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growth playbook · Oct 22, 2026

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Scale AI growth playbook

Diagnosis

Scale AI works across the AI stack, from frontier data to enterprise and government applications. Its hiring shows a push into enterprise verticals (ABM for healthcare, financial services and consumer; a CAB; vertical product marketing), events (the AI Leadership Summit and executive dinners), partners (GSIs and AI labs) and public sector beyond defense (federal civilian, UK departments, the GCC).

The site has not caught up: one customer story page, vertical pages for only healthcare and insurance, a lorem ipsum ABM template in the sitemap, a defense-led public sector page, no UK or Arabic pages and two listed partners.

This playbook builds vertical pages and stories first, then events, partner programs, buying paths and benchmarks that turn Scale's research reputation into enterprise demand.

Growth Score

7/10

Biggest Opportunity

Turn Scale's research credibility and existing customer results into vertical pages, stories and evaluation offers the new ABM, events and partner teams can use right away.

Biggest Risk

Snorkel AI, Labelbox, Invisible, Surge AI and Palantir compete for parts of the same work, and enterprise and government buyers who find little proof for their sector may choose a rival that shows it.

01

Start here

The three moves to make first. Each one is written up in full below.

  1. 1

    Give the new ABM programs a landing page for each target vertical, starting with financial and professional services

    Ask Global Atlantic and the legal-services client for approval to publish their results as stories.

    High impact First result in 1 month
  2. 2

    Take the lorem ipsum ABM template out of the sitemap

    Noindex the page today.

    Medium impact First result in 1 day
  3. 3

    A real customer stories hub instead of a redirect to one story

    Ask five homepage customers for a short story.

    High impact First result in 1 month

02

Your idea portfolio

21 ideas, grouped by when to run them. Open any idea for how to run it: the steps, who to approach, copy you can use, and how to measure it.

  • 7 ideas are marked Unexpected: plays you are unlikely to have tried.

    1 of these are things Programmable can build and run for you.

Every idea placed by the effort it takes against the impact it could have. Quick wins sit top left; select a number to open that idea. The filters below narrow the list by status, timing, category and what Programmable can build.

Effort vs impactEach number is an idea. Select one to open it.
Impact →
Quick wins · 0Big bets · 13Fill-ins · 5Reconsider · 3
Effort →

Showing 21 of 21 ideas

This week 6

Quick wins with a clear first action.

  • 01

    Scale's new ABM Lead will run vertical campaigns for Healthcare, Financial & Professional Services, and Consumer, across ads, direct mail and web. On scale.com only healthcare has a vertical page among those three: /enterprise lists Consumer and other industries, but their pages return 404, and the only customer story page is TIME. Yet the proof exists: a Global Atlantic quote, "93% faster contract reviews for legal clients" and "$64M+ revenue growth". The one ABM landing page in the sitemap is still a lorem ipsum template titled "ABM Landing Page Spoof".

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Account Based Marketing Lead

    First action

    Ask Global Atlantic and the legal-services client for approval to publish their results as stories.

    How to measure it

    Meetings booked from FS and Consumer pages

    Now
    –
    Target
    30 a quarter
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Write the brief

      Buyer problems and use cases per vertical.

      Account Based Marketing Lead 3 days

    2. 2

      Collect proof

      Approve the Global Atlantic, legal and revenue results as stories.

      Product Marketing Lead, Enterprise 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Finish the template

      Replace the lorem ipsum page with a working vertical template.

      Web Designer, Brand Web Experience 1 week

    4. 4

      Publish two pages

      Financial and professional services, then Consumer.

      Web Designer, Brand Web Experience 1 week

    5. 5

      Personalize for P0

      Account-name variants for the top accounts.

      Account Based Marketing Lead 1 week

    6. 6

      Point campaigns there

      Ads, mailers and SDR emails; track in Salesforce.

      Account Based Marketing Lead ongoing

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Design and writing time
    Owner
    Account Based Marketing Lead

    Smallest test

    Publish the financial services page and send it to five P0 accounts.

    Why it works

    Finish the ABM template and use it for /enterprise/financial-services and /enterprise/consumer: the problems those buyers name, two or three use cases with the existing numbers, the Global Atlantic and legal-services results written up as short stories, an evaluation offer and a meeting form. Make an account-personalized variant (company name, peer examples) for P0 accounts, and send every ad, mailer and SDR email to the vertical page instead of the homepage.

    ABM touches only convert if the click lands on something about the buyer's industry. The proof and the template already exist, so the gap is a few weeks of writing and design, and it gives the ABM Lead measurable landing pages from the first campaign.

    Ready to use

    ChecklistVertical ABM page checklist

    [ ] /enterprise/financial-services live
    [ ] /enterprise/consumer live
    [ ] Two stories with numbers per page
    [ ] Evaluation offer and meeting form
    [ ] Account-name variant for P0 accounts
    [ ] UTM and Salesforce campaign per page
    [ ] Lorem ipsum template removed from the sitemap

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Customers decline to be named

      Publish anonymized stories with verified numbers.

    • Too many vertical pages to maintain

      Start with the three ABM verticals only.

    Evidence

    • HiringAccount Based Marketing Lead (posted October 1, 2026), reporting to the Head of Growth Marketing: builds "1:1 and industry-vertical ABM playbooks" for P0 and P1 enterprise accounts and owns "vertical-specific campaigns across Healthcare, Financial & Professional Services, and Consumer", run across "digital advertising, direct mail, web and in-person experiences"; tools named include Clay, Folloze, Reachdesk, Marketo or HubSpot and Salesforce.Source
    • Your websiteCustomer proof (checked October 21, 2026): /customers redirects to /customers/time, the only page in the customers sitemap. /enterprise lists Energy, Infrastructure, Insurance, Health, Consumer, Retail and Life Science, but only /enterprise/healthcare and /enterprise/insurance exist (financial-services, consumer, retail, energy and life-sciences return 404). /enterprise shows unnamed results ("93% faster contract reviews for legal clients", "$64M+ revenue growth after implementing Gen AI recommendations") and quotes from TIME, Global Atlantic and Howard Hughes.Source
    • Your websiteThe sitemap lists /scale-abm-templatex, a live page titled "ABM Landing Page Spoof | Scale AI" with the meta description "Update | Meta description here" and lorem ipsum copy ("Ut marketing-qualified leads fermentum nisl...") dated July 28, 2025.Source
    • HiringProduct Marketing Lead, Enterprise (posted August 12, 2026): "vertical-specific messaging and content" for the applications business; customer marketing "including case studies, testimonials"; and to "Design and run Scale's Customer Advisory Board (CAB) program - including virtual sessions and an annual in-person summit".Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: no H1 heading; customer tiles for CDAO, Meta, Mayo Clinic, TIME, Howard Hughes, Physical Intelligence, Universal Robots, Center for AI Safety, British Petroleum, Cengage and Shore Capital; "90% of the world's leading generative AI model builders are powered by Scale"; contributors are sourced so that "25% have advanced degrees". The blog has a Mayo Clinic post and an October 15, 2026 post on a real-time copilot for an unnamed "global insurance company".Source
  • 02

    A page titled "ABM Landing Page Spoof" with the description "Update | Meta description here" and placeholder copy is live and listed in the sitemap, where search engines and anyone browsing can find it.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 day Web Designer

    First action

    Noindex the page today.

