“The investment in Scale AI includes all the anti‑competitive hallmarks typical of Big Tech’s minority stakes in generative AI firms,” said Sumit Sharma, NextGen Competition Executive Director. “Here, the harms extend well beyond model development and aim squarely at cementing Meta’s dominance in adjacent markets such as social media and surveillance advertising. Meta already faces an antitrust lawsuit in these markets. Do we really want Mark Zuckerberg and Meta to have even more control over our information ecosystem?”