From MIT dropout to AI billionaire: Who is Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang?

Alexandr Wang, the CEO and cofounder of Scale AI, has emerged as a significant figure in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector. Born in New Mexico, US, Wang’s parents were Chinese immigrants who worked as nuclear physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Before attending college, Wang gained early experience working at Quora.

Wang enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) but left after just one year. He then joined startup accelerator Y Combinator. During his time at Y Combinator in 2016 Wang partnered with Lucy Guo, also a…