Suhail Defends Alexandr Wang: Great Founders Must Be Polymaths
garrytan · x · 2026-10-13
Suhail reshared a comment arguing it was always silly to box Alexandr Wang in as just "the data guy" — he has proven he can be a "model guy" too, and a great founder has to be a polymath. The remark comes as Scale AI pivots toward model development amid Meta's major investment, reading as public backing of Wang's cross-domain ability.
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