    How to measure it

    Template pages in the sitemap

    Now
    –
    Target
    0
    By
    1 week

    Steps

    1. 1

      Noindex

      The template page.

      Web Designer, Brand Web Experience 1 hour

    2. 2

      Remove from sitemap

      Generator rule.

      Web Engineering 1 day

    3. 3

      Template path

      Blocked in robots.txt.

      Web Engineering 1 day

    4. 4

      Pre-publish check

      Lorem ipsum and default meta.

      Web Engineering 1 week

    5. 5

      Scan the CMS

      Other drafts.

      Web Designer, Brand Web Experience 1 day

    6. 6

      Monitor

      Monthly crawl.

      Web Designer, Brand Web Experience monthly

    First result
    1 day
    Cost
    None
    Owner
    Web Designer, Brand Web Experience

    Smallest test

    Noindex the page.

    Why it works

    Unpublish or noindex it, move templates to a path that is blocked from search, and add a pre-publish check for placeholder text and default descriptions.

    Placeholder pages look careless to the senior buyers Scale targets and waste crawl attention.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Template still needed

      Keep it on a private path.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteThe sitemap lists /scale-abm-templatex, a live page titled "ABM Landing Page Spoof | Scale AI" with the meta description "Update | Meta description here" and lorem ipsum copy ("Ut marketing-qualified leads fermentum nisl...") dated July 28, 2025.Source
    • HiringWeb and pricing hires: a Web Designer, Brand Web Experience (posted October 16, 2026) in the "Scale Interactive Brand Studio (9 people full-time)", responsible for "the design and development of scale.com", reusable components and "web performance best practices"; an Enterprise Pricing Manager (posted August 19, 2026) for deal pricing and approval cycle time.Source
  • 03

    The homepage names 11 customers, from Mayo Clinic to BP, Cengage and Shore Capital, but /customers redirects to the TIME story, the only one published. The enterprise PMM is asked to run customer marketing.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Product Marketing Lead

    First action

    Ask five homepage customers for a short story.

    How to measure it

    Published customer stories

    Now
    –
    Target
    10
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick five

      Homepage customers.

      Product Marketing Lead, Enterprise 1 week

    2. 2

      Interview

      Results and quotes.

      Product Marketing Lead, Enterprise 1 month

    3. 3

      Design hub

      Filters.

      Web Designer, Brand Web Experience 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Publish

      Hub and stories.

      Web Designer, Brand Web Experience 1 week

    5. 5

      Use in ABM

      By vertical.

      Account Based Marketing Lead ongoing

    6. 6

      Add monthly

      One a month.

      Product Marketing Lead, Enterprise monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Writing time
    Owner
    Product Marketing Lead, Enterprise

    Smallest test

    Turn the Mayo Clinic blog post into a story page.

    Why it works

    Publish a stories hub with filters by industry and product, start with five stories from homepage customers and existing blog posts (Mayo Clinic, the insurance copilot), and add one a month.

    Enterprise buyers look for a peer before they take a meeting; a hub of named stories does that work for every campaign.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Approvals slow

      Start with existing blog posts.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteCustomer proof (checked October 21, 2026): /customers redirects to /customers/time, the only page in the customers sitemap. /enterprise lists Energy, Infrastructure, Insurance, Health, Consumer, Retail and Life Science, but only /enterprise/healthcare and /enterprise/insurance exist (financial-services, consumer, retail, energy and life-sciences return 404). /enterprise shows unnamed results ("93% faster contract reviews for legal clients", "$64M+ revenue growth after implementing Gen AI recommendations") and quotes from TIME, Global Atlantic and Howard Hughes.Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: no H1 heading; customer tiles for CDAO, Meta, Mayo Clinic, TIME, Howard Hughes, Physical Intelligence, Universal Robots, Center for AI Safety, British Petroleum, Cengage and Shore Capital; "90% of the world's leading generative AI model builders are powered by Scale"; contributors are sourced so that "25% have advanced degrees". The blog has a Mayo Clinic post and an October 15, 2026 post on a real-time copilot for an unnamed "global insurance company".Source
    • HiringProduct Marketing Lead, Enterprise (posted August 12, 2026): "vertical-specific messaging and content" for the applications business; customer marketing "including case studies, testimonials"; and to "Design and run Scale's Customer Advisory Board (CAB) program - including virtual sessions and an annual in-person summit".Source
  • 04

    The new public sector PMM targets federal civilian agencies, but /public-sector leads with wargaming, JADC2, ISR and targeting support. Civilian mission owners see a defense vendor.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Product Marketing Lead

    First action

    List three civilian use cases with delivered results.

    How to measure it

    Federal civilian demo requests

    Now
    –
    Target
    20 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick use cases

      Three.

      Product Marketing Lead, Public Sector 1 week

    2. 2

      Write page

      Civilian language.

      Product Marketing Lead, Public Sector 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Review

      Legal and comms.

      Communications 1 week

    4. 4

      Publish

      Navigation link.

      Web Designer, Brand Web Experience 1 week

    5. 5

      Brief sellers

      Civilian talk tracks.

      Product Marketing Lead, Public Sector 1 week

    6. 6

      Measure

      Demos.

      Head of Growth Marketing monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Writing time
    Owner
    Product Marketing Lead, Public Sector

    Smallest test

    Draft the page outline.

    Why it works

    Create a federal civilian page with civilian use cases (benefits processing, fraud detection, contract management, citizen service), civilian proof and the relevant contract vehicles, and link it from the public sector navigation.

