Alexandr Wang

AI technologist

Alexandr Wang is the founder and CEO of Scale AI, a data platform for AI seeking to supercharge businesses through responsible, human-centric artificial intelligence.

Why you should listen

Alexandr Wang founded Scale while he was a student at MIT. His idea? To pair high-quality data with smart tools and infrastructure to bring more intelligence and relevance to AI and help unlock AI for organizations in any industry along with critical US government platforms. His hunch led him to grow Scale into a multi-billion-dollar company, becoming the world’s youngest self-made billionaire along the way.

Scale has partnered with organizations including Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, General Motors, Brex, Instacart and Flexport as well as the US Army and the US Air Force. Wang's work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, CNN, Fortune and more.

Alexandr Wang’s TED talk

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Alexandr Wang

War, AI and the new global arms race

Posted Jul 2023

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Live from TED2023

The astounding new era of AI: Notes on Session 2 of TED2023

April 18, 2023

Whether you’re thrilled or terrified by it, there’s no question that the time of artificial intelligence has come. Session 2 of TED2023 looked at some of the reasons to get excited about this transformational moment — and gave space to those who have expressed concern about the future it may usher in. The event: Talks […]