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Scale Ai Appoints Francis De Souza As Chief Executive Officer

PRIVATEJul 30, 202610 days ago

Position

Chief Executive Officer

Company

scale

Francis deSouza
DoverInformation TechnologyVenture Capital FundOther Investment Fund

Description

Scale AI announced the appointment of Francis deSouza as Chief Executive Officer, effective August 10, 2026. This appointment comes in response to the company's accelerated growth and customer expansion across its data and applications sectors.

Company Information

Company

scale

Location

Dover, Delaware, United States

About

Scale intends to solve key challenges within the fintech industry. We service across three key verticals today, with the fourth our north star. We believe that the transition from a single market to multi market, closed to open loop payment environment and shifting from traditional to digital marketing strategies are critical to achieve success, acquire customers and secure funding- attracting investment into the continent. Our focus is fixed on overcoming fintech barriers and enabling scale.

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Fundz is a real-time business intelligence platform powered by agentic AI that proactively delivers personalized daily signals — including funding rounds, executive changes, M&A activity, 13F institutional filings, SEC 8-K events, investor activity, and website modifications — based on each user's watchlist and ICP. A trusted data source at firms such as BlackRock, Oracle, Kleiner Perkins, LinkedIn, HubSpot, and Cloudflare, Fundz democratizes the institutional-grade intelligence that previously required a PitchBook or Bloomberg terminal. Features include FundzWatch™ for automated website change detection, Daily Briefing for AI-powered daily briefings, and unified cross-signal alerts across 200,000+ companies. Developers and data teams can access these signals programmatically via the Fundz Funding Data API, with transparent published pricing.