    Buyers trust vendors that show their own mission; separating civilian from defense lowers the bar to a first meeting.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Sensitive programs

      Use public examples only.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteUS public sector: /public-sector says Scale powers programs "across the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and Federal Civilian agencies", but its use cases are mostly defense (course of action development, wargaming, JADC2, ISR, "Threat assessment & targeting support"). /contracts lists Tradewinds, a T&E BPA, the DRAID BOA and NASA SEWP through Carahsoft, under the meta description "Scale AI is the data platform for AI."Source
    • HiringProduct Marketing Lead, Public Sector (posted September 30, 2026): messaging and launches for "mission owners and Line of Business executives in U.S. federal civilian agencies", to "help the team enter new Fedciv market segments", producing "case studies, one-pagers, solution briefs, thought leadership eBooks, web copy". A Strategic Contracts Lead, Public Sector was posted on October 19, 2026.Source
  • 05

    The sitemap still serves pages for NeurIPS 2023, CVPR 2024, five 2023 webinars and other past events, while the flagship AI Leadership Summit has only an access-code form with an old "training data" description.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Field Marketing & Events Mana…

    First action

    List all past event URLs.

    How to measure it

    Invitation requests

    Now
    –
    Target
    200 a year
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      List pages

      Past events.

      Field Marketing & Events Manager, Frontier Data 1 day

    2. 2

      Redirect

      To archive.

      Web Engineering 2 days

    3. 3

      Write summit page

      Public overview.

      Field Marketing & Events Manager, Frontier Data 1 week

    4. 4

      Request form

      Qualified by account.

      Marketing Operations 2 days

    5. 5

      Update meta

      Current positioning.

      Web Designer, Brand Web Experience 1 hour

    6. 6

      Measure

      Requests by account.

      Field Marketing & Events Manager, Frontier Data monthly

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    Small
    Owner
    Field Marketing & Events Manager, Frontier Data

    Smallest test

    Update the summit page description.

    Why it works

    Redirect past event pages to a recap archive, publish a public summit page with highlights, speakers and a request-an-invitation form, and update its description to the current positioning.

    Executives who hear about the summit need a page that explains it and lets them ask to attend.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Exclusivity

      Keep attendance by invitation.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteEvents: the sitemap still lists and serves pages for CVPR 2024, NeurIPS 2023, ICCV 2023, ICLR 2024, five 2023 webinars, a June 2023 Gov AI Summit, Pelican Hill 2024 and TechAD 2024. /events lists upcoming conferences such as Money 20/20 USA, Milipol Qatar, FII KSA, AI Festival DIFC and CNS Summit. The AI Leadership Summit page (/summit/access, "September 29 to October 1, 2026 | Deer Valley, Utah", "By invitation only") is an access-code form with the old meta description "Scale AI is the data platform for AI, providing high-quality training data for machine learning applications".Source
    • HiringField Marketing & Events Manager, Frontier Data (posted October 12, 2026): events "from research conferences to Scale-hosted executive dinners and practitioner meetups", support for "our annual flagship conference, the AI Leadership Summit", and ROI tracked "in Salesforce"; up to 50% travel.Source
  • 06

    The homepage has no H1, and real visitors see an INP of 318 ms, above Google's 200 ms threshold, although load speed is good.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Web Designer

    First action

    Profile the homepage interactions in Chrome DevTools.

    How to measure it

    INP at the 75th percentile

    Now
    –
    Target
    under 200 ms
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Add H1

      Homepage.

      Web Designer, Brand Web Experience 1 day

    2. 2

      Profile

      Interactions.

      Web Engineering 1 week

    3. 3

      Fix

      Long tasks.

      Web Engineering 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Budget

      In components.

      Web Designer, Brand Web Experience 1 week

    5. 5

      Monitor

      Real-user data.

      Web Engineering monthly

    6. 6

      Report

      To brand studio.

      Web Designer, Brand Web Experience monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Web Designer, Brand Web Experience

    Smallest test

    Add the H1.

    Why it works

    Add a clear H1, profile the carousel and animations that run on interaction, defer heavy scripts and set an interaction budget in the new component system.

    Responsiveness shapes how polished a site feels, and the H1 helps search understand the page.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Design changes

      Keep motion, cut its cost.

    Evidence

    • Google PageSpeedChrome UX Report for scale.com (real visitors, 75th percentile): LCP 1.49 s (good, 53% faster than before), CLS 0.03 (good), INP 318 ms, above Google's 200 ms threshold. No lab test result was available for this run.Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: no H1 heading; customer tiles for CDAO, Meta, Mayo Clinic, TIME, Howard Hughes, Physical Intelligence, Universal Robots, Center for AI Safety, British Petroleum, Cengage and Shore Capital; "90% of the world's leading generative AI model builders are powered by Scale"; contributors are sourced so that "25% have advanced degrees". The blog has a Mayo Clinic post and an October 15, 2026 post on a real-time copilot for an unnamed "global insurance company".Source
    • HiringWeb and pricing hires: a Web Designer, Brand Web Experience (posted October 16, 2026) in the "Scale Interactive Brand Studio (9 people full-time)", responsible for "the design and development of scale.com", reusable components and "web performance best practices"; an Enterprise Pricing Manager (posted August 19, 2026) for deal pricing and approval cycle time.Source

This quarter 9

The core plays for the next three months.

  • 07

    The events role runs Scale-hosted executive dinners, and the ABM Lead runs 1:1 plays for P0 and P1 accounts. Both are measured in Salesforce.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Field Marketing & Events Mana…

    First action

    Pick the first ten accounts for a financial services dinner.

    How to measure it

    Pipeline from attended accounts

    Now
    –
    Target
    $5M
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick accounts

      With sales.

      Account Based Marketing Lead 1 week

    2. 2

      Plan dinner

      Venue and host.

      Field Marketing & Events Manager, Frontier Data 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Invite

      Personal invitations.

      Account Based Marketing Lead 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Host

      Monthly.

      Field Marketing & Events Manager, Frontier Data monthly

    5. 5

      Follow up

      Within 48 hours.

      Enterprise Account Executives ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Pipeline.

      Account Based Marketing Lead monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Event budget
    Owner
    Field Marketing & Events Manager, Frontier Data

    Smallest test

    Host one dinner.

    Why it works

    Host monthly dinners in New York and San Francisco by vertical (financial services, healthcare, consumer), invite buying committees from target accounts and follow up with a tailored evaluation offer.

    Peer dinners give senior buyers a reason to meet and move opportunities faster.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Low attendance

      Invite twice as many as seats.

