Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang is such an enthusiastic networker that his former roommate — OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman — once jokingly told him to tone it down a bit.

Alexandr Wang, once the youngest self-made billionaire in the world, has agreed to join Meta to work on AI “superintelligence,” leaving the startup that made him rich after dropping out of MIT. Alexandr Wang’s Scale AI just inked a $14.

Meta is bringing on Scale AI's CEO Alexandr Wang in a deal worth up to $15 billion to lead a new superintelligence lab and reboot its AI ambitions with cutting-edge data expertise

Alexandr Wang, son of nuclear physicists, dropped out of MIT to co-found Scale AI, a company providing crucial data for AI development. Scale AI's rapid growth led to a $7 billion valuation, making Wang the world's youngest self-made billionaire.

Despite the $14.3 billion investment that is shaking up the AI landscape, OpenAI's CFO says the company plans to keep working with Scale AI.

The social media giant is getting CEO Alexandr Wang in a $14.3 billion deal with Scale AI, as it plans to build out ‘superintelligent’ systems.