Former Scale AI CTO: Data Labeling Pays Short-Term, Survival Means Chasing the Next Data Frontier
BradPorter_ · x · 2026-09-23
Brad Porter, former CTO of Scale AI, says data collection and labeling can be lucrative in the short run, but the business is fundamentally about chasing the next data frontier — and that's hard. Having lived it firsthand, he credits Scale AI's survival to its exceptional ability to align the company toward that next frontier.
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