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Alexandr (Alex) Wang

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1582 total appearances

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#208 Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI

Damn.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#208 Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI

So let's see.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#208 Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI

Yeah, that's crazy to think about.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#208 Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI

That did not feel obvious.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#208 Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI

The first year, it was like, for the first 12 months, it was like.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#208 Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI

one to three people like it was like it was like almost nobody it was like me and like one or two other people working on it for the first year that's it for the first one year and then after the second year we go from that like one to three people and we start hiring more people we get to maybe like 15 or so people and then that third year

The Shawn Ryan Show
#208 Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI

We went from 15 or so people to like maybe 100.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#208 Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI

And then we were kind of off the road.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#208 Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI

Then it was like 100.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#208 Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI

And then we were like 200.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#208 Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI

And then 500.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#208 Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI

And then we kept growing.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#208 Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI

And now we're up to like 1,100 people.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#208 Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI

But it was like really slow going at first.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#208 Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI

And yeah.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#208 Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI

And we focused on... First it was...

The Shawn Ryan Show
#208 Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI

autonomous driving.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#208 Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI

And then starting about three years in, we started focusing on defense and working with the DoD.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#208 Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI

What are you guys doing in defense?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#208 Alexandr Wang - CEO, Scale AI

So we do a few things.