Here’s what Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang knows that Meta doesn’t.

Data-labeling firm Scale AI confirmed on Friday that it has received a "significant" investment from Meta that values the startup at $29 billion.

Mark Zuckerberg's biggest bet on Meta AI will ride on the back of a fellow dropout who has dazzled Silicon Valley over the last decade.

After dropping out of MIT, Wang founded Scale at the age of 19. Last year, the company was valued at nearly $14 billion. Meta, which owns and operates Facebook and Instagram—as well as Threads, Messenger,

Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang is delaying having children until brain-computer interfaces like Neuralink are readily available. Wang believes that children born with Neuralink technology will learn to use it in unprecedented ways,

Alexandr Wang says Neuralink and other brain-computer interfaces will help kids learn in "crazy ways."

Last week, the 28-year-old secured a US$14.3b Meta deal and a role in its superintelligence group. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Tech mogul Alexandr Wang says he won’t have kids until brain chips like Neuralink are ready. Believing childhood neuroplasticity offers the best window for adopting superintelligence, Wang envisions a future where children learn to use brain-computer interfaces intuitively.

The negotiations started as just one billionaire tech founder talking to another. Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg approached Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang in mid-April about a potentially industry-shaking deal.