Scale AI's Wang Brings Meta Knowledge of What Everyone Else
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Here’s what Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang knows that Meta doesn’t.
Alexandr Wang says Neuralink and other brain-computer interfaces will help kids learn in "crazy ways."
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.
Scale AI founder postpones parenthood until brain-computer interfaces are routine, citing neuroplastic potential. Meta's acquisition supports his stance.
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.
The negotiations started as just one billionaire tech founder talking to another. Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg approached Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang in mid-April about a potentially industry-shaking deal.