    Evidence

    • HiringField Marketing & Events Manager, Frontier Data (posted October 12, 2026): events "from research conferences to Scale-hosted executive dinners and practitioner meetups", support for "our annual flagship conference, the AI Leadership Summit", and ROI tracked "in Salesforce"; up to 50% travel.Source
    • HiringAccount Based Marketing Lead (posted October 1, 2026), reporting to the Head of Growth Marketing: builds "1:1 and industry-vertical ABM playbooks" for P0 and P1 enterprise accounts and owns "vertical-specific campaigns across Healthcare, Financial & Professional Services, and Consumer", run across "digital advertising, direct mail, web and in-person experiences"; tools named include Clay, Folloze, Reachdesk, Marketo or HubSpot and Salesforce.Source
  • 08

    Scale is hiring UK leads for central and local government (HMRC, DWP, NHS) and defence, but the site has no UK page; the global public sector page speaks to the Gulf.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Public Sector Lead

    First action

    Confirm the UK procurement routes Scale can sell through.

    How to measure it

    Meetings with UK departments

    Now
    –
    Target
    15 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Confirm routes

      Procurement.

      Public Sector Lead, Central & Local Government 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Write page

      UK use cases.

      Product Marketing Lead, Public Sector 1 month

    3. 3

      Legal review

      Data handling claims.

      Legal 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Publish

      UK English.

      Web Designer, Brand Web Experience 1 week

    5. 5

      Outreach

      Named departments.

      Public Sector Lead, Central & Local Government ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Meetings.

      Head of Growth Marketing monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Writing time
    Owner
    Public Sector Lead, Central & Local Government

    Smallest test

    Draft the page.

    Why it works

    Publish a UK page with civilian department use cases, UK data handling, procurement routes and UK team presence, and use it in outreach to the named departments.

    UK buyers look for local presence and procurement fit before engaging.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Unverified claims

      Publish only confirmed routes.

    Evidence

    • HiringGovernment growth outside the US: a Product Marketing Manager, Global Public Sector in Doha (posted August 13, 2026) for "our flagship national partnership in Qatar" and "entering new markets across the GCC"; a Public Sector Lead, Central & Local Government in London (posted October 6, 2026) owning civilian departments "starting where the near-term pipeline is strongest: HMRC, DWP, and NHS"; and a Public Sector Lead, Defence & Security in London.Source
    • Your website/global-public-sector focuses on sovereign AI and "Arabic-speaking talent"; the site is English only and has no UK page, although Scale is hiring UK public sector leads.Source
  • 09

    The new GSI partnerships lead will build Scale-certified practices, but the partners page lists only Google Cloud and NVIDIA.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Head of Strategic Partnerships

    First action

    Draft the certification requirements.

    How to measure it

    GSI-sourced pipeline

    Now
    –
    Target
    $10M
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Design tiers

      Certification.

      Head of Strategic Partnerships, Global Systems Integrators 1 month

    2. 2

      Sign first partners

      Two GSIs.

      Head of Strategic Partnerships, Global Systems Integrators 1 quarter

    3. 3

      Program page

      Public.

      Web Designer, Brand Web Experience 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Partner listings

      Per partner.

      Web Designer, Brand Web Experience ongoing

    5. 5

      Form and tracking

      GSI-sourced.

      Marketing Operations 1 week

    6. 6

      Report

      Pipeline.

      Head of Strategic Partnerships, Global Systems Integrators monthly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Program time
    Owner
    Head of Strategic Partnerships, Global Systems Integrators

    Smallest test

    Publish the program page with the first partner.

    Why it works

    Publish a GSI program page (tiers, certification, joint offerings), list each certified partner with its vertical focus and add a "work with a partner" form tracked as GSI-sourced.

    Visible certification attracts partners and lets buyers who prefer their usual integrator find a route to Scale.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Channel conflict

      Rules of engagement.

    Evidence

    • HiringPartnership hires: a Head of Strategic Partnerships, Global Systems Integrators (posted October 14, 2026) to "own GSI-sourced and GSI-influenced pipeline", "Help partners build Scale-certified practices" and co-develop offerings for "financial services, healthcare, public sector, telecom"; and a Head of Strategic Partnerships, Labs (posted October 13, 2026) to make Scale "the preferred partner for taking lab models into production at enterprise scale".Source
    • Your websiteThe partners page lists two partners, Google Cloud ("Scale Generative AI Portfolio optimized for Google Cloud Platform") and NVIDIA ("Accelerating open-weight model adoption"); on October 15, 2026 Scale announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to help enterprises customize Nemotron open models through Scale Post-Training. No systems integrators are listed.Source
  • 10

    labs.scale.com hosts 43 leaderboards and 89 papers that AI teams read, on a separate subdomain with no clear path to Scale's enterprise evaluation work.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Head of Growth Marketing

    First action

    Add one call to action to the most-visited leaderboard.

    How to measure it

    Labs-to-enterprise demo requests

    Now
    –
    Target
    40 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Find top pages

      By traffic.

      Head of Growth Marketing 1 week

    2. 2

      Write CTA

      Short.

      Product Marketing Lead, Enterprise 1 day

    3. 3

      Add to pages

      Labs subdomain.

      Web Engineering 1 week

    4. 4

      Evaluation page

      Enterprise.

      Product Marketing Lead, Enterprise 2 weeks

    5. 5

      Track

      Cross-domain.

      Marketing Operations 1 week

    6. 6

      Measure

      Demos.

      Head of Growth Marketing monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Small
    Owner
    Head of Growth Marketing

    Smallest test

    Add the CTA to one leaderboard.

    Why it works

    Add a short "evaluate your own models and agents" call to action on each leaderboard, a page explaining enterprise evaluation with the same rigor, and track visits from labs to enterprise demo requests.

    Readers of a leaderboard already trust Scale's evaluations; one link turns that trust into demand.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Research credibility

      Keep CTAs separate from results.

    Evidence

    • Your websitelabs.scale.com hosts 43 leaderboard pages and 89 research papers (for example Humanity's Last Exam, DistressBench, SWE Atlas), on a separate subdomain from the enterprise pages.Source
    • HiringAccount Based Marketing Lead (posted October 1, 2026), reporting to the Head of Growth Marketing: builds "1:1 and industry-vertical ABM playbooks" for P0 and P1 enterprise accounts and owns "vertical-specific campaigns across Healthcare, Financial & Professional Services, and Consumer", run across "digital advertising, direct mail, web and in-person experiences"; tools named include Clay, Folloze, Reachdesk, Marketo or HubSpot and Salesforce.Source
    • Your website/pricing redirects to /demo; there are no published prices or packages. /evaluation/enterprise has its own demo page.Source
  • 11

    The enterprise PMM will design a Customer Advisory Board with virtual sessions and an annual summit. Members are the same senior buyers ABM targets.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Product Marketing Lead

    First action

    Pick the first 12 members.

    How to measure it

    Published CAB insights

    Now
    –
    Target
    4 a year
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick members

      12.

      Product Marketing Lead, Enterprise 1 month

    2. 2

      Run sessions

      Quarterly.

