Alexandr Wang: Data is the invisible ceiling for AI systems
r0ck3t23 · x · 2026-08-15
Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang highlights data as the clear bottleneck for powerful AI systems, historically overlooked by the industry. While labs focused on models, the unglamorous work of refining raw data was ignored. From frontier labs to banks, all hit this wall, proving that value lies in refining data, not just holding it.
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