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What is Scale AI stock worth?

Scale’s mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world’s most important decisions. We provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world’s leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact.The Scale Generative AI Platform allows customers to build, evaluate, and control advanced AI agents and applications that continuously improve. The Scale Data Engine provides the technology to collect, curate, and annotate high-quality datasets. Through our Scale Labs, we test models with rigorous ben

Estimated share price

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Scale AI has an observed estimated price: most recent data 2026-09-14, daily history back to 2022-05-27.

Estimated from live trades and accepted bids across employer liquidity programs, institutional trades, broker trades, and pre-IPO marketplaces. Private shares are illiquid and transfer-restricted; estimates are educational, not an offer or advice. The preview above is blurred and illustrative. How this is calculated

About Scale AI

Employees
7,028
Founded
2016
Industry
Software Development, Technology, Information and Internet, Technology, Information and Media
Website
scale.com

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Leaving Scale AI? Mind the window.

If you hold options, leaving usually starts a post-termination exercise clock, often 90 days. Miss it and vested options can expire worthless; exercise blindly and you may owe real money (including possible AMT) on shares you can't yet sell. Neither panic nor autopilot is a plan. Knowing your window, your exercise cost, and the current estimated price is.

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Liquidity events at Scale AI

Reported tender offers, secondary sales, acquisitions and public-listing steps. These are the events that determine whether shareholders can sell.

Scale AI in the last 12 months

  • 2 product launch
  • 1 acquisition (as buyer)
  • 1 shutdown or distress

Covered by 45 distinct publications since 2020-12-01.

Scale AI news timeline

Scale AI equity, answered plainly

Is Scale AI a public company?

No. Scale AI is privately held, which is exactly why its share price doesn't show up in your brokerage app. The company (founded in 2016, operating in software development, with roughly 7,028 employees) remains private even at that scale. Its shares still change hands between eligible buyers and sellers on the secondary market, producing an observable estimated price.

What is Scale AI's stock price?

Scale AI has an observed estimated share price from secondary-market activity, updated as new data is observed. Its observed price history runs back to 2022-05-27. ExitCue members see the current estimate and its full history free, along with what their own grants are approximately worth at that price.

Can you sell Scale AI stock before an IPO?

Sometimes. Private-share sales depend on Scale AI's transfer restrictions, rights of first refusal, and whether the company runs tender offers or permits secondary sales. Your grant documents and the company's policies govern, but "hard to sell today" is not the same as "worth zero."

What happens to my Scale AI options if I leave?

Most option grants have a post-termination exercise window, commonly 90 days, sometimes longer, after which unexercised options expire worthless. The exact terms are in your grant documents. ExitCue reads those documents, tracks the deadline, and reminds you before the window closes.

How much is my Scale AI equity worth?

Multiply what you hold by the estimated share price, separating vested from unvested, and netting out strike prices for options. That's precisely the arithmetic ExitCue does for you, continuously, at the current observed estimate. It's an educational estimate, not a guarantee, and a far better anchor than the $0 the internet suggests.

What's the difference between Scale AI's 409A valuation and what its shares trade at?

The 409A is a tax-compliance appraisal, usually conservative, used to set option strike prices. Secondary-market pricing reflects what buyers and sellers actually agree to. The two frequently differ, which is why evaluating an offer on the 409A alone undersells (or oversells) it.

When will Scale AI IPO?

Unless Scale AI has publicly announced a listing, nobody knows, including the people who sound confident on forums. The practical upside of secondary markets is that you don't have to wait for an IPO to know approximately what the shares trade at.

Do my unvested Scale AI RSUs count for anything?

Unvested equity isn't yours yet, but it has an estimable value and a schedule. Seeing vested and unvested value separately, in dollars at the current estimated price, turns "some RSUs" into a number you can plan around.

General educational information, not advice about your specific situation. Grant terms vary; your documents govern.

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