SCOUT· 64%32m·2026-07-31·TechnologyAlexandr Wang: “This is a Once-in-a-Civilization Opportunity”
Alexandr Wang's advice to his 18-year-old self: develop your own internal compass for how the future will unfold, and hold conviction in it against the noise. At Startup School 2026, the Scale AI (YC S16) founder — now leading Meta's Superintelligence Labs — talks with Garry Tan about rebuilding a frontier lab from…
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