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Alexandr (Alex) Wang

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

It's like next level.

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

it's okay for the data center to be located elsewhere, located in the country, as long as it's US owned and operated, because then we still have control in any sort of scenario that happens.

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

And the only other thing I would say is we're much more focused initially on just low stakes uses of AI.

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

So can you use AI to help

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

the education industry in one of these countries?

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

Or can you use it to help the healthcare industry?

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

Or can you use it to aid in permitting processes?

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

I think low-stakes use cases matter a lot more initially.

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

But I really do think we have this concept of geopolitical swing states.

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

There are a number of countries right now in the world where

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

whether they side with the U.S.

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

or China over time is going to have immense consequences for certainly what a potential conflict scenario looks like, but also even what the long-term Cold War scenario looks like, like what happens over time as our countries are interacting.

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

So I view AI as one of these key elements of diplomacy and long-term strategic impact in the international war game.

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

Yeah.

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

Yeah, so we have this concept of kind of like agentic warfare, agentic government.

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

So can you, just like the same thing, can you take these very inefficient processes in government and start replacing those with AI-related functions so that you're just improving efficiency and improving outcomes?

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

Give me a specific example.

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

Yeah, so one super simple one.

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

Right now, I think the average time it takes for a veteran to see a doctor in the VA is something like 22 days.

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

It's way too long.