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Alexandr Wang

InvestorUnicorn founder

Founder at Scale AI

San Francisco, CA

FoundedScale AI$29B · YC

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Alexandr Wang co-founded Scale AI at 19 after dropping out of MIT, built it into the data backbone of the AI industry, and in June 2025 Meta paid roughly $14.3 billion for a 49% stake — valuing Scale at ~$29 billion — and hired him as its first Chief AI Officer to run Meta Superintelligence Labs. Born in Los Alamos to two physicist parents at the national lab, he was a USACO finalist and US Physics Team member in high school, coded full-time at Addepar and Quora at 17, and entered Y Combinator's Summer 2016 batch, where Scale was born in a pool house with co-founder Lucy Guo. At 24 he was the world's youngest self-made billionaire; he still sits on Scale's board.

Beyond investing

Founded
Wang co-founded Scale AI with Lucy Guo in 2016, a company providing data labeling and model evaluation services for AI applications. Co-founded Scale AI in 2016 with Lucy Guo to solve AI's data-labeling bottleneck; Meta's 2025 investment valued it at ~$29B.
Education
Studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Studied at Los Alamos High School Dropped out of MIT after his freshman year (2016) to do Y Combinator with Scale.
Boards
Remains on Scale AI's board after stepping down as CEO for Meta in June 2025.
Communities
During the COVID-19 pandemic Wang was roommates with his friend Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI. Testified before the House Armed Services Committee in July 2023 on AI and national security; Scale is a major DoD AI vendor.
Awards
Wang was named to the Time 100 Next list recognizing emerging leaders shaping the future of their fields. Wang became the world's youngest self-made billionaire at age 24 in 2021. Forbes 30 Under 30 (2018, 2021); TIME 100 Next and TIME100 AI honoree.
Family
Wang was born to Chinese immigrant parents who worked as physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Born in 1997 in Los Alamos, New Mexico, to Chinese-immigrant parents who were both physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
More
Wang qualified for the Math Olympiad Program in 2013, the US Physics Team in 2014, and was a USACO finalist in 2012 and 2013. Wang testified before a House Armed Services subcommittee in July 2023 on U.S. government AI adoption. Competition prodigy: twice a USACO finalist and a national Math Olympiad Program qualifier before college.

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Scale AI's investors · 107

1435 CapitalSkillman8VCAustin · $500K – $50M checks · since 2019Abstract VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $750K checks · since 2021AccelPalo Alto · $500K – $100M checks · since 2024Across Capital PartnersMiami · since 2019Adams Street PartnersChicago · $150M – $750M checksAdit Ventures Management, LlcNew YorkAirAngelsMiami Beach · since 2019AIspace VenturesSilicon ValleyAlpana VenturesGenevaAlpha Square GroupNew YorkAlumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checks · since 2021AMD VenturesSanta ClaraAmino CapitalPalo Alto · $100K – $10M checks · since 2021Amino CollectiveBerlin · $216K – $1.6M checks · since 2019Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2019Archerman CapitalBostonArena VenturesVeniceAxevil CapitalSan FranciscoBalderton CapitalLondon · $5M – $50M checks · since 2019Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checks · since 2019Beyond CapitalSan DiegoBling CapitalMiami Beach · $1M – $5M checks · since 2021Breakpoint CapitalAspen · since 2019Cai Leung Leung PartnersCatapult CapitalSan Francisco · $50M – $500M checks · since 2019Cheyenne VenturesWoodsideCisco InvestmentsSan Jose · since 2024Citi VenturesNew York · since 2019Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2024CoinFundNew York · $6M – $10M checks · since 2019CPP InvestmentsTorontoCreandumSan Francisco · $216K – $8.6M checks · since 2019CRV (Charles River Ventures)Bay Area · $250K – $5M checks · since 2020Depth VenturesSan FranciscoDragoneer Investment GroupSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2021Durable Capital PartnersBethesda · since 2021Elad GilSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checksFelicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checksFJ LabsNew York · $100K – $3M checks · since 2019Foothill VenturesLos Altos · $100K – $10M checksForerunner VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checks · since 2019Founders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks · since 2024G SquaredChicagoGeneral CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2025Geodesic CapitalSilicon ValleyGokul Rajaramsince 2020Gradient VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2019Great Oaks Venture CapitalNew York · $50K – $500K checks · since 2019GreenoaksSan Francisco · $1M – $50M checks · since 2024Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2019GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2025Harmony PartnersNew YorkHarvard Management CompanyAllstonHuman CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $200M checksID8 InvestmentsNew YorkIndex VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2024Inertia VenturesNew York · $2M checksInnovation EndeavorsPalo Alto · $1M – $15M checks · since 2021Integra GroupeMenlo Park · $100K – $200K checksIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks · since 2020JuniperoMiamiKleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2021Light Street CapitalPalo AltoLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1M – $5M checks · since 2021Menlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checks · since 2021Merantix CapitalBerlin · $540K – $4.3M checksMetaMenlo Park · since 2026Moonfire VenturesLondon · since 2020Multicoin CapitalAustin · $1M – $50M checks · since 2021Neuberger BermanChicagoNext Play VenturesMenlo Park · $100K – $5M checksNFDGWilmingtonNVIDIASanta Clara · since 2024OurCrowdJerusalemOutcast VenturesSan Francisco · $500K checksOutlander VCNew York · $500K – $2.5M checksPartners ResoluteChicagoQatar Investment AuthorityDohaQualcomm VenturesSan Diego · $5M checksRiverbend CapitalWashingtonRogue Insight CapitalMarkhamRosecliff VenturesNew York City · $500K checksS VenturesMountain View · $1M – $5M checksS32Palo AltoScale Venture PartnersFoster City · $5M – $50M checks · since 2020Scott Belskysince 2020Section 32Palo AltoSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $50M checks · since 2020ServiceNow VenturesSanta Clara · since 2024Siesta VenturesSINEWAVE VENTURESSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checksSocium VenturesAtlanta · $3M – $25M checksSpark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks · since 2024Stepstone GroupCharlotteSusa VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2020Thrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks · since 2024Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks · since 2024TMT InvestmentsTOLOKA SYNDICATE LIMITED$5K checksTOP-Direct IVGenevaTribe CapitalSan Francisco · $25K – $40M checks · since 2021U.S. Air Forcesince 2021Upload VenturesSao Paulo · $1M – $10M checks · since 2020US Innovative TechnologyCoraopolis · since 2025Wellington ManagementBoston · $5M – $50M checks · since 2024Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2016

