opened doors to elite engineering talent. Simultaneously, Meta aggressively recruited top researchers and engineers from Scale AI and other companies, enticing them with competitive offers and compelling opportunities to work on high-impact AI initiatives. 

This dual strategy—capital investment combined with talent acquisition—enables Meta to integrate Scale AI’s strengths, accelerate AI-driven innovation, and strengthen its position in the competitive AI landscape. 

In this podcast, I connect the Meta’s talent acquisition playbook to the broad Accumulation of Capabilities construct, and use the Dangote Group to explain how acquiring and deepening capabilities can build competitive advantages in firms, and anchor long-term value creation.

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