      Product Marketing Lead, Enterprise quarterly

    3. 3

      Write themes

      Short reports.

      Product Marketing Lead, Enterprise quarterly

    4. 4

      Approve

      Members.

      Product Marketing Lead, Enterprise quarterly

    5. 5

      Summit slot

      Co-present.

      Field Marketing & Events Manager, Frontier Data yearly

    6. 6

      Use in ABM

      Quotes.

      Account Based Marketing Lead ongoing

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Small
    Owner
    Product Marketing Lead, Enterprise

    Smallest test

    Hold the first virtual session.

    Why it works

    Publish themes from each session (with permission) as short reports, invite members to co-present at the AI Leadership Summit and use their quotes in vertical pages.

    Advisory boards produce peer insight that prospects value more than vendor content.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Confidentiality

      Publish themes, not specifics.

    Evidence

    • HiringProduct Marketing Lead, Enterprise (posted August 12, 2026): "vertical-specific messaging and content" for the applications business; customer marketing "including case studies, testimonials"; and to "Design and run Scale's Customer Advisory Board (CAB) program - including virtual sessions and an annual in-person summit".Source
    • HiringField Marketing & Events Manager, Frontier Data (posted October 12, 2026): events "from research conferences to Scale-hosted executive dinners and practitioner meetups", support for "our annual flagship conference, the AI Leadership Summit", and ROI tracked "in Salesforce"; up to 50% travel.Source
  • 12

    The Doha PMM will amplify Scale's national partnership in Qatar and support entry into new GCC markets. The global public sector page mentions Arabic-speaking talent, but the site is English only.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Product Marketing Manager

    First action

    Get approval to publish the Qatar story.

    How to measure it

    Meetings with GCC entities

    Now
    –
    Target
    20 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Approve story

      With partner.

      Product Marketing Manager, Global Public Sector 1 month

    2. 2

      Translate

      Arabic.

      Localization vendor 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Right-to-left layout

      Templates.

      Web Designer, Brand Web Experience 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Publish

      Arabic pages.

      Web Designer, Brand Web Experience 1 week

    5. 5

      Event pages

      Regional.

      Field Marketing & Events Manager, Frontier Data ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Meetings.

      Product Marketing Manager, Global Public Sector monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Translation
    Owner
    Product Marketing Manager, Global Public Sector

    Smallest test

    Translate the global public sector page.

    Why it works

    Publish the global public sector page and a Qatar partnership story in Arabic, and add pages for the events Scale attends in the region (Milipol Qatar, FII KSA, AI Festival DIFC).

    Ministries expect material in Arabic, and local-language pages show the commitment Scale describes.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Partner sensitivities

      Agree every line.

    Evidence

    • HiringGovernment growth outside the US: a Product Marketing Manager, Global Public Sector in Doha (posted August 13, 2026) for "our flagship national partnership in Qatar" and "entering new markets across the GCC"; a Public Sector Lead, Central & Local Government in London (posted October 6, 2026) owning civilian departments "starting where the near-term pipeline is strongest: HMRC, DWP, and NHS"; and a Public Sector Lead, Defence & Security in London.Source
    • Your website/global-public-sector focuses on sovereign AI and "Arabic-speaking talent"; the site is English only and has no UK page, although Scale is hiring UK public sector leads.Source
    • Your websiteEvents: the sitemap still lists and serves pages for CVPR 2024, NeurIPS 2023, ICCV 2023, ICLR 2024, five 2023 webinars, a June 2023 Gov AI Summit, Pelican Hill 2024 and TechAD 2024. /events lists upcoming conferences such as Money 20/20 USA, Milipol Qatar, FII KSA, AI Festival DIFC and CNS Summit. The AI Leadership Summit page (/summit/access, "September 29 to October 1, 2026 | Deer Valley, Utah", "By invitation only") is an access-code form with the old meta description "Scale AI is the data platform for AI, providing high-quality training data for machine learning applications".Source
  • 13

    Scale announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to customize Nemotron open models through Scale Post-Training, with an insurance copilot as the example. The new labs partnerships lead is asked to make Scale the preferred route from lab models to production.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Head of Strategic Partnerships

    First action

    Agree co-marketing with NVIDIA.

    How to measure it

    Custom-model pilots

    Now
    –
    Target
    8 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Define pilot

      Scope and outcome.

      Head of Strategic Partnerships, Labs 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Price

      Range.

      Enterprise Pricing Manager 1 week

    3. 3

      Co-market

      With NVIDIA.

      Head of Strategic Partnerships, Labs 1 month

    4. 4

      Add to pages

      Vertical pages.

      Account Based Marketing Lead 1 week

    5. 5

      Sell

      Enterprise AEs.

      Enterprise Account Executives ongoing

    6. 6

      Repeat

      Other providers.

      Head of Strategic Partnerships, Labs 2 quarters

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Partner time
    Owner
    Head of Strategic Partnerships, Labs

    Smallest test

    Write the pilot one-pager.

    Why it works

    Package a fixed-scope "custom open model" pilot, co-market it with NVIDIA, add it to the vertical ABM pages and repeat the format with other model providers.

    A named offer with a partner gives buyers a concrete starting point.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Partner priorities shift

      Keep a provider-neutral version.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteThe partners page lists two partners, Google Cloud ("Scale Generative AI Portfolio optimized for Google Cloud Platform") and NVIDIA ("Accelerating open-weight model adoption"); on October 15, 2026 Scale announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to help enterprises customize Nemotron open models through Scale Post-Training. No systems integrators are listed.Source
    • HiringPartnership hires: a Head of Strategic Partnerships, Global Systems Integrators (posted October 14, 2026) to "own GSI-sourced and GSI-influenced pipeline", "Help partners build Scale-certified practices" and co-develop offerings for "financial services, healthcare, public sector, telecom"; and a Head of Strategic Partnerships, Labs (posted October 13, 2026) to make Scale "the preferred partner for taking lab models into production at enterprise scale".Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: no H1 heading; customer tiles for CDAO, Meta, Mayo Clinic, TIME, Howard Hughes, Physical Intelligence, Universal Robots, Center for AI Safety, British Petroleum, Cengage and Shore Capital; "90% of the world's leading generative AI model builders are powered by Scale"; contributors are sourced so that "25% have advanced degrees". The blog has a Mayo Clinic post and an October 15, 2026 post on a real-time copilot for an unnamed "global insurance company".Source
  • 14

    The contracts page lists Tradewinds, a T&E BPA, the DRAID BOA and NASA SEWP with a generic description, and a Strategic Contracts Lead was just posted.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Strategic Contracts Lead

    First action

    List each vehicle with eligible buyers.

