E563 AI CEO Alexandr Wang
from This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
by Theo Von
Published: Tue Feb 18 2025
Show Notes
Alexandr Wang is the founder and CEO of Scale AI, a platform that provides data training for AI programs. In 2021he was named the youngest self-made billionaire in the world by Forbes at the age of 24.
Theo is joined by Alexandr Wang to talk all about AI and how it’s changing our world fast. They discuss Alex’s choice to drop out of MIT to pursue this field full time, the debate over whether it’s creating or eliminating jobs, and how soon regular people will start to see these programs in their everyday lives.
Alexandr Wang: https://www.instagram.com/alexanddeer/
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