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Alexandr Wang Built Scale AI to $29 Billion—Now He Leads Meta’s AI Push

From College Dropout to AI Visionary: Alexandr Wang Builds $29B Startup Backed by Meta

Alexandr Wang’s rise from MIT dropout to the founder of a $29 billion artificial-intelligence company was already one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent startup stories. But the more consequential development came in June 2025, when Meta invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI, took a 49% stake and recruited Wang to lead a major overhaul of … Read more