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How Alexandr Wang Turned An Army Of Clickworkers Into A $7.3 Billion AI Unicorn

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He briefly became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire by supplying AI companies with the one thing they all need: humans. Hundreds of thousands of them. Now Wang’s $7.3 billion startup Scale AI is primed to cash in on the biggest AI boom yet—unless someone else can do it better or cheaper.

Innovation Venture Capital Daily Cover How Alexandr Wang Turned An Army Of Clickworkers Into A $7.3 Billion AI Unicorn Photo by Ethan Pines for Forbes By Kenrick Cai , Former Staff. I'm a staff writer covering venture capital, startups and AI. Apr 11, 2023, 06:15am EDT Updated Mar 31, 2025, 11:26am EDT Alexandr Wang briefly became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire at 24 by supplying artificial intelligence companies with the one thing they all need: humans. Hundreds of thousands of them. Now his $7.3 billion startup Scale AI is primed to cash in on the biggest AI boom yet—unless someo

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