Before Meta ink its investments of $ 14.3 billion in Scale AI, its founder, Alexander Wang, formed a close relationship with the CEO of Meta Mark Zuckerberg.
According to what was reported, the two spent some time together in the homes of Zuckerberg in Palo Alto and Lake Tahoe, where they discussed the future of artificial intelligence and the scale of the role he might play in. This call has now been crystallized for an official partnership: Meta has benefited from Wang, only 28, to lead AI’s efforts.
This date came just days after Meta investment and a short period before the AI range 14 % of the workforce-more than 200 full-time employees. Wang is now in a position that allows him to influence the direction of developing artificial intelligence in one of the most powerful technology companies in the world.
Wang, a previous leak at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, participated in the founding of AI in 2016. The company provides software and employment to help nominate the huge quantities of data needed to train artificial intelligence systems, such as large language models. After a brief decline in the evaluation in 2023, the range recently recovered to nearly $ 14 billion, supported by new financing. Wang holds a 14 % stake.
Wang was born in New Mexico for the physics of Chinese immigrants, and a miracle in mathematics was competing in coding competitions before leaving the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after one year. His founder, Lucy Qah, came out of the company in 2018, but kept a large share of the shares, which made it a billionaire in the end.
Scale’s workforce includes more than 100,000 contractors who suspend data data such as Meta, Openai and Microsoft. The heavy model of the company has sparked controversy, including multiple lawsuits claiming exploitative conditions and mismanagement. Despite the reverse reaction, Wang steadily expanded his influence – not only in Silicon Valley but in Washington, where it is seen as a major voice that constitutes the organizational scene of Amnesty International.
Wang’s Personal Network played an important role in its ascension. He is also close to Openai’s Sam Altman, who led Y Combinator when Scale passed through the accelerator in 2016. Now, with Zuckerberg’s support and Meta resources, Wang is placed to become one of the most influential numbers in the next stage of artificial intelligence.
