The Scale AI Mafia
47 people came through Scale AI and went on to found or lead other companies.
Alexandr WangCo-founder & CEOFounded Scale AILucy GuoCo-founderFounded PassesWilliam HockeyBoard DirectorFounded PlaidJosephine LeeIntern - GenAIFounded Palette Labs +1Daniel LevineBoard MemberFounded ChartioArnav SahuInvestorFounded WolfiaLan XuezhaoAngel investorFounded Basis SetFederico MirásEngineering ManagerFounded PluggyTim DingmanML Program ManagerFounded CastleFree WortleyHead of Security/ArchitectureFounded LunaSecNipun KantProductFounded HavenBen ScharfsteinHead of Product, EnterpriseFounded RumeChetan RaneStaff AI Product ManagerFounded OmniAnna MatalonHead of product, Pay & Incentives (Gen AI)Founded Purpose FinanceJon ShellerSenior Software Engineering ManagerFounded Purpose FinanceBrendan TobinTechnical Program ManagerFounded Purpose FinanceMokshith VoodarlaML Research & ProductFounded SieveCraig WeissSoftware EngineerFounded RomeAvery YipHuman DataFounded VesselJoseph YehStrategic ProjectsFounded AttainAlexander KwanFinance & StrategyFounded TAIChun JiangProductFounded Monterey AIAllen WangSoftware EngineerFounded NectarMichael LamPartner EngineerFounded StuddyAnish AgrawalEngineeringFounded ChatterRob HaberMachine Learning Research EngineerFounded SendblueDaniel SunSoftware Engineer InternFounded Breez LabsAnthony KrivonosSenior Software Engineer, DonovanFounded TomaTomer CohenChief of StaffFounded David AIBen WileyTechnical Lead, Software EngineeringFounded David AIOliver Wendell-BralySoftware EngineerFounded ClarusManil LakabiStrategic Projects LeadFounded x1Kaushik MahorkerEngineering ManagerFounded WildcardThomas LiaoResearch ScientistFounded neoncoralDavid ZhuSoftware EngineerFounded PercivalPriya KhandelwalMachine Learning ResearcherFounded NixoAnkith SubramanyaSoftware EngineerFounded MangoDeskAman AgarwalPrompt EngineerFounded NovaflowJake PhelanSWE for AI Training DataFounded Spotlight RealtyOmar AbdelazizStaff Product Manager on GenAI ML teamFounded BlueMith Paresh PatelSoftware Engineer InternFounded SilaAndrew SyMachine Learning Infrastructure EngineerFounded PolymorphAdi SinghCodegenFounded AraSam SlezekStrategic Product ManagerFounded Arctic HealthIan LeeGenerative AI Technical AdvisorFounded PetrarchSudhish SwainTechnical Advisor InternFounded PetrarchDavid YangGenerative AI InternFounded Maingen
Frequently asked questions
- What is the Scale AI mafia?
- The Scale AI mafia is the network of 47 people who came through Scale AI and went on to found or lead other companies, including Scale AI, Passes, Plaid, Palette Labs, Chartio.
- Who is in the Scale AI mafia?
- Notable members include Alexandr Wang (Scale AI), Lucy Guo (Passes), William Hockey (Plaid), Josephine Lee (Palette Labs), Daniel Levine (Chartio), Arnav Sahu (Wolfia), Lan Xuezhao (Basis Set), Federico Mirás (Pluggy), among 47 tracked members.
- What companies did Scale AI alumni found?
- Companies founded by Scale AI alumni include Scale AI, Passes, Plaid, Palette Labs, Chartio, Wolfia, Basis Set, Pluggy, Castle, LunaSec.



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