Scale AI, Alexandr Wang
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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.
Scale AI founder postpones parenthood until brain-computer interfaces are routine, citing neuroplastic potential. Meta's acquisition supports his stance.
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.
One of the terms of Meta's $14.3 billion investment in Wang's company, Scale AI, was that he joins Meta in a leadership role.
Last week, the 28-year-old secured a US$14.3b Meta deal and a role in its superintelligence group. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
(Reuters) -Facebook owner Meta's $14.8 billion investment in Scale AI and hiring of the data-labeling startup's CEO will test how the Trump administration views so-called acquihire deals, which some have criticized as an attempt to evade regulatory scrutiny.