Co-founders at Scale AI

LGLucy Guo
Lucy GuoFounder

Experience

  1. Scale AICEO and foundercurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. Hudson River TradingAlgorithm Developer2016New York City Metropolitan Area
  3. QuoraTech Lead2014 — 2016Mountain View, CA
  4. AddeparSoftware Engineer2014Mountain View, CA

Skills & more

Software Engineering7PythonC++5Distributed SystemsAlgorithms5Git2Java3InfrastructureParallel ProgrammingComputer Science1Mathematics4JavaScript2
+12 moreProgrammingPhysicsMySQLAlgorithm DesignCoffeeScriptSQLLinuxHTMLLaTeXCCSSPHP

Languages Chinese · French

From Alexandr's professional profile.

Investments

Board seats

Expedia GroupScale AI

Per curated public sources.

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Alexandr Wang

Why Human Data is Key to AI: Alexandr Wang from Scale AI

a16z

Alexandr Wang: Building Scale AI, Transforming Work with Agents & Competing With China

Lightcone

Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI | SRS #208

Shawn Ryan Show

Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang on Securing U.S. AI Leadership

Center for Strategic & International Studies

Scale AI's Alexandr Wang on Securing U.S. AI Leadership

CSIS AI Policy Podcast · csis.org

Watch CNBC's full interview with Scale AI founder and CEO Alexandr Wang

cnbc.com

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Alexandr Wang?
Alexandr Wang co-founded Scale AI at 19 after dropping out of MIT, built it into the data backbone of the AI industry, and in June 2025 Meta paid roughly $14.3 billion for a 49% stake — valuing Scale at ~$29 billion — and hired him as its first Chief AI Officer to run Meta Superintelligence Labs. Born in Los Alamos to two physicist parents at the national lab, he was a USACO finalist and US Physics Team member in high school, coded full-time at Addepar and Quora at 17, and entered Y Combinator's Summer 2016 batch, where Scale was born in a pool house with co-founder Lucy Guo. At 24 he was the world's youngest self-made billionaire; he still sits on Scale's board.
Where does Alexandr Wang work?
Alexandr Wang is Founder of Scale AI.
What companies did Alexandr Wang found?
Alexandr Wang founded Scale AI.
What boards does Alexandr Wang sit on?
Alexandr Wang holds tracked board seats at Expedia Group, Scale AI.
What companies has Alexandr Wang invested in?
Investments tracked here include Conductor, Lattice, Simple AI.
Where did Alexandr Wang go to school?
Alexandr Wang studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science (BS), Mathematics and Computer Science); Los Alamos High School (High School).
What awards has Alexandr Wang received?
Wang was named to the Time 100 Next list recognizing emerging leaders shaping the future of their fields. Wang became the world's youngest self-made billionaire at age 24 in 2021. Forbes 30 Under 30 (2018, 2021); TIME 100 Next and TIME100 AI honoree.
What podcasts and interviews feature Alexandr Wang?
Tracked appearances include "Why Human Data is Key to AI: Alexandr Wang from Scale AI", "Alexandr Wang: Building Scale AI, Transforming Work with Agents & Competing With China", "Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI | SRS #208", and 7 more.

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