Alexandr Wang, co-founder of Scale AI, has parlayed his networking skills into a $14.3 billion investment from Meta and a new job in Meta's "superintelligence" group, reporting to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

In recent months, Wang has become close with Zuckerberg and has spent time at the Meta CEO’s houses in Tahoe and Palo Alto, California, discussing the future of AI, according to people familiar ...

Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang is such an enthusiastic networker that his former roommate — OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman — once jokingly told him to tone it down a bit.

On June 12, Alexandr Wang stepped down as Scale’s CEO to chase his most ambitious moonshot yet: building smarter-than-human AI as head of Meta’s new “superintelligence” division.

Alexandr Wang said there were two things he never delegated at Scale AI. The founder and CEO said he personally approved every hire and reviewed customer data before it was sent out.

Wang owns an estimated 14% of Scale AI and became the world's youngest self-made billionaire. Today, Wang is worth $3.6 billion according to estimates from Forbes.

Booth is a reporter at TIME. Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang While AI model makers often get the spotlight, Scale AI has quietly built its reputation on data annotation. With support from over ...

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Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang is such an enthusiastic networker that his former roommate — OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman — once jokingly told him to tone it down a bit.

Weeks after Meta poured $14.3 billion into Scale AI and hired founder Alexandr Wang, the artificial intelligence startup is cutting 200 full-time employees, or 14% of its staff.

Alexandr Wang, the 28-year-old CEO and co-founder of Scale AI, is leaving his position to head up a new unit at Meta dedicated to developing “superintelligence,” or an AI that’s better than ...