    How to measure it

    Contacts from contracts page

    Now
    –
    Target
    30 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Gather facts

      Per vehicle.

      Strategic Contracts Lead, Public Sector 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Write sections

      Ordering steps.

      Product Marketing Lead, Public Sector 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Legal review

      Terms.

      Legal 1 week

    4. 4

      Publish

      Updated page.

      Web Designer, Brand Web Experience 1 week

    5. 5

      Enable sellers

      Share.

      Strategic Contracts Lead, Public Sector 1 week

    6. 6

      Measure

      Contacts.

      Head of Growth Marketing monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Writing time
    Owner
    Strategic Contracts Lead, Public Sector

    Smallest test

    Rewrite the page description.

    Why it works

    For each vehicle, add who can order, what it covers, ordering steps and a contact, and add a civilian-agency route. Update the description to say what the page is.

    Clear buying paths shorten the time from interest to award.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Out-of-date terms

      Quarterly review.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteUS public sector: /public-sector says Scale powers programs "across the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and Federal Civilian agencies", but its use cases are mostly defense (course of action development, wargaming, JADC2, ISR, "Threat assessment & targeting support"). /contracts lists Tradewinds, a T&E BPA, the DRAID BOA and NASA SEWP through Carahsoft, under the meta description "Scale AI is the data platform for AI."Source
    • HiringProduct Marketing Lead, Public Sector (posted September 30, 2026): messaging and launches for "mission owners and Line of Business executives in U.S. federal civilian agencies", to "help the team enter new Fedciv market segments", producing "case studies, one-pagers, solution briefs, thought leadership eBooks, web copy". A Strategic Contracts Lead, Public Sector was posted on October 19, 2026.Source
  • 15

    The events page lists Money 20/20, FII KSA, CNS Summit and others, but each entry only links to the conference. The events role tracks ROI in Salesforce.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 month Field Marketing & Events Mana…

    First action

    Add a form to the next three events.

    How to measure it

    Meetings per event

    Now
    –
    Target
    10
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Form per event

      Booking.

      Marketing Operations 1 week

    2. 2

      Target list

      Attending accounts.

      Account Based Marketing Lead 1 week

    3. 3

      Outreach

      Two weeks before.

      Field Marketing & Events Manager, Frontier Data ongoing

    4. 4

      Staff

      Account teams.

      Field Marketing & Events Manager, Frontier Data ongoing

    5. 5

      Follow up

      48 hours.

      Enterprise Account Executives ongoing

    6. 6

      Report

      Per event.

      Field Marketing & Events Manager, Frontier Data monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Small
    Owner
    Field Marketing & Events Manager, Frontier Data

    Smallest test

    Add a form for CNS Summit.

    Build the prospect list. The list compiled from public sources, verified, deduplicated and delivered to your CRM. Usually live within days.

    Book a working session

    Why it works

    Add a "meet Scale there" form per event that books time with the account team, email target accounts attending, and report meetings and pipeline per event.

    Most event value comes from meetings set in advance.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • No reps attending

      Show forms only where staffed.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteEvents: the sitemap still lists and serves pages for CVPR 2024, NeurIPS 2023, ICCV 2023, ICLR 2024, five 2023 webinars, a June 2023 Gov AI Summit, Pelican Hill 2024 and TechAD 2024. /events lists upcoming conferences such as Money 20/20 USA, Milipol Qatar, FII KSA, AI Festival DIFC and CNS Summit. The AI Leadership Summit page (/summit/access, "September 29 to October 1, 2026 | Deer Valley, Utah", "By invitation only") is an access-code form with the old meta description "Scale AI is the data platform for AI, providing high-quality training data for machine learning applications".Source
    • HiringField Marketing & Events Manager, Frontier Data (posted October 12, 2026): events "from research conferences to Scale-hosted executive dinners and practitioner meetups", support for "our annual flagship conference, the AI Leadership Summit", and ROI tracked "in Salesforce"; up to 50% travel.Source
    • HiringAccount Based Marketing Lead (posted October 1, 2026), reporting to the Head of Growth Marketing: builds "1:1 and industry-vertical ABM playbooks" for P0 and P1 enterprise accounts and owns "vertical-specific campaigns across Healthcare, Financial & Professional Services, and Consumer", run across "digital advertising, direct mail, web and in-person experiences"; tools named include Clay, Folloze, Reachdesk, Marketo or HubSpot and Salesforce.Source

Big bets 3

Larger plays that can change the trajectory.

  • 16

    Scale publishes frontier leaderboards that AI teams follow, and its enterprise pitch is reliable AI for critical decisions. Enterprise buyers have no equivalent benchmark for tasks in their own industry.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 3 quarters Head of Growth Marketing

    First action

    Pick the first industry and five tasks.

    How to measure it

    Private runs requested

    Now
    –
    Target
    50 a year
    By
    4 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick tasks

      With customers.

      Head of Growth Marketing 1 month

    2. 2

      Build datasets

      Expert-made.

      Research 1 quarter

    3. 3

      Run models

      Leading ones.

      Research 1 month

    4. 4

      Publish

      Labs and enterprise pages.

      Product Marketing Lead, Enterprise 1 month

    5. 5

      Offer private runs

      Enterprise.

      Enterprise Account Executives ongoing

    6. 6

      Repeat

      New industries.

      Head of Growth Marketing yearly

    First result
    3 quarters
    Cost
    Research time
    Owner
    Head of Growth Marketing

    Smallest test

    Publish one financial services task set.

    Why it works

    Build benchmarks for real enterprise tasks in financial services, insurance and healthcare, publish results for leading models and offer companies a private run on their own systems.

    Owning the measure of enterprise reliability makes Scale the default evaluator and a natural builder.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Perceived bias

      Publish method and use outside reviewers.

    Evidence

    • Your websitelabs.scale.com hosts 43 leaderboard pages and 89 research papers (for example Humanity's Last Exam, DistressBench, SWE Atlas), on a separate subdomain from the enterprise pages.Source
    • HiringAccount Based Marketing Lead (posted October 1, 2026), reporting to the Head of Growth Marketing: builds "1:1 and industry-vertical ABM playbooks" for P0 and P1 enterprise accounts and owns "vertical-specific campaigns across Healthcare, Financial & Professional Services, and Consumer", run across "digital advertising, direct mail, web and in-person experiences"; tools named include Clay, Folloze, Reachdesk, Marketo or HubSpot and Salesforce.Source
    • Your websiteCustomer proof (checked October 21, 2026): /customers redirects to /customers/time, the only page in the customers sitemap. /enterprise lists Energy, Infrastructure, Insurance, Health, Consumer, Retail and Life Science, but only /enterprise/healthcare and /enterprise/insurance exist (financial-services, consumer, retail, energy and life-sciences return 404). /enterprise shows unnamed results ("93% faster contract reviews for legal clients", "$64M+ revenue growth after implementing Gen AI recommendations") and quotes from TIME, Global Atlantic and Howard Hughes.Source
  • 17

    The GSI role is asked to co-develop offerings for financial services, healthcare, public sector and telecom, and ABM targets healthcare and financial services.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 4 quarters Head of Strategic Partnerships

    First action

    Shortlist GSIs with strong AI practices in both verticals.

