# Alexandr Wang, CEO and Founder

> Alexandr Wang, CEO and Founder. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/alexandr-wang (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

San Francisco, US · Angel

# Alexandr Wang

CEO and Founder at [Scale AI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scale-ai)

Latest rounds

- **/dev/agents** Seed · $56M Nov 2024

Backs *Developer Tools* *AI* *Software*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 1 last Nov 2024
- **Filings:** - with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 6 +5 mentions

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them
- **On filings** No filing names them
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Scale AI
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date.

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## The firm

[**Scale AI** Startup · US **0** cheques in 12 months **0** all time **0** led unknown](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scale-ai)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 1
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $56M
- **Active:** 2024

2024

- [/dev/agents](https://millionrounds.com/company/dev-agents) *Seed* **$56M** *US* Nov 2024 Joined · +6 investors

By stage

- Seed **1**

What they backed

Developer Tools **1** AI **1** Software **1**

Alongside

- [Andrej Karpathy *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andrej-karpathy)
- [Andy Rubin *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andy-rubin)
- [CapitalG *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capitalg)
- [Conviction Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conviction-capital)
- [Index Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures)
- [Nikesh Arora *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nikesh-arora)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Cortex](https://millionrounds.com/startup/cortex-6)
- [DeepScribe](https://millionrounds.com/startup/deepscribe)
- Twelve Labs

