Alexandr Wang

Chief AI Officer, Meta

Alexandr Wang is Meta’s chief AI officer and the founder of Scale AI. At Scale, he built a business around the data, annotation, evaluation, and infrastructure needed to develop machine-learning systems. His work later expanded into enterprise and government AI platforms. After moving to Meta in 2025, his public responsibilities include the development and safety of AI experiences distributed through the company’s consumer platforms.

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Alexandr Wang is Meta’s chief AI officer and the founder of Scale AI. At Scale, he built a business around the data, annotation, evaluation, and infrastructure needed to develop machine-learning systems. His work later expanded into enterprise and government AI platforms. After moving to Meta in 2025, his public responsibilities include the development and safety of AI experiences distributed through the company’s consumer platforms.

Organization
Meta
Founded
Scale AI, 2016
Focus
AI development; data infrastructure; product safety

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Career, in context.

Selected research, leadership and career milestones, newest first.

  1. Meta updates teen AI access

    A Meta article co-authored by Wang announced a temporary pause on teens’ access to existing AI characters while the company developed a revised experience and parental controls.

    Source: Meta ↗
  2. Co-authors Meta AI safety approach

    As Meta’s chief AI officer, Wang co-authored the company’s announcement of parental oversight tools for teen AI interactions, alongside Instagram head Adam Mosseri.

    Source: Meta ↗
  3. Moves from Scale to Meta

    Scale announced that Wang was joining Meta to work on AI and that an interim CEO would succeed him. The announcement also retained his Scale board position.

    Source: Scale AI ↗
  4. Testifies before Congress on AI

    Wang submitted testimony to the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation, discussing AI data infrastructure and its implications for national defense.

    Source: U.S. House of Representatives / Wang testimony ↗
  5. Introduces Donovan and enterprise platform

    Wang announced Scale Donovan and Scale EGP, extending the company’s work from training data into AI applications for government decision support and enterprise deployment.

    Source: Scale AI / Alexandr Wang ↗
  6. Expands Scale’s data-platform business

    Wang announced Scale’s Series C and described its platform for labeling raw customer data using machine learning and human input to support downstream model development.

    Source: Scale AI / Alexandr Wang ↗
  7. Founds Scale AI

    Wang founded Scale AI, which joined Y Combinator’s Summer 2016 batch. The company developed data infrastructure to help organizations build and improve machine-learning systems.

    Source: Y Combinator ↗

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