    How to measure it

    Joint pipeline

    Now
    –
    Target
    $20M
    By
    4 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Shortlist

      GSIs.

      Head of Strategic Partnerships, Global Systems Integrators 1 month

    2. 2

      Design solution

      Two.

      Head of Strategic Partnerships, Global Systems Integrators 1 quarter

    3. 3

      Train teams

      Certification.

      Head of Strategic Partnerships, Global Systems Integrators 1 quarter

    4. 4

      Joint ABM

      Shared accounts.

      Account Based Marketing Lead 2 quarters

    5. 5

      Launch

      Event and pages.

      Field Marketing & Events Manager, Frontier Data 1 month

    6. 6

      Report

      Pipeline.

      Head of Strategic Partnerships, Global Systems Integrators monthly

    First result
    4 quarters
    Cost
    Partner investment
    Owner
    Head of Strategic Partnerships, Global Systems Integrators

    Smallest test

    Run one joint workshop.

    Why it works

    Build two packaged solutions with partners (for example claims or contract review, clinical documentation), train partner teams, and run joint ABM on shared accounts.

    Integrators already hold these relationships; a packaged solution gives them something to sell.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Delivery quality

      Scale stays on early projects.

    Evidence

    • HiringPartnership hires: a Head of Strategic Partnerships, Global Systems Integrators (posted October 14, 2026) to "own GSI-sourced and GSI-influenced pipeline", "Help partners build Scale-certified practices" and co-develop offerings for "financial services, healthcare, public sector, telecom"; and a Head of Strategic Partnerships, Labs (posted October 13, 2026) to make Scale "the preferred partner for taking lab models into production at enterprise scale".Source
    • HiringAccount Based Marketing Lead (posted October 1, 2026), reporting to the Head of Growth Marketing: builds "1:1 and industry-vertical ABM playbooks" for P0 and P1 enterprise accounts and owns "vertical-specific campaigns across Healthcare, Financial & Professional Services, and Consumer", run across "digital advertising, direct mail, web and in-person experiences"; tools named include Clay, Folloze, Reachdesk, Marketo or HubSpot and Salesforce.Source
    • Your websiteCustomer proof (checked October 21, 2026): /customers redirects to /customers/time, the only page in the customers sitemap. /enterprise lists Energy, Infrastructure, Insurance, Health, Consumer, Retail and Life Science, but only /enterprise/healthcare and /enterprise/insurance exist (financial-services, consumer, retail, energy and life-sciences return 404). /enterprise shows unnamed results ("93% faster contract reviews for legal clients", "$64M+ revenue growth after implementing Gen AI recommendations") and quotes from TIME, Global Atlantic and Howard Hughes.Source
  • 18

    Pricing redirects to the demo form, and a new pricing manager is focused on deal structures and approval time. Enterprise AI buyers want a low-risk first step.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Enterprise Pricing Manager

    First action

    Draft the sprint scope from recent evaluation deals.

    How to measure it

    Evaluation sprints

    Now
    –
    Target
    30 a year
    By
    4 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Define scope

      From past deals.

      Enterprise Pricing Manager 1 month

    2. 2

      Set price

      Bands.

      Enterprise Pricing Manager 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Approval path

      Pre-approved.

      Deal Desk 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Publish scope

      Page.

      Product Marketing Lead, Enterprise 2 weeks

    5. 5

      Train sellers

      Use as land.

      Sales Enablement 1 week

    6. 6

      Measure

      Conversion to builds.

      Enterprise Pricing Manager quarterly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Small
    Owner
    Enterprise Pricing Manager

    Smallest test

    Sell the sprint to three accounts.

    Why it works

    Define a fixed-scope, fixed-price evaluation sprint (assess current AI systems, report and roadmap), publish its scope (not necessarily the price), and make it the default land deal.

    A standard first deal shortens approval and creates a path to larger builds.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Underpricing

      Review after ten deals.

    Evidence

    • Your website/pricing redirects to /demo; there are no published prices or packages. /evaluation/enterprise has its own demo page.Source
    • HiringWeb and pricing hires: a Web Designer, Brand Web Experience (posted October 16, 2026) in the "Scale Interactive Brand Studio (9 people full-time)", responsible for "the design and development of scale.com", reusable components and "web performance best practices"; an Enterprise Pricing Manager (posted August 19, 2026) for deal pricing and approval cycle time.Source
    • Your websitelabs.scale.com hosts 43 leaderboard pages and 89 research papers (for example Humanity's Last Exam, DistressBench, SWE Atlas), on a separate subdomain from the enterprise pages.Source

Wildcards 3

Unexpected experiments, each with a cheap way to test it.

  • 19

    Outlier brings in doctors, lawyers, finance experts and engineers as contributors, and 25% of contributors have advanced degrees. Many work in the industries ABM targets.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Growth Strategy & Operations…

    First action

    Survey contributors on their employers' industries (opt-in).

    How to measure it

    Introductions

    Now
    –
    Target
    30 a year
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Design rules

      Conflicts and consent.

      Legal 1 month

    2. 2

      Survey

      Opt-in.

      Growth Strategy & Operations Lead 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Launch

      Referral program.

      Growth Strategy & Operations Lead 1 month

    4. 4

      Route

      To ABM.

      Account Based Marketing Lead ongoing

    5. 5

      Reward

      On meetings.

      Finance ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Introductions.

      Head of Growth Marketing quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Rewards
    Owner
    Growth Strategy & Operations Lead

    Smallest test

    Pilot with 50 finance contributors.

    Why it works

    Offer opted-in contributors a referral program for enterprise introductions in their industry, with clear rules, and share enterprise case studies with the community.

    Practitioners who know Scale's quality can open doors that cold outreach cannot.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Conflicts of interest

      Strict opt-in and disclosure.

