The article profiles Alexandr Wang, the 35-year-old CEO of Scale AI, a startup that provides data labeling services for AI systems. Key points: 1) Scale AI has raised over $600 million from investors like Draymond Green and is valued at $7.3 billion. 2) Wang co-founded Scale AI in 2016 after dropping out of MIT to work on AI projects. 3) Scale AI employs over 300,000 contractors globally to label data for AI training. 4) Wang believes AI will be as transformative as the internet and mobile revolutions. 5) Scale AI’s customers include OpenAI, Nvidia, Toyota, and the U.S. Air Force. 6) Wang aims to make Scale AI an “AI data platform” that powers AI development across industries.
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandr-wang-scale-ai-power-list-2024