It took Alexandr Wang a year to meet Zuckerberg — then came long, rigorous WhatsApp replies
___Mufasaa · x · 2026-10-13
Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang recalls it took about a year just to schedule his first meeting with Zuckerberg, during Meta's flood of AI-related interest. Once they connected, Zuckerberg responded with long, rigorous WhatsApp essays. The takeaway: the year-long wait and the careful replies are the same trait — Zuckerberg has ruthlessly sorted what deserves his best thinking.
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