Scale AI has appointed Francis deSouza, Google Cloud’s chief operating officer, as its new CEO. He replaces interim chief executive Jason Droege, who had led the company since founder Alexandr Wang departed in 2025 to join Meta after its $14.3 billion investment in the startup.

Scale AI has named ex-Google Cloud COO Francis deSouza as CEO, a year after founder Alexandr Wang left for Meta, signalling a pivot to enterprise AI.

deSouza replaces Alexandr Wang, who left for Meta last year.