Alexandr Wang, once the youngest self-made billionaire in the world, has agreed to join Meta to work on AI “superintelligence,” leaving the startup that made him rich after dropping out of MIT. Alexandr Wang’s Scale AI just inked a $14.

Alexandr Wang, son of nuclear physicists, dropped out of MIT to co-found Scale AI, a company providing crucial data for AI development. Scale AI's rapid growth led to a $7 billion valuation, making Wang the world's youngest self-made billionaire.

Wang is the CEO of Scale AI, a data company that works with giant AI leaders like Meta and OpenAI. And Meta just spent about $15 billion to buy a 49% stake in Scale AI. Meta confi

As part of the deal, Wang will report directly to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the company announced on Thursday. He will lead a new AI lab inside Meta tasked with building “superi

With Scale AI founder and CEO Alexandr Wang headed to Meta for high-profile role in artificial intelligence, the startup is promoting its strategy head.

Meta is betting big on a new superintelligence lab, luring talent with massive paychecks and bringing in Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang—but insiders warn that deep internal dysfunction could sabotage the effort.

The new lab, set to include the Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, is part of a reorganization of Meta’s artificial intelligence efforts under Mark Zuckerberg.

Meta eyes a $10 billion deal with Scale AI, signaling a stronger push for A.I. research and innovation, with potential shifts in the tech industry’s power dynamics.