Scale AI, Inc.

San Francisco, CA · Defense · Private

AI software platform for automated intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) data analysis and processing

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · scale.com

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
Total capital: $124M

Federal grants: $750K; 1 award · 2021; Rank in peer group#16 of 40
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $123M; 11 awards · Defense; Rank in Defense#70 of 1442
Granted patents: 17; 5 pending · first 2021; Rank in peer group#1 of 40

Capital timeline

Latest events

Feb 2026Federal contractDefense · Agentic Artificial Intelligence For The E-4C/SURVIVABLE Airborne Operations Center (saoc) Program$5.1M
Dec 2025Federal contractDefense · Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (shield) Initial Order.$500
Sep 2025Federal contractDefense · Scale AI To For Piee Transition Use Case Development Short Term Project (stp) Under Idiq SP4701-24-D-0004 Under Hackathon - Emergent IV BAA0001-22$2.5M
Aug 2025Federal contractDefense · Artificial Intelligence Support For Basic And Applied Research Of The Army Research Laboratory$2.4M
Aug 2025Federal contractDefense · Task Order Off A Commercial Solutions Opening For Artificial Intelligence Support For Basic And Applied Research Of The Army Research Laboratory Minimum Guarantee Task Order$100
Mar 2025Federal contractDefense · Project Zion Involves The Integration Of Scale Ais Donovan Llm Platform, A Scalable, Cloud-enabled Platform, Within The Usafe-afafrica Operational Framework$1M
Feb 2025Federal contractDefense · Tradewinds Donovan Scale AI$1.5M

Show 5 earlier federal awards

Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · Base Year Task Order Awarded To Scale AI Under Their Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Idiq For Emergent IVBAA0001-22 Hackathon Amendment 15 For Large Language Models (llm) For The Defense Logistics Agency (dla)$2.5M
Jul 2022Federal contractDefense · Scale Follow On$1.8M
Feb 2022Federal contractDefense · Ai/ml Support$945K
Mar 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Accelerating USAF AI/ML Development for ISR PED$750K
Sep 2020Federal contractDefense · The Contractor Shall Perform Research, Development, Design, Configuration, Implementation, And Testing Of Machine Learning Algorithm In Accordance With The Tasks Outlined In Their Proposal.$106M

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Standing among 40 peers

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Defense · Software

Federal grants#16 · top 40%
Granted patents#1 · top 3%

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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026

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What it has protected

USPTO · 17 granted of 22

Jan 13, 2026GrantedPrelabeling Of Bounding Boxes In Video FramesUSPTOUS 12,525,013
Dec 16, 2025GrantedUnique Sampling Of Objects In Image DatasetsUSPTOUS 12,499,664
Sep 23, 2025GrantedImage Segmentation With Object Boundary RefinementUSPTOUS 12,423,827

Show all 22 patent records

Prelabeling Of Bounding Boxes In Video FramesJan 13, 2026 · US 12,525,013Granted
Unique Sampling Of Objects In Image DatasetsDec 16, 2025 · US 12,499,664Granted
Image Segmentation With Object Boundary RefinementSep 23, 2025 · US 12,423,827Granted
Three-dimensional Perspective CorrectionJun 3, 2025 · US 12,322,035Granted
Automatic Data CurationApr 8, 2025 · US 12,271,443Granted
Unique Sampling Of DatasetsMar 25, 2025 · US 12,259,865Granted
Key-value Extraction From DocumentsJan 21, 2025 · US 12,205,395Granted
Automatic Benchmarking Of Labeling TasksJan 7, 2025 · US 12,189,719Granted
Linking Key-value Pairs In DocumentsDec 31, 2024 · US 12,182,102Granted
Prelabeling Of Bounding Boxes In Video FramesOct 31, 2023 · US 11,804,042Granted
Pre-labeling Data With Cuboid AnnotationsOct 3, 2023 · US 11,776,215Granted
Prelabeling For Semantic Segmentation TasksApr 25, 2023 · US 11,636,602Granted
Visualization Techniques For Data LabelingApr 11, 2023 · US 11,625,892Granted
Intensity Data VisualizationNov 1, 2022 · US 11,488,332Granted
Automatic Benchmarking Of Labeling TasksApr 19, 2022 · US 11,308,364Granted
Visualization Techniques For Data LabelingJan 11, 2022 · US 11,222,460Granted
Intensity Data VisualizationMar 2, 2021 · US 10,937,202Granted
Techniques For Labeling Cuboids In Point Cloud DataJan 28, 2021 · Application 16518704Pending
Semantic Segmentation With Machine Learning-assisted WorkflowsApplication 63271031Pending
Three-dimensional Perspective CorrectionApplication PCTUS2023034848Pending
Unique Sampling Of Objects In Image DatasetsApplication PCTUS2023084118Pending
Unique Sampling Of DatasetsApplication PCTUS2023084116Pending

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Press

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15 Sept 2026Profound Nabs $180M to Scale AI Marketing PlatformCMSWire

Regulatory activity · Defense

Sector-level, not company-level

11 Jun 2026Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Sources

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