    Evidence

    • HiringExpert supply: a Growth Strategy & Operations Lead (posted June 1, 2026) runs the supply side of Outlier, "Scale's expert contributor marketplace", through "outbound, referrals, hackathons, partnerships, paid acquisition, and professional communities". The board also lists Human Frontier Collective fellowships in the UK (legal, finance, medical, STEM, research advisor).Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: no H1 heading; customer tiles for CDAO, Meta, Mayo Clinic, TIME, Howard Hughes, Physical Intelligence, Universal Robots, Center for AI Safety, British Petroleum, Cengage and Shore Capital; "90% of the world's leading generative AI model builders are powered by Scale"; contributors are sourced so that "25% have advanced degrees". The blog has a Mayo Clinic post and an October 15, 2026 post on a real-time copilot for an unnamed "global insurance company".Source
    • HiringAccount Based Marketing Lead (posted October 1, 2026), reporting to the Head of Growth Marketing: builds "1:1 and industry-vertical ABM playbooks" for P0 and P1 enterprise accounts and owns "vertical-specific campaigns across Healthcare, Financial & Professional Services, and Consumer", run across "digital advertising, direct mail, web and in-person experiences"; tools named include Clay, Folloze, Reachdesk, Marketo or HubSpot and Salesforce.Source
  • 20

    Scale lists UK fellowships in legal, finance, medical and STEM fields, and is hiring UK public sector leads for HMRC, DWP and NHS work.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 2 quarters Public Sector Lead

    First action

    Ask two fellows for a first article.

    How to measure it

    Article views and meetings

    Now
    –
    Target
    10 meetings
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick fellows

      Two.

      Public Sector Lead, Central & Local Government 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Write

      Articles.

      Human Frontier Collective 1 month

    3. 3

      Review

      Comms.

      Communications 1 week

    4. 4

      Publish

      Blog.

      Product Marketing Lead, Public Sector 1 week

    5. 5

      Use in outreach

      Departments.

      Public Sector Lead, Central & Local Government ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Meetings.

      Head of Growth Marketing monthly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Small
    Owner
    Public Sector Lead, Central & Local Government

    Smallest test

    Commission one article.

    Why it works

    Publish a short series by fellows on reliable AI in tax, benefits and health services, and use it in outreach and UK events.

    Independent experts carry credibility with civil servants.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Independence questioned

      State the relationship clearly.

    Evidence

    • HiringExpert supply: a Growth Strategy & Operations Lead (posted June 1, 2026) runs the supply side of Outlier, "Scale's expert contributor marketplace", through "outbound, referrals, hackathons, partnerships, paid acquisition, and professional communities". The board also lists Human Frontier Collective fellowships in the UK (legal, finance, medical, STEM, research advisor).Source
    • HiringGovernment growth outside the US: a Product Marketing Manager, Global Public Sector in Doha (posted August 13, 2026) for "our flagship national partnership in Qatar" and "entering new markets across the GCC"; a Public Sector Lead, Central & Local Government in London (posted October 6, 2026) owning civilian departments "starting where the near-term pipeline is strongest: HMRC, DWP, and NHS"; and a Public Sector Lead, Defence & Security in London.Source
  • 21

    The brand studio designs scale.com and interactive content, and the ABM Lead needs reasons for buyers to engage before a meeting.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Web Designer

    First action

    Write ten questions for financial services.

    How to measure it

    Checks completed by target accounts

    Now
    –
    Target
    150
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Write questions

      Ten per vertical.

      Product Marketing Lead, Enterprise 1 week

    2. 2

      Design

      Interactive.

      Web Designer, Brand Web Experience 1 month

    3. 3

      Build

      With scoring.

      Web Engineering 1 month

    4. 4

      Use in ABM

      Mailers and ads.

      Account Based Marketing Lead ongoing

    5. 5

      Follow up

      Sprint offer.

      Enterprise Account Executives ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Completions.

      Head of Growth Marketing monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Design time
    Owner
    Web Designer, Brand Web Experience

    Smallest test

    Launch a one-vertical version.

    Why it works

    Build a short readiness check per vertical (data, use cases, evaluation, governance) that gives a score and peer comparison, with a follow-up offer of the evaluation sprint.

    An interactive score gives executives something to share internally and the team a reason to call.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Generic results

      Use real peer data.

    Evidence

    • HiringWeb and pricing hires: a Web Designer, Brand Web Experience (posted October 16, 2026) in the "Scale Interactive Brand Studio (9 people full-time)", responsible for "the design and development of scale.com", reusable components and "web performance best practices"; an Enterprise Pricing Manager (posted August 19, 2026) for deal pricing and approval cycle time.Source
    • HiringAccount Based Marketing Lead (posted October 1, 2026), reporting to the Head of Growth Marketing: builds "1:1 and industry-vertical ABM playbooks" for P0 and P1 enterprise accounts and owns "vertical-specific campaigns across Healthcare, Financial & Professional Services, and Consumer", run across "digital advertising, direct mail, web and in-person experiences"; tools named include Clay, Folloze, Reachdesk, Marketo or HubSpot and Salesforce.Source
    • Your website/pricing redirects to /demo; there are no published prices or packages. /evaluation/enterprise has its own demo page.Source

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30/60/90 roadmap

What to focus on in each month, and the ideas that carry it.

  1. Days 1 to 306 ideas

    Vertical ABM pages, template cleanup, a stories hub, the federal civilian page, past events and the homepage fixes.

  2. Days 31 to 6010 ideas

    Executive dinners, the UK page, the GSI program, labs-to-enterprise links, the CAB, Arabic pages, the NVIDIA offer, contracts hub and event meetings; the readiness check.

  3. Days 61 to 905 ideas

    Commit to the enterprise benchmark, GSI vertical solutions and the evaluation sprint; start the contributor and fellows programs.

The research behind the plan

3 research areas, each summarised in a few lines. Open any of them for the full detail.

Customers

What customers say

Customers value expert-quality data and evaluations. The most cited problem: AI pilots that never reach production.

  • Forward-deployed teams that build to production
  • Unreliable model outputs in regulated work
  • In their words: “reliable AI”

Market

Competitive landscape

5 competitors compared: Snorkel AI, Labelbox, Invisible Technologies, Surge AI and 1 more.

  • Gap to exploit: Enterprise reliability benchmarks by industry
  • Snorkel AI: Smaller applications business
  • Labelbox: Less enterprise delivery

Hiring signals

Scale is building an enterprise and government go-to-market around its research brand.

  • Account Based Marketing Lead: Vertical ABM for healthcare, FS&PS and consumer. Ideas 1, 7, 21.
  • Field Marketing & Events Manager, Frontier Data: Executive dinners and the AI Leadership Summit. Ideas 5, 7, 15.
  • Product Marketing Lead, Public Sector: Federal civilian agencies. Ideas 4, 14.

From the team that wrote this playbook

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