## Also at Scale AI

- [**Albert Caponi** Chief Financial Officer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/albert-caponi)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [Lightcone](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/lightcone) · 18 Jun 2025 · 1h 1m Alexandr Wang: Building Scale AI, Transforming Work with Agents & Competing With China With [Alexandr Wang](https://millionrounds.com/person/alexandr-wang) About this episode Alexandr Wang started Scale AI to help machine learning teams label data faster.It started as a simple API for human labor, but behind the scenes, he was tackling a much bigger problem: how to turn messy, real-world data into something AI could learn from. Today, that early idea powers a… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [No Priors](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/no-priors) · 22 May 2024 · 39 min The Data Foundry for AI with Alexandr Wang from Scale With [Alexandr Wang](https://millionrounds.com/person/alexandr-wang) About this episode Alexandr Wang was 19 when he realized that gathering data will be crucial as AI becomes more prevalent, so he dropped out of MIT and started Scale AI. This week on No Priors, Alexandr joins Sarah and Elad to discuss how Scale is providing infrastructure and building a robust data foundry that is… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [The Logan Bartlett Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/logan-bartlett-show) · 3 Nov 2023 · 1h 32m EP 85: Alexandr Wang (CEO, ScaleAI): The 26-Year-Old Powering the AI Industry With [Alexandr Wang](https://millionrounds.com/person/alexandr-wang) About this episode Alexandr Wang is a Co-Founder and CEO of Scale AI and one of the youngest self-made billionaires. At 19, he dropped out of college to found Scale AI and has since scaled it into one of the most important companies in the world of artificial intelligence today ($7B). In this episode, Alexandr shares… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [Invest Like the Best](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/invest-like-the-best) · 12 Apr 2022 · 1h 15m Alexandr Wang - A Primer on AI - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 272] With [Alexandr Wang](https://millionrounds.com/person/alexandr-wang) About this episode My guest today is Alexandr Wang, the CEO and founder of Scale AI. Alexandr founded Scale in 2016, having been inspired to accelerate the development of AI through his work at Quora and his studies at MIT. Specifically, Alexandr realized there was a lack of infrastructure solutions for producing… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 29 Nov 2019 · 1h 35m E1005: Scale AI CEO & Co-founder Alexandr Wang creates training data for all AI applications to improve machine learning, shares insights on the future of autonomous vehicles, China's AI advantages over US, importance of humans focusing on higher-value With [Alexandr Wang](https://millionrounds.com/person/alexandr-wang) About this episode 1:04 Jason intros Alexandr 2:19 Alexandr shares his personal startup history 5:17 How & why did Scale start? 8:26 What is the best example of Scale in practice? What problem are they solving? 10:44 Video demo of Scale's platform 15:34 Acquiring the scale.com domain name & insights on the unique… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) · 22 Apr 2019 · 27 min SaaStr 227: Why Deal Size In The Early Days Does Not Matter, Why TAM In The Traditional Sense Barely Matters & Why You Have To Invest In Customer Success Before You Think You Need It with Alexandr Wang, Founder & CEO @ Scale With [Alexandr Wang](https://millionrounds.com/person/alexandr-wang) Mentions [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)[Drew Houston](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drew-houston)[Jonathan Swanson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jonathan-swanson)[Justin Kan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/justin-kan)[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) About this episode Alexandr Wang is the Founder & CEO @ Scale, the startup providing high quality training and validation data for AI applications. To date, Alexandr has raised over $23m with Scale from some of the best in the business including Index, Accel, Y Combinator, Dropbox's Drew Houston, Justin Kan,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Alexandr Wang in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [Cheeky Pint](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/cheeky-pint) · 12 Oct 2026 · 2h 14m Muse Wonder: Zuckerberg and Wang's $100B AI Mentions [Mark Zuckerberg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mark-zuckerberg)[Alexandr Wang](https://millionrounds.com/person/alexandr-wang) About this episode As Meta scales its AI infrastructure past five gigawatts, Mark Zuckerberg (founder and CEO, Meta) and Alexandr Wang (Chief AI Officer, Meta Superintelligence Labs) join John for a pint to discuss the launch of Muse Wonder and the future of personal AI agents. In this episode, Mark and Alex open up… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 6 Jan 2026 · 55 min 2026 Starts with a bang: META AI Drama and Nvidia's $20B Groq Acquisition | E2230 Mentions [Biz Stone](https://millionrounds.com/fund/biz-stone)[Alexandr Wang](https://millionrounds.com/person/alexandr-wang)[Yann LeCun](https://millionrounds.com/person/yann-lecun) About this episode This Week In Startups is made possible by: Crusoe Cloud - https://crusoe.ai/build Uber - http://uber.com/twist Every.io - http://every.io/ Today's show: Jason and Alex are BACK on TWiST for 2026! This holiday season was anything but calm, with deca-corn acquisitions, massive Polymarket… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 26 Nov 2025 · 1h 16m SO MANY THINGS need to go right just so you can watch a TikTok! | E2215 Mentions [Alexandr Wang](https://millionrounds.com/person/alexandr-wang) About this episode Register here to join Founder University Japan's kickoff! 👉🏻 https://luma.com/cm0x90mkToday's show: On TWiST, Alex is chatting with Neubird CEO Gou Rao about the intricate complexity of IT Ops, and the vast amount of layers and components that have to be delivered very quickly to your phone in… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 18 Sept 2025 · 3h 12m LIVE from Meta | Zuck, Boz, James Cameron, Alex Wang & more With [James Cameron](https://millionrounds.com/person/james-cameron) Mentions [Adam Mosseri](https://millionrounds.com/person/adam-mosseri)[Alexandr Wang](https://millionrounds.com/person/alexandr-wang)[Andrew Bosworth](https://millionrounds.com/person/andrew-bosworth) About this episode (00:00) - Live from Meta Connect (01:26:51) - Chris Cox, Meta's Chief Product Officer, leads the development of core applications like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Threads, as well as overseeing the company's AI and privacy initiatives. (01:38:16) - Adam Mosseri, the Head of… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Cheeky Pint](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/cheeky-pint) · 27 Aug 2025 · 58 min Cognition CEO Scott Wu on acquiring Windsurf, AI replacing engineers, and the Moneyball-ification of everything Mentions [Alexandr Wang](https://millionrounds.com/person/alexandr-wang) About this episode Scott Wu joins John Collison to talk about Cognition’s AI software engineer, the Moneyball-ification of everything, math competitions with Alexandr Wang in 6th grade, acquiring Windsurf over a weekend, whether coding tools will be replaced by the labs, and why he thinks we already have AGI. Full… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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