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on February 18, 2021
Scale AI CEO and founder Alexandr Wang highlighted the importance of hands-on experience, self initiative and risk-taking for aspiring entrepreneurs in a talk hosted by ASES Global Entrepreneurship on Wednesday.
Wang founded the company, which provides labelled training data for artificial intelligence (AI), after his first year at MIT and has continued expanding Scale AI’s clientele to include Airbnb, General Motors and DoorDash. Scale AI has rapidly risen to prominence and is now worth approximately $3.5 billion.
According to Wang, cultivating genuine passion for a project is essential for early success. He explained that if you want to found a viable and impactful company, you should “be very focused on solving a problem that you truly believe is important.”