Alexandr Wang, a 28-year-old American billionaire entrepreneur, is the founder of Scale AI, a data-labelling startup that provides training data for AI models. The New Mexico native born to Chinese immigrant physicists dropped out of MIT to start Scale and became the youngest self-made billionaire. So, how is he related to Mark Zuckerberg?
Alexandr Wang to head Meta's Superintelligence Labs
Impressed by Wang’s startup, Scale AI, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s CEO, appointed him as the head of its Superintelligence Labs, overseeing AI research and development. Zuckerberg even made a whopping $14.3 billion investment in his start-up Scale AI, developing a strong professional relationship.
According to Reuters, Zuckerberg acquired a 49 per cent stake in the company